High 5 Casino Ends Oklahoma Access Ahead of State Sweepstakes Ban

High 5 Casino stopped offering its sweepstakes gaming platform to participants located in Oklahoma on October 29, 2026, joining McLuck and Modo.us in documenting exits or restrictions for the state as Senate Bill 1589, which makes conducting dual-currency online casino games a felony, approaches its November 1, 2026 effective date.

The cutoff appears in a special notice to Oklahoma players in High 5 Casino’s terms of use, which operator High 5 Entertainment, LLC updated to version 47.0 on October 29, 2026. According to the notice, the company stopped new account registrations and purchases for participants located in the state on October 15, 2026, while existing account holders could continue to play and redeem Sweeps Coins through October 29, 2026. On and after that date, no participant, whether a resident or a non-resident located in Oklahoma, will be able to access High 5 Casino while located in the state. Oklahoma also appears on the sweepstakes platform’s restricted-territories list in the updated terms.

McLuck’s terms of service, published as version 2.6 dated October 14, 2026, state: “Effective 1 November 2026, we will no longer be operating in Oklahoma.” McLuck is operated by B-Two Operations Limited, a company registered in the Isle of Man.

The same terms already bar McLuck’s services in Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia, as well as any jurisdiction outside the United States, and state that the company no longer offers promotional contests in California.

Modo.us listed Oklahoma among its restricted states in sweepstakes official rules last updated October 1, 2026. The rules name ARB Gaming, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as Modo.us, as the sweepstakes sponsor, and they exclude entries from anyone located in Oklahoma or in the other restricted states named: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.

The Modo.us rules describe the platform’s dual-currency structure. Gold Coins enable freemium play and cannot be redeemed for prizes. Sweepstakes Coins cannot be purchased under any circumstances; they are distributed free through daily login rewards, social-media giveaways, referral bonuses, mail-in entries and as bonuses accompanying Gold Coin purchases, and coins accumulated through play can be redeemed for cash and prizes. The rules state that no purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win.

What Senate Bill 1589 Does

The enrolled text of Senate Bill 1589 amends Oklahoma’s gambling-offenses statute. It defines online casino games as gambling games accessed over the internet through a computer, mobile phone, smart watch, tablet or similar device that, when a player risks any representative of value, simulate a slot machine, a lottery, a bingo game or another prohibited form of gambling. It defines a representative of value to include any currency used as part of a dual-currency system of payment that can be exchanged for any prize, award, cash or cash equivalent, or any chance to win them.

Under the amended statute, any person who opens, causes to be opened, conducts or carries on such games for money, checks, credits or any representatives of value commits a Class C2 felony, punishable upon conviction by a fine of $500 to $2,000 and by imprisonment as provided under the state’s sentencing statute. Criminal liability extends beyond operators: any owner or employee, geolocation provider, gaming supplier, platform provider, promoter or media affiliate who deals the games or provides support for those engaged in them falls within the offense.

The law exempts games conducted under the Oklahoma Charity Games Act and gaming conducted on Indian lands in compliance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. A separate section sets the effective date as November 1, 2026.

Passage, Veto and Override

Senate Bill 1589 was authored by Senator Gollihare, with Representative Hilbert as principal House author and Representative Fetgatter as a coauthor, according to the Oklahoma Legislature’s bill record. The measure received its first reading on February 2, 2026, and was reported out of the Senate’s Business and Insurance committee later that month. The Senate passed it 48-0 on March 2, 2026. In the House, it advanced through the Criminal Judiciary and Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committees in April 2026 before passing 65-21 on May 4, 2026. It was sent to Governor Kevin Stitt on May 5, 2026.

Stitt vetoed the bill on May 7, 2026. In a veto message issued under his authority in the Oklahoma Constitution, the governor wrote: “Oklahoma’s gaming laws must be clear, targeted, and fair. Senate Bill 1589 does not accomplish that end. This bill is so broad that it criminalizes everyday apps people use for fun. It also unnecessarily creates a new felony and extends criminal liability to businesses and service providers.”

The message said the bill’s reach would create uncertainty for businesses operating in good faith and discourage innovation and investment in the state, and that Oklahoma could protect consumers without adopting criminal penalties that reach beyond the problem they are intended to solve.

The Legislature overrode the veto on May 14, 2026, the Senate voting 34-10 and the House 68-19. The enrolled measure was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State the same day. It becomes effective November 1, 2026.