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Learn about hybrid prize gaming
Explore sweepstakes coins, game-led platforms and mystery boxes. Choose an explainer by the game, balance or term you want to understand.
How Card Crush mystery boxes work
Learn what to check on a Card Crush box, where the card and Mystery Coins go, and how season eligibility affects whether you can use a card.
How to disclose a prize gaming sponsorship
See where a creator can disclose payment, free products or referral commissions in a video, stream or written prize gaming review.
How dual-currency sweepstakes work
See what Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins do, how free entry works, and how to tell which part of a sweepstakes balance may qualify for a prize.
How game-led prize platforms work
Follow a Card Crush mystery box from collection to gameplay. Learn how cards and Mystery Coins differ and which balance can qualify for prizes.
How to tell five online gaming models apart
Compare sweepstakes, game-led platforms, social casinos, licensed casinos and pari-mutuel games by gameplay, prize mechanism and operating basis.
How no-purchase entry works
Find the free entry route in a sweepstakes promotion and check who qualifies, when to enter and how to confirm the rules for that offer.
How a sweepstakes jackpot’s eligibility rules work
Check the selected jackpot currency, participation setting and eligible round before interpreting a displayed progressive total.
What is hybrid prize gaming?
Learn what hybrid prize gaming means, how sweepstakes and game-led models differ, and what to check about prizes and availability in your state.