Colorado

Colorado’s 2026 act expanded investigators’ powers at premises suspected of unlicensed gaming, effective August 12. That helps explain a notice about a physical venue. It does not answer whether a named app may offer prize play on your phone. For that, identify the entry, the role of chance and the prize in the online game. Colorado SB 26-163, session law and effective date

Access as of November 10, 2026. Neither operator names Colorado 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 should I look for in a sweepstakes offer?

In their March 2018 issue brief, Colorado legislative staff explain gambling through the relationship among payment, luck and prize. Their brief examines internet sweepstakes operations and the scope of the state’s simulated gambling legislation. Colorado legislative staff brief on internet sweepstakes Identify the item the player buys, the free entry and the event that decides the award; a venue investigation does not resolve those facts for an online box or coin package.

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.