About Us

We built this site for one specific reader: someone who already plays MoonSpin, or was about to, and is now looking for something else — because it's not available in their state, the welcome bonus is spent, the games feel repetitive, or they just want a second free-play option running alongside it. This page explains who we are, how we pick and rank the sites we cover, and what you should know about how we make money doing it.

What This Site Actually Does

We compare sweepstakes-style social casinos — sites where you play with two kinds of virtual currency: Gold Coins, which have no cash value and exist purely for fun play, and Sweeps Coins, which can be redeemed for cash prizes once you meet a site's minimum and playthrough. This is not real-money gambling in the traditional sense, and none of the sites we cover ask you to wager cash to play or win. That distinction matters, and we keep it clear throughout every review.

Our list — Crown Coins, Spinblitz, Lone Star, Free Spins, SplashCoins, MegaBonanza, Spree, Blitzmania, Card Crush and SweepKing — reflects the sites we think are worth a MoonSpin player's time right now, ranked by our own editorial scoring. Rankings can and do shift as offers, game libraries and state availability change.

Who Writes and Checks This Content

Our content is produced and fact-checked internally by a small editorial team rather than a single named byline. Every page carries a visible "last updated" date so you can see when the offers, terms and state-availability notes were last reviewed — this page was last checked on Aug 24, 2026. If a bonus figure or excluded-state list looks out of date, treat the operator's own terms page as the final word and let us know via Contact Us.

How We Actually Rank These Sites

We don't play these sites with real money — there's no such thing here — and we don't fabricate testing claims. Instead, our editorial scores are built from a consistent set of checks applied to every site on the list:

• The real terms behind the welcome bonus: how much is free Gold Coins versus free Sweeps Coins, and what (if any) minimum first purchase is tied to a "bonus" offer
• Whether No Purchase Necessary is genuinely honored — free Sweeps Coins available through signup, daily login bonuses, and an Alternate Method of Entry (AMOE) or mail-in request
• Redemption terms: minimum SC required, playthrough conditions, payout methods and the timeframes the operator states
• Game library size, providers, and whether the site has anything distinctive — slots, table games, or live-dealer style rooms
• Mobile experience, including whether there's a dedicated app or browser-only play
• Stated state availability and exclusions, checked against what the operator currently publishes

Commission does not buy a higher position on this page. Some of the operators we list do pay us if a reader signs up through our links, and that relationship is disclosed below — but it plays no part in how we score or order the sites.

How We Make Money

sportstrauma.org is supported by affiliate relationships with some of the sweepstakes casinos we cover. If you click through to a site and sign up, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This funds the research and upkeep of the site. It does not change our editorial view, and we've turned down featuring sites that don't meet our baseline for transparency around bonus terms or redemption conditions.

What We Won't Do

A few lines worth stating plainly, because sweepstakes casinos get misrepresented often enough that it's worth being direct:

• We never describe these platforms as real-money online casinos or gambling sites — they operate under US sweepstakes and promotional law, not a gambling license
• We never suggest a Gold Coin has cash value, or blur it with Sweeps Coins, which do carry redeemable value
• We never imply you have to spend money to play, win or redeem — No Purchase Necessary is a real feature of this model, not a footnote
• We never guarantee a prize, a redemption approval, or a payout time — those depend on the operator, your account status, and their own verification process
• We never suggest using a VPN or false information to get around a state exclusion, and we don't publish stale excluded-state lists without checking them first

Eligibility and Playing Responsibly

Every site we cover requires players to be 18 or older, and a few set the bar at 21 — check the specific operator's terms before signing up. Sweepstakes casinos are legal in most states, but availability is genuinely changing: a growing number of states restrict or ban this model outright, and that list has moved more than once in the last couple of years. We flag known exclusions on our individual site reviews, but always verify current availability directly with the operator before you sign up, since state rules can change faster than any single article.

Identity verification (KYC) is standard before any Sweeps Coin redemption goes through — that's the operator protecting both themselves and you, not an optional extra. If free-to-play coin games ever stop feeling like entertainment, most of these sites offer purchase limits, session reminders, cooling-off periods or self-exclusion tools in their account settings. The National Problem Gambling Helpline, 1-800-GAMBLER, is available free and confidentially if you or someone you know needs support.

Have a Question or Spot Something Outdated?

Offers, coin amounts and state lists move fast in this space, and we'd rather correct a page than leave it stale. If something on this site doesn't match what you see on an operator's own terms page, reach out through Contact Us and we'll look into it. If you're also weighing options outside the sweepstakes model, our guide to non-GamStop casinos for UK players covers a different market entirely, so it's worth a separate look rather than a substitute for what's covered here.