Currently, Indiana lawmakers are no longer ignoring sweepstakes casinos. During the 2026 Regular Session, members of the Indiana General Assembly introduced House Bill 1052, which would address sweepstakes-style gaming directly under state law.
This bill did not originate with regulators or enforcement agencies. It comes from lawmakers. This distinction is important because only the General Assembly can decide if a new category of gaming should be included in Indiana’s legal framework.
As mentioned before, HB 1052 would add new language to the Indiana Code that defines certain sweepstakes games and ties them to prohibited activity unless another law allows them.
The bill also says that operators who knowingly offer or run these games for people in Indiana will face penalties. Those penalties would apply to the operation itself, not to casual players, and they would exist separately from the criminal gambling provisions already in the code.
From a procedural standpoint, the bill has been referred to the House Public Policy Committee, where it remains under review. At this stage, it has not passed, it has not been rejected, and it can still be amended, narrowed, or left to expire at the end of the session (Indiana General Assembly, 2025).
What this tells you is simple. Indiana lawmakers are aware of the sweepstakes casino model, and are actively considering whether to close the gap that currently exists in state law. Until something like HB 1052 becomes law, the legal structure stays as it is today.
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