Mail-In Sweeps Coins: Amounts by Casino and Is It Worth It

Every sweepstakes casino has to offer a free way in, and the route most rulebooks spell out is the mail-in request: you post a handwritten card and the casino credits free Sweeps Coins (SC). Players argue about how much it pays, and the numbers online contradict each other. So we read the rules. Below is what each casino's own rulebook says, what a request costs to send, and whether it adds up.

Mail-in amounts by casino

Read from each casino's own sweepstakes rules between October 2, 2026 and November 2, 2026; the date in each row links to the rules we read. "Requests to reach the cash minimum" divides the cash minimum by the amount per request and ignores wins and losses. Fortune Coins counts in FC at 100 FC to the dollar (a request credits 500 FC), so its row is shown in dollar terms. Global Poker's amount comes from its Sweeps Rules version 10.0, dated March 11, 2024, the newest copy we could open (the current rules page is blocked outside allowed states).

What a request costs you

The stamp is the main cost. From July 12, 2026 a US First-Class letter costs $0.82. Fortune Coins, Sportzino, Yay Casino and Zula Casino have you mail your request to a PO box at 10-8707 Dufferin Street in Thornhill, Ontario. From the US that's an international letter, which costs $1.75, more than double. A plain stamp on those envelopes risks the request coming back or getting lost.

Add a card and an envelope, and your time: logging in to get a code, writing the card by hand, addressing the envelope and posting it.

Is it worth it? The per-hour math

A worked example. Say a request takes you 10 minutes and the card and envelope cost $0.10. That's 6 requests an hour.

• At Chumba Casino (5 SC, US address): 30 SC an hour, minus $5.52 in postage and materials, is about $24.48 of face value an hour.
• At Sportzino (5 SC, Canadian address): the same 30 SC an hour costs $11.10 to send, so about $18.90 of face value an hour.

That looks good on paper, and it's why people do it. The catches are what the number leaves out:

1. Face value isn't cash. Mail-in coins must be played through (usually once) before they can be redeemed, and play can raise or lower your balance.
2. It's slow. The post takes days, and crediting can take weeks; RealPrize and LoneStar say up to 20 days.
3. Minimums. By mail alone it takes 10 requests at Fortune Coins (cash minimum 50) and 100 at RealPrize (cash minimum 100).
4. Limits. Some rules cap requests per period (MyPrize allows one per sweepstakes period, which is a calendar month), and the rules that address it allow one request per envelope.

How to send a request that counts

The details differ by casino, so follow its rules exactly. These points show up again and again in the rulebooks we read:

1. Get a fresh code from your account. Most casinos generate a one-time code for each request, and some expire it: Chanced after 90 days, Lavish Luck after 30.
2. Write it all by hand. The rules ask for handwritten requests. Legendz asks for blue ink, and illegible writing voids the entry.
3. Use the size they ask for. Several want a 4x6 inch card or plain white paper inside a #10 envelope.
4. Mail from your own state. The request must come from the state on your verified account.
5. One request per envelope, with the exact statement and details the rules list (name, email, return address, code).
6. Check the address and the stamp. Copy the address from the current rules, and use international postage for the Canadian address.

What the rules don't say

• How long most casinos take to credit a request: only a few give a time.
• Whether the amount per request will stay the same: some rules say they can change it.
• Whether there's a monthly cap at every casino: some state one, many don't.

Where it fits with other free routes

Mail-in is one of several free ways to get SC, next to sign-up bonuses, daily logins and giveaways; How to Get Free Sweeps Coins Without Buying covers all of them. To compare minimums, playthrough and excluded states side by side, see Sweepstakes Casino Rules Compared. The coins only become cash after the minimum and the playthrough, which Gold Coins vs Sweeps Coins explains, and every casino above excludes some states, so check Where Are Sweepstakes Casinos Legal? before you start. Prizes you redeem are taxable: see Do You Pay Taxes on Sweepstakes Winnings?.

How we gather and check this data is in How we make our guides. This guide is general information, not legal advice. 18+ only (21+ at some casinos). Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

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