State law brief
Georgia
Georgia's consideration, chance, and prize test remains product-specific online
Sources reviewed Next review due
- Status on record
- No explicit prohibition on record
- Sweeps Coins redemption
- Not blocked by any state rule on our records
- Operators accepting players
- 147 scored operators, per our availability records
Does Georgia's COAM guidance approve or ban online dual-currency sites?
No. The guidance addresses licensed physical coin-operated amusement machines and their limited redemption options. It does not decide whether a remote dual-currency product is a lottery, gambling device, or commercial gambling under Georgia law.
What the law says
The official Georgia Lottery COAM compilation reproduces O.C.G.A. section 16-12-20 definitions for a bet, gambling device, and lottery. Its lottery definition centers on prizes distributed by chance among people who paid or promised consideration, with statutory exceptions for certain promotions and no-payment situations. Section 16-12-22 addresses commercial gambling, while section 16-12-35 contains skill and noncash COAM provisions. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says licensed physical COAM machines may award in-store merchandise, fuel, or lottery tickets, but cash redemption is illegal. HB1373, a 2026 COAM proposal, remained at House Second Readers.
How it applies to dual-currency casinos
The GBI guidance is a physical COAM enforcement framework, not approval or prohibition of online Gold Coin and Sweeps Coin sites. An online product may present a purchase, a no-purchase route, chance-based casino games, and a redeemable currency. Whether a purchase is consideration, whether the free route is meaningful, and whether the redeemable currency is a prize or thing of value remain unresolved under the reviewed sources. HB1373 is a proposal and cannot be treated as an enacted online sweepstakes rule. The COAM compilation displayed a September 24, 2021 currency date, so current text should be rechecked.
Enforcement on file
Specific guidance found: the GBI says cash redemption at licensed COAM locations is illegal and violators will be prosecuted. No named action against a dual-currency online sweepstakes operator was located in the reviewed official sources.
Still unresolved
Whether a particular online purchase path and Sweeps Coin redemption satisfy Georgia's consideration, chance, prize, gambling-device, or commercial-gambling elements remains unresolved.
Sources we read
Information, not legal advice. State law, its enforcement and each operator's own terms change; for a decision that matters, talk to a lawyer licensed in Georgia. 21+ only.