How we compare Pulsz alternatives, and who writes this site
About · Method
Every number on this site comes from a document you can open yourself: a site's own rules, its help centre or its home page, with the date we read it. Here is how we pick sites, what we check, what we leave out and how our partner fits in.
A comparison is only useful if you can see how it was made. This page sets out the method behind every page on this site, the one test we did with our own money, and our relationship with our partner.
What we read
For each sweepstakes site we open three kinds of public document:
- The rules. Terms of use and sweepstakes rules, on the site's own domain, on the day we read them. For the current comparison that day was 11 September 2026.
- The help centre. Where it explains redemption routes, purchase methods or verification.
- The home page. For what the site advertises that day, such as a sign-up offer or a game count. Those captures are dated 18 September 2026.
We do not work from old copies of a rulebook. A site can change its minimum from one version to the next, and a figure from last year's rules is a wrong figure today. Where a page we needed asked us to sign in, as the Pulsz Sweepstakes Rules did, we say so and print “not stated” rather than filling the gap from elsewhere.
What we record
Four numbers per site decide how a redemption goes, and they are the core of every table here:
- the cash prize minimum,
- the gift card minimum,
- the playthrough on free Sweeps Coins, with any ceiling the site reserves,
- the free entry amount and method.
Alongside them we note the minimum age, the company named in the rules, what the site says about verification and timing, and which purchase and prize routes it names.
How the list is ordered
The sweepstakes sites follow in order of how much of their redemption rules they publish, and among those publishing the same, the lower cash minimum first. Pulsz is last, as the benchmark every other row is measured against.
We do not give the sweepstakes sites a score out of five. Their own numbers can be checked; a score cannot.
What we leave out
Where each site is available. Sweepstakes sites exclude some states and revise the list often. The site's own sign-up page is the authority on whether you can play where you live.
Payout speed as a rating. We quote stated times word for word and do not rank on speed, because we did not redeem.
Invented experience. We do not claim to have played where we have not.
Our one real-money test
On this site, real money was used at one operator: Vave. We opened an account with an email and a password, deposited crypto, played, and requested two withdrawals. Both were paid, on 28 August and 2 September 2026, and no documents were requested. The details are in the Vave review.
Our partner
That means three things:
- It sits first on every list, by agreement, outside the ordering above.
- It is the only site with a button. The buttons on this site all lead to Vave.
- If you open an account through our link, we may earn a commission.
We have no links to any sweepstakes site, and none of them pays us.
The desk
This site is written by the Callboard desk, which follows US sweepstakes sites and crypto casinos, reads their rules and rereads them when they change. We are not a casino or a sweepstakes platform: we sell no coins, take no deposits and pay no prizes. If a figure here no longer matches a site's rules, tell us and we will check it against the live document.
Corrections
When a site changes a rule we have printed, we update the figure and the date it was read. We do not keep old numbers on the page for comparison unless the change itself is the news.
Responsible play
Sweepstakes play costs what you spend on coins; real-money play can cost everything you deposit. Set a monthly budget before you start, keep to it, and take a break if it stops being fun. The National Council on Problem Gambling runs a free, confidential helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER. The full comparison is on the sweepstakes casinos like Pulsz call sheet.