Yay Casino
Yay Casino is a US sweepstakes casino that uses virtual coins in place of cash stakes. How the model works and where it is restricted.
US sweepstakes model, not a gambling licence
This brand is not licensed in the markets we cover (or only in part of them), so it has no Wayfinder Score. If you play there, you do not get the protections a local licence brings: limits, self-exclusion and a regulator to complain to.
- Model
- Play coins plus sweeps coins redeemable for prizes
- Market
- United States, with excluded states
- Games
- Slots, fish games and instant games
- Marketing
- Daily login bonuses and free coins on sign-up
How it works
Yay Casino follows the sweepstakes pattern: players use coins with no cash value and receive sweeps coins as a bonus, and sweeps coins won in games can be redeemed for cash prizes after identity checks. The lobby is made up of slots and quick games from outside studios.
It is a recent brand that leans on free coins for signing up and logging in each day.
Where it stands
Yay Casino holds no gambling licence in the markets we cover (US, UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Portugal, South Africa and Ontario). More US states have moved to ban or restrict sweepstakes casinos, and the list of excluded states changes. It is not open to residents of the UK or Europe.
Check the site's current state list before buying coins.
What to know
It plays like a slot site, and coin purchases add up quickly. With a newer brand there is also less evidence of how smoothly prizes are paid.
We do not score sweepstakes sites.