Gold Coins And Sweeps Coins
Two currencies, one lobby, and only one of them can ever become a prize. This is the difference the banners blur.
Gold Coins
Gold Coins are play money. They exist so you can spin without spending, they have no cash value, and they cannot be redeemed for anything. Operators hand them out in enormous quantities because doing so costs them nothing, which is why a headline of half a million Gold Coins tells you almost nothing about the value of an offer.
Sweeps Coins
Sweeps Coins are the promotional currency with a redemption route. Play them through once and the resulting balance can, once it clears the site floor, be exchanged for a cash prize or a gift card. Every meaningful comparison on this site is a Sweeps Coin comparison.
Why no purchase is ever necessary
Sweepstakes law in the United States requires a free route to entry. In practice that means a daily login bonus, an on-site giveaway, a social media drop or a postal request. Buying a Gold Coin package is a purchase of play money, and the Sweeps Coins that arrive with it are a promotional extra rather than the thing you bought. Every figure on this site was reproduced on a free account first.
Playthrough and the floor
Two rules stand between a Sweeps Coin and a prize. Playthrough means each coin must be wagered once before it counts as redeemable. The floor is the minimum redeemable balance the site will process, commonly 50 to 100 SC. A pack of 2 SC on a 75 SC floor is not a payout waiting to happen, it is an invitation to keep coming back.
- Gold Coins: play money, no cash value, unlimited supply
- Sweeps Coins: one playthrough, then redeemable at the floor
- Floors on this board run from 50 SC to 100 SC
- A free entry route exists at every site we list
Compare The Ratios
Redeemable balance against floor, for all eighteen sites.
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