Tennessee sweepstakes casinos: Public Chapter 1117 after the 2025 cease-and-desist campaign
Tennessee’s official SB 2136 record identifies enacted Public Chapter 1117 with a May 22, 2026 effective date. That follows the Attorney General’s December 29, 2025 announcement that almost 40 platforms received cease-and-desist letters and disabled unlawful components or agreed to wind them down. These are successive records: the enforcement position preceded the 2026 enactment and should not be assigned the same date.
| Record | Local evidence and scope |
|---|---|
| 1 | The official SB 2136 record identifies enacted Public Chapter 1117 and an effective date of May 22, 2026. |
| 2 | Its enacted caption covers operation, conduct or commercial promotion of online sweepstakes and online or app-based gambling, and Tennessee Consumer Protection Act violations. |
| 3 | On December 29, 2025, the Attorney General said almost 40 platforms had received cease-and-desist letters and had disabled unlawful components or agreed to wind them down. |
| 4 | That enforcement notice identifies the dual-currency promotional-casino model as an illegal lottery under Tennessee law. |
Table sources: Document 1 · Document 2
Tennessee sweepstakes casinos: operation and commercial promotion in the enacted caption
The enacted description addresses operating, conducting or commercially promoting covered online sweepstakes and online or app-based gambling, with consumer-protection consequences. This is not a page on which a social label should be used to sidestep the official history. An old account or a promotion still visible nationally does not establish a current Tennessee entry route, and this guide provides no local SC signup recommendation.
Tennessee sweepstakes casinos: May 2026 enactment followed an earlier enforcement position
Tennessee questions about Public Chapter 1117 after the 2025 cease-and-desist campaign
When did Tennessee Public Chapter 1117 become effective?
The official SB 2136 bill record lists May 22, 2026. That enacted measure should not be described only as proposed or confused with the Attorney General’s December 2025 enforcement announcement.
What did Tennessee announce about platforms in December 2025?
The Attorney General said almost 40 platforms had received cease-and-desist letters and disabled unlawful components or agreed to wind them down. The notice identifies the challenged dual-currency model as an illegal lottery under Tennessee law.
Tennessee primary documents
Tennessee General Assembly: SB 2136 bill history · Tennessee Attorney General: crackdown on illegal online sweepstakes casinos, December 29, 2025