Snapchat, Regulated
TikTok, once we've read what you run
Fee on each deposit. It drops as your monthly volume grows.
Two people type the word sweepstakes into our chat. One runs a win-a-phone offer on CPL. The other runs a casino on gold coins and sweeps coins. To the ad platforms those are different businesses, so start by picking your door.

The same word gets a different answer depending on what sits behind it. Read your column.
| Platform | Prize offer | Sweeps casino | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Prize promotions tied to buying a product at its usual retail price need no permission, as long as gambling isn't your business model. Monetary value in both entry and prize makes it gambling. A free draw isn't named, and the gambling list does name sweepstakes, so ask us. | Meta names sweepstakes among the forms of online gambling. Authorisation, proof it's licensed or lawful, 18+, supported markets only. | Meta gamblingChecked 1 Nov 2026 |
| Prize promotions by retailers and service providers for their own goods sit outside the gambling policy. An affiliate offer may not, so ask us. | Google says by name that sweepstake casinos aren't social casinos. As we read it the gambling rules apply, with certification, and a type not listed for a country can't run there. | Google gamblingChecked 1 Nov 2026 | |
| TikTok | Filed under non-casino games, prizes by chance, typically no purchase, no wagering. Its market list closes non-casino games in many countries, so ask us. | As we read it, online gambling. A local licence and a sales rep, market by market. | TikTok gamblingChecked 1 Nov 2026 |
| Snapchat | Snap's Promotions Rules. Official rules are mandatory, the law is your job, and your rules have to say Snap isn't involved. Its gambling section also uses the word sweepstakes, so ask us before you pay. | Gaming and Gambling Services, by name. A licence for each country, Snap's form, written approval. Affiliates only in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. | Snapchat policy 3.5 and Snap promotionsChecked 1 Nov 2026 |
| X | We confirm X case by case. | We confirm X case by case. | X policy |
| Bigo | Not named. Ask us. | Not named outside India's real-cash rules. Ask us. | Bigo rulesChecked 1 Nov 2026 |

If someone sold you a Snapchat account that's ready for sweeps, read that line again. A sweeps casino on Snapchat needs a licence for each country, Snap's Gambling Ad Review Form and written approval, and the form has to come from you.
We can't send it and neither can anyone else.
We go through it with you and check the file before you press submit.
Read Snap's section 3.5Request them, top them up, see what is left.
A licence usually covers one country, so the account list grows with the map. On Meta, Google and TikTok the panel shows each ad account's time zone, spend cap, budget left and status, and you top up several from one table.
Snapchat, Regulated
TikTok, once we've read what you run
Fee on each deposit. It drops as your monthly volume grows.
Regulated is our price band. Permission is a separate step with the platform.
Meta, Google, X, Bigo. Your rate depends on vertical and volume. One message in chat gets you the number.
Ask for your rate
It depends whose definition you read. Meta looks for monetary value in both entry and prize. TikTok says sweepstakes involve no wagering, then files them under non-casino games in its gambling policy. Snapchat lists sweepstakes in its gambling section. Send us the funnel and we tell you how each is likely to read it.
Meta, Google and TikTok don't name one for a straightforward prize promotion. Snapchat lists sweepstakes in a section that does ask for a licence, so ask us first. The law of each country still applies, and Snapchat says in writing that's your job.
Snapchat won't accept it from us. Its policy rules out agencies by name. We prepare it with you and you send it.
Prize offers follow the law of each country. A sweeps casino needs a licence there and a platform that lists it. Gambling affiliates on Snapchat are limited to Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.
On Snapchat, Regulated, from 4%. On TikTok, quoted. On Meta, Google, X and Bigo, your rate depends on vertical and volume. One message in chat gets you the number.
You get our answer before you top up.
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