Forty-five. That's how many cease-and-desist orders Michigan's Gaming Control Board issued to offshore and sweepstakes-style gambling operators in April 2026 alone - one regulator, one month. It's the latest wave in a campaign running since 2024, and of the 30 brands we've tested for this site, we could not find a single one whose own current terms still list Michigan as available.
Why is Michigan different from a state with an actual ban statute?
Michigan has no law that names "sweepstakes casino" and bans it, unlike Montana, New York, or the nine other states with a dedicated statute. Instead, the Michigan Gaming Control Board enforces under the state's existing Lawful Internet Gaming Act (MCL Chapter 432), treating unlicensed dual-currency platforms as illegal online gambling and pursuing them through cease-and-desist orders rather than new legislation. The practical effect has been the same as a ban since 2024 - a functional closure built through enforcement volume rather than a single bill.
Which sweepstakes casinos accept Michigan players?
None that we currently track. Every brand with a clearly published exclusion list in our database names Michigan specifically. A handful of smaller, less-established brands - Chanced, Legendz, Moozi, Punt, and Spree among them - keep opaque or unconfirmed state lists we couldn't independently verify, and an unclear list isn't the same thing as confirmed availability. We'd treat any of those as unverified rather than recommend one, and we're not naming a brand here we can't stand behind for this state.
What's the legal alternative in Michigan?
A real one, and a well-established one: Michigan has run a licensed, regulated online casino and sports betting market since January 2021, among the more mature iGaming markets in the country, operated under Michigan Gaming Control Board licenses. That's an actual regulated real-money gambling product, distinct from the sweepstakes model, with state oversight and consumer protections built into the license. Michigan's three Detroit commercial casinos and its tribal casinos statewide remain fully legal as well.
Michigan also has 23 tribal casinos operating under separate state-tribal compacts, regulated independently of the MGCB's commercial licensing system. Combined with the Detroit casinos and the state's mature online market, that gives Michigan residents more legal, regulated gambling options than most states banning sweepstakes casinos outright can offer as an alternative.