How Players Are Using Social Casinos to Play for Real Money Prizes in 2025

You can start by choosing a sweepstakes casino from those listed on the banners of this page. Then you’ll need to sign up. To begin with you’ll only need to provide basic details, like your name, date of birth and state of residence. But this may only provide you with access to certain features on the site, or only part of the welcome bonus.

To make sure that you have full access to everything, you will need to verify your player account. This part will need you to provide some ID documents:

• Passport or drivers license to confirm your ID and age
• A recent utility bill or bank statement to confirm your permanent address

You may also be asked to upload a date-stamped selfie image, just so the sweepstakes casino can be sure you are who you say.

Once you’ve signed up and successfully verified your account to continue, it’s time to claim your bonus. Some sweepstakes casinos will add it to your account automatically, some require you to ‘claim’ the bonus from their promotions page, and others may require you to complete a list of tasks which allow the bonus to be released incrementally. If you are unsure at any point what to do next, feel free to contact support for some help with finishing the process.

The welcome bonus that comes with most sweepstakes casinos typically includes Gold Coins and Sweepstakes Coins. Gold Coins are used for fun play only, but when you play with Sweepstakes Coins and win, you can redeem them for real prizes. Most welcome offers only include a small number of SC, so you’ll likely need more. Thankfully, sweepstakes casinos generally offer a variety of bonuses to ensure you can claim as many Sweepstakes Coins as you’ll need to play. You’ll usually find a daily login bonus to give you a consistent source, and then there are referral and Gold Coin purchase bonuses to consider also.

You can only redeem Sweepstakes Coins when you’ve won them through gameplay. In addition, some sweepstakes brands have higher playthrough requirements than others. The typical playthrough is 1x, meaning you only need to play games one time with your bonus SC to make them eligible, but there are a few brands that assign a 10x playthrough requirement, so it’s worth checking that out before you even sign up. The minimum threshold for SC redemptions also varies from site to site. While some brands only require you to accumulate 10 eligible SC for a gift card, plenty insist on 100 SC for a cash prize. The specific requirements you’ll need to complete to request a redemption can be found in the Sweepstakes Rules section of most sweepstakes casinos.

Once you’ve completed all of the brand’s playthrough and minimum threshold requirements, you can make a request to redeem your eligible Sweepstakes Coins for real prizes through your player account. Most sweepstakes casinos require you to complete account verification to redeem your Sweepstakes Coins, so if you have not already completed this you will need to do it now, or you won’t be able to proceed any further.

Assuming your verification was successful you can redeem your Sweepstakes Coin winnings for prizes like gift cards through Prizeout, or cash via e-wallets, and ACH bank transfers, among others.