Online sweepstakes casino platforms Stake.us and Modo are scaling back their services in Oklahoma before a state law banning sweepstakes casinos takes effect on Nov. 1.
- Stake.us will stop offering games to Oklahoma players after Oct. 30 but will allow them to redeem their sweepstakes coins after that deadline.
- Modo has stopped selling packages containing sweepstakes coins to Oklahoma users but plans to continue operating in the state by offering Gold Coin-only games.
- Oklahoma’s SB 1589 prohibits sweepstakes casinos that use dual currencies from operating in the state.
Stake.us will stop offering its games to sweepstakes casino players in Oklahoma after Oct. 30, but users will be able to redeem their sweepstakes coins beyond that date.
Modo has taken a different approach, halting the sale of virtual currency bundles containing sweepstakes coins to Oklahoma users and instructing players to use or redeem their remaining coins by Nov. 1. The platform plans to remain available in the state with Gold Coin-only games.
These changes follow Oklahoma lawmakers’ decision to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of SB 1589 in May this year.
The bill prohibits the dual-currency gaming models used by sweepstakes casinos, effectively requiring operators to remove sweepstakes coins from their offerings or stop offering their services in Oklahoma. The legislation followed opposition to sweepstakes casinos from Oklahoma’s tribes.
Oklahoma joins several other U.S. states that have prohibited sweepstakes casinos, including California, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New York and Tennessee.
In Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, and Washington, sweepstakes casinos are also blocked under existing state gambling laws and regulatory enforcement.
Operators that continue serving customers in Oklahoma must ensure their games comply with the law when SB 1589 takes effect on Nov. 1 this year.
Oklahoma tribe’s partnership with Kalshi faces backlash
In addition to the state’s new restrictions on sweepstakes casinos, a separate dispute is emerging over prediction markets and tribal gaming in Oklahoma.
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town has partnered with prediction market platform Kalshi to launch PokkeTrades, a prediction market app owned and marketed by the tribe, while Kalshi will provide the underlying exchange infrastructure.
The tribe, which has no casino, sees the venture as a way to generate additional revenue. However, the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association has argued that sports prediction markets threaten tribal gaming rights and compete with revenue streams that fund tribal services.
There are 145 tribes and tribal organizations across the country that have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the issue, asserting that prediction market operators avoid regulations and tax obligations that apply to tribal sportsbooks and casinos.
