Stake.us will stop serving Arkansas residents on Dec. 7, placing affected accounts into “Redeem Only” mode. Customers will still be able to log in and request redemption of eligible remaining balances, but they will no longer be able to play on the platform.
The company notified Arkansas customers by email, according to SweepsKings. Stake.us has not publicly stated a reason for its withdrawal. Players had just under four weeks from the announcement to deal with balances held in their accounts.
As reported in October, Stake.us used a similar post-withdrawal arrangement in Oklahoma, allowing customers to access accounts and redeem eligible balances after the service stopped operating there.
The Arkansas move comes alongside narrower restrictions in Texas and Mississippi. Stake.us has blocked new registrations in those two states while allowing existing customers to continue playing; a customer-support representative described the policy to Sweepsy as applying to “new registrations only.”
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed suit against VGW on Nov. 4, alleging that its Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Casino and Global Poker brands offered illegal gambling in the state. Stake.us was not named in that action. Sweepsy said the lawsuit’s theory, that sweepstakes sites present gambling as something else and thereby mislead consumers, could also apply to Stake.us, which is contesting a similar argument in Florida.
No new Arkansas law specifically banning sweepstakes casinos in 2026 was identified. Two 2025 measures, HB 1861 and SB 524, which would have addressed online casino gaming and dual-currency platforms, were withdrawn before becoming law.
Stake.us uses Gold Coins for social play and Stake Cash for promotional sweepstakes play. The company maintains that it does not offer real-money gambling because participation does not require a purchase and Stake Cash cannot be purchased directly.
