Who Owns High 5 Casino? High 5 Entertainment (2026)
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Who owns High 5 Casino? High 5 Entertainment, which runs the sweepstakes product on content built by High 5 Games - a New York studio founded in 1995, decades before "sweepstakes casino" was a category. That history is the operator's biggest asset. It's also the operator that walked away from a state license rather than fight for it, which is worth knowing too.
Who is High 5 Entertainment?
High 5 Games, the underlying content studio, was founded in 1995 and is headquartered at 1 World Trade Center in New York - a genuinely unusual pedigree in a category dominated by Gibraltar and Isle of Man shell structures. The studio holds a Malta Gaming Authority license for its content. High 5 Entertainment operates the sweepstakes-specific product, High 5 Casino, which launched in 2020 and claims 33 million-plus players since. High 5 Games (the 30-year content studio) and High 5 Casino (the 2020-launched sweepstakes product) are related but distinct - worth not conflating when you're researching either one.
Brand portfolio: which casinos does High 5 Entertainment run?
- High 5 Casino - the flagship and the only one we rank, running a distinctive triple-currency model (Game Coins, Diamonds, and Sweeps Coins) instead of the standard two-currency GC/SC setup most rivals use.
- Lucky Bits Vegas - a second sweepstakes brand under the same business, which we do not rank because we have not tested it. Apple publishes both iPhone apps under one seller, High 5 Casino LLC, the two rulebooks share a New Jersey PO box, and each brand's terms document names the other. The difference that matters is the exit price: Lucky Bits Vegas advertises the lower cash floor at 95 SC against High 5's 100 SC, but it has dropped the 50 SC non-cash tier High 5 keeps, so its cheapest redemption is nearly twice High 5's. We set out every document behind that link.
We previously described High 5 Casino as this operator's only sweepstakes brand. That was wrong, and the paperwork above is what corrected it.
What does High 5 Casino do well?
High 5 Casino posts a 4.4/5 Trustpilot score across roughly 3,097 reviews - one of the stronger scores in our entire database - with praise centered on fast payouts and ease of use. The High 5 Prestige loyalty program backs that up with a dedicated promotions structure. On the business side, high5affiliates.com runs one of the more professional-looking affiliate operations we found: revenue share, CPA, hybrid, and custom deals, with payments processed monthly and what the program itself describes as transparent, trusted tracking.
What is on High 5 Entertainment's legal record?
This is the one operator in our directory where a state regulator action produced an actual license surrender, not just a cease-and-desist letter.
| State | The action | What it cost High 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | Public Act 25-112 banned sweepstakes casinos - signed June 2025, effective October 1, 2025 | High 5 Games surrendered its Connecticut license as part of a $1.5 million settlement |
| Arizona | A multi-wave cease-and-desist campaign that hit 17-plus operators, alongside Pulsz (Yellow Social Interactive) and Stake.us (Sweepsteaks Limited) | Named in the campaign |
| Illinois | The February 2026 cease-and-desist wave | Named in the wave |
The Connecticut outcome is a materially bigger consequence than the cease-and-desist letters most operators simply ignored elsewhere. On the product side, High 5's $100 cash redemption minimum is flagged by outside reviewers as high relative to competitors, though a 50 SC non-cash tier gives a cheaper exit than the headline figure suggests. An earlier version of this page said we could not confirm whether High 5 ran native mobile apps. It does, on both platforms: Apple has listed a High 5 Casino app since November 8, 2013, and our app table carries the current store ratings for both builds.
Should you trust High 5 Entertainment's casino?
The 30-year studio pedigree and MGA-licensed content are genuine differentiators - this isn't a shell company that appeared in 2023. The Connecticut settlement is worth taking seriously, though: surrendering a license under a $1.5 million settlement is a bigger regulatory event than most operators in this category have faced, and it happened because Connecticut's ban made the license itself untenable, not because of a player-harm finding we could find. High 5 Casino isn't on our blacklist of closed or exit-scam brands, and the Trustpilot record backs up a genuinely solid player experience where it's still legal to play.
Read our full High 5 Casino review, see where it lands on this month's top 10 rankings, and check your own state's status on the eligibility matrix - High 5 excludes 17 states in total.
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FAQ
Who owns High 5 Casino?
High 5 Entertainment, which builds the sweepstakes product on game content from High 5 Games, a New York studio founded in 1995 and based at 1 World Trade Center.
Is High 5 Casino legit?
Yes, on player-facing evidence - a 4.4/5 Trustpilot score and one of the more professional affiliate programs we reviewed. It did surrender its Connecticut license in a $1.5 million settlement after the state's 2025 sweepstakes ban.
Why did High 5 leave Connecticut?
Connecticut's Public Act 25-112, signed June 2025 and effective October 1, 2025, banned sweepstakes casinos outright; High 5 Games settled with the state and surrendered its license rather than continue operating there. Our Connecticut sweepstakes law page has the statute and what it means for players there.