What is confirmed?
- Legal position
- Unconfirmed
- Operator access
- Unconfirmed
A current legal finding has not been published.
Operator access has not been verified. Do not infer eligibility from website access.
Not yet reviewed
State reference
Virginia
Legal position and operator access, checked separately for each model.
What is confirmed?
- Legal position
- Unconfirmed
- Operator access
- Unconfirmed
A current legal finding has not been published.
Operator access has not been verified. Do not infer eligibility from website access.
Not yet reviewed
The short answer
Is the sweepstakes language I saw part of the current code? See the Virginia evidence and the separate access rules for McLuck and Card Crush.
Virginia defines illegal gambling in terms of giving money or another thing of value for a chance to receive a prize or other value. The statute and its exceptions call for attention to the actual transaction. Code of Virginia §18.2-325
Access as of November 10, 2026. Neither operator names Virginia 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
Is the sweepstakes language I saw part of the current code?
Compare the effective text of §18.2-325 with the separate SB 579 proposal. A bill describing dual currency and simulated casino games is not itself an operative provision. If a site relies on that text, ask for an enacted chapter and effective date covering its particular prize game. Virginia legislature’s SB 579 text
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 item to watch: action on SB 579. The proposal supplies no effective date for either model.
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