Arkansas

Arkansas’s attorney general announced a lawsuit against VGW on November 4, 2026. The complaint challenges the operator’s sweepstakes casino model, including Chumba Casino. It is an allegation against a named company, not a judgment or an order covering every prize game. Arkansas attorney general’s November 4 filing announcement

Access as of November 10, 2026. Neither operator names Arkansas in its general territory exclusions. That leaves prize eligibility unconfirmed for both McLuck sweepstakes and Card Crush prize games: supplier rules and state law still apply. McLuck’s November 4 terms · Card Crush’s August 5 terms

What happened to the sweepstakes bill, and what changed afterward?

HB 1861 was withdrawn on April 7, 2025. The later VGW case concerns the state’s allegations about packages containing Gold Coins and the opportunity to use Sweeps Coins for prizes. A withdrawn proposal does not determine the outcome of the suit; the complaint supplies no ruling on a different operator’s card battles. Arkansas legislature, HB 1861 status

When reporting a change, distinguish a proposal, an enforcement action and an effective date. For the distinctions between types of games, compare the models.

Next change: no future effective date for either model is confirmed in the sources cited here.