Grade: C
Coin Wizard is a real, operating sweepstakes casino, but its record is mixed. SweepsGuard grades it C based on player complaints, operator conduct, and redemption reliability. That grade is our independent assessment, not a guarantee — read the site's own sweepstakes rules and check its complaint history before you deposit.
If you have Sweeps Coins here, redeem them before noon ET on October 28, 2026. After that, Coin Wizard says you lose access to your account and the site, and you can't submit a redemption request.
The operator posted the closure notice on the site on October 14, 2026. Gold Coin purchases ended that day. Play ended on October 21, 2026. Redemptions stay open until noon ET on October 28 and still follow the existing rules, so the $50 gift card and $100 ACH minimums apply. A balance under those minimums can't be redeemed, so check yours now. If you haven't finished KYC, do it today. A verification hold close to the deadline could leave a balance stuck.
Don't mail any more free entries. Play ended on October 21, so a mail-in entry sent now can't be used. We pulled our mail-in template for that reason.
The closure covers Coin Wizard only. Its sister site Golden Hearts Games, run by the same company, is not affected and is reviewed separately.
Coin Wizard is run by Golden Hearts Games Inc. (dba Coin Wizard Games), a Boston, Massachusetts company backed by Accomplice VC and Boston Seed Capital. It launched in late April or early May 2026 as a sister brand to Golden Hearts Games, which has run since August 2020, and it is closing on October 28, 2026. Coin Wizard uses the standard dual-currency model with Gold Coins for social play and Sweeps Coins for promotional play, with Redeemable Sweeps Coins worth $1.00 each. The site offers slots, blackjack, video poker, scratch cards and instant win games, with titles from Evoplay and Booming Games plus exclusive in-house content. Sweepstakes play is open in most U.S. states, with California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Washington excluded. Redemptions go by ACH direct deposit (2 to 3 business days) or Prizeout digital gift cards (1 to 2 business days). Minimums are $50 for gift cards and $100 for ACH. The free mail-in route paid 3 SC per entry, cut from 6 SC on September 22, 2026, capped at one a day and five a month.
Coin Wizard's own review footprint stayed small: a thin, polarized Trustpilot profile, covered in the status section below. Its parent company Golden Hearts Games holds a decent Trustpilot standing, and many of its long-term players report consistent cashouts. Coin Wizard shares that company's support team and payment processing, but it is closing before it built a record of its own.
Coin Wizard ran for about six months before announcing its closure, so it has little track record of its own. It is operated by the team behind Golden Hearts Games, live since August 2020, which gives it one of the longer histories among U.S. sweepstakes operators. Golden Hearts raised over $10 million for nonprofits through its charitable giving model before that program was suspended in July 2024. Its Michigan operations were shut down after a 2023 Assurance of Discontinuance with the state's Attorney General and Gaming Control Board, while operations in other states continued. Golden Hearts has kept a solid Trustpilot rating over several years, though its BBB profile has historically shown unanswered complaints, and suspending the charity program removed what had been the brand's most distinctive feature.
SweepsGuard has no complaints about Coin Wizard on file. Its own early Trustpilot presence was thin and polarized, with a weak score across a small number of reviews that include rigged-gameplay complaints and a reported broken login, so we never extended the parent company's reputation to it. The 60-day dormant account policy, the $15 returned ACH fee and the broad account suspension language also held it back. The grade stays where it is while the redemption window is open. What matters now is whether redemptions submitted before the October 28 deadline get paid. If yours doesn't, file a complaint with us. We'll look at the grade again once the window closes.
Last updated: October 14, 2026
Player-tracked redemptions: 17 of 18 paid, typically within ~2 days.
Coin Wizard's current SweepsGuard grade is C, as of October 14, 2026. SweepsGuard grades range from A (strong and reliable) to F (blacklisted).
You can file a free complaint against Coin Wizard using SweepsGuard's complaint form at sweepsguard.com/submit-complaint. Submit your dispute with documentation and SweepsGuard mediates it with the operator, then publishes the outcome to Coin Wizard's public record.