01 · The shutdown
Two weeks of notice after a year of retreat
The end came by email on 9 January 2026. The message said Betty Sweeps would be permanently discontinuing operations effective 23 January 2026. Players had until 22 January to send cash-out requests. The support email stayed open until 30 January 2026 to deal with any problems.
The email also said something most closing sites leave out. It said any balance not cashed out in time would be forfeited under point 2.4 of the Terms of Use. In plain words, if you missed the deadline, the coins were gone. The company would point to the rules you agreed to when you joined.
The closure did not come out of the blue. Through 2025 Betty Sweeps had pulled out of state after state as bans and cease-and-desist letters arrived. By the time it closed, it had stopped serving fifteen states, including big ones like California, New York, New Jersey and Michigan.
02 · The casino
How the states squeezed it out
Betty Sweeps was run by Betty, a company that also runs real-money betting sites in Canada. The sweepstakes site was its US arm. It used Betty Coins for fun play and Sweeps Coins for play that could be turned into cash.
In August 2025 the Arizona Department of Gaming sent the company a cease-and-desist letter, and Betty Sweeps left Arizona. Before 1 January 2026 it left California, ahead of a new law, Assembly Bill 831, that banned Sweeps Coin play in the state. In December 2025 it paused Minnesota and Utah when its games supplier, Relax Gaming, stopped providing games for those states.
By January 2026 the list of states it had left was long. Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky and Louisiana. Then Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Washington and West Virginia. A sweeps casino that cannot serve California, New York or Michigan has lost most of its market. The full closure was the next step.
Betty Sweeps closed in the same week as another sweepstakes site, ToraTora. The two were not linked, but both gave the same reasons: state bans and a shrinking market.
03 · The money
Forfeited means forfeited
The rules were spelled out. Send your cash-out request by 22 January 2026 and it would be handled. Miss it and the balance was forfeited. That word came straight from the email.
Betty is a real company with real-money licences in Canada, so we would expect requests sent in time to have been paid. We have not seen complaints about unpaid in-time cash-outs. But we have not seen proof of payment either, so the money outcome stays Unconfirmed.
If you sent a request before the deadline and were not paid, the support email was open until 30 January 2026. After that, the parent company’s Canadian business is the only place left to write to.
04 · The receipts
How we verified this record
Every claim on this page is graded by how firmly we could check it. Confirmed means we saw it in the operator’s own notice or in a document that cannot easily be faked. Observed means we saw it ourselves on the live site or domain on the date given. Unconfirmed means it has been reported but we could not prove it.
05 · The questions
Betty Sweeps – the questions still open
Q. What was the last day to cash out from Betty Sweeps?
22 January 2026. The site closed the next day.
Q. What did Betty Sweeps do with coins that were not cashed out?
It forfeited them. The email pointed to point 2.4 of the Terms of Use.
Q. Is Betty still in business?
Yes. Betty runs real-money betting sites in Canada. Only the US sweepstakes site closed.
Q. Which states had Betty Sweeps already left?
Fifteen, including Arizona, California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Washington.
Q. Why did Betty Sweeps leave California?
A new California law, Assembly Bill 831, banned Sweeps Coin play from 1 January 2026. The site left before the deadline.