Sup fellow degens, 

The holidays are slowly coming to an end. 

I hope you didn't lose your entire holiday bonus betting on a sure-thing NBA prop that busted in the first quarter.

Maybe some of you spent Christmas week playing "Sweepstakes Casinos." 

You know, the sites that claim they aren't gambling because you play with "Gold Coins" and redeem "Sweeps Coins" for cash. 

You tell yourself it’s not a casino, it’s a "Social Gaming Platform," and that it is perfectly legal. Yeah, sure. And I drink vodka for the hydration.

I got my hands on the data for the Most Played Sweepstakes Slots of Christmas Week 2025. It paints a sad, beautiful picture of how we spent our holidays.

Here is the Degen Review of the most played slots these past few days.

If you were spinning this BGaming title, you might actually have a functioning brain cell. It mixes a festive theme with a crackling fireplace and fiery mechanics on a 5x4 grid with 100 fixed paylines. 

The real draw here isn't the "ho-ho-Hold & Win" mechanic that triggers respins with sticky symbols, but the math behind it.

This game boasts a 97% RTP. In the world of online slots, 97% is practically charity compared to the 94% most casinos offer.

If you played this, you were technically losing money, but you were losing it efficiently.

Hey, a win is a win.

This is for the people who hate themselves. Developed by Paperclip Gaming and set in a frozen forest, this 5x5 grid game is defined by its high volatility. 

One of the biggest reasons this slot became a hit among slot fans during the festive holidays is that it offers you the chance to trigger a unique free spins round when you land three free spins scatters on your reels. Once activated, you’ll receive 10, 25, or 50 (!!) free spins.

You need three bonus symbols just to get ten free spins, though hitting four triggers the "Xmas Bonus" with guaranteed Wilds on every spin.

It is the slot equivalent of a toxic relationship; you suffer for hours just for one moment of excitement that convinces you to ruin your life.

This Booming Games title is literally a reskin of their old game, 64 Gold Coins. 

They just put a Santa hat on the code and called it a day. It runs on a 5x5 grid with 30 paylines and features "Frosty Respins" that trigger randomly on a win. 

With a 95.9% RTP and medium-high volatility, it isn't terrible math-wise, but if you played this, the developers are laughing at you from a yacht because you fell for the oldest trick in the book: "New Skin, Same Math".

4. Snowing Gifts 3:

Spinomenal created a "dazzling winter world" that is effectively the beige sedan of slots. It offers standard mechanics on a 5x3 grid with "Santa Sack Wilds" and a chance to trigger up to 50 free spins.

However, with medium volatility and a 95.78% RTP, it is aggressively average. It won't make you rich, it won't ruin your life, and it won't give you a heart attack. 

It just exists to burn your time. If you played this, you probably actually enjoy "social gaming." Block me.

Since these casinos operate in a legal grey area, you need a strategy to exploit them without becoming a victim.

First, Hunt the RTP. Only play games like Hot Chilli Bells 100 that offer 97% returns and ignore the trash sitting at 95%. That 2% difference is the gap between a slow death and a fighting chance.

Second, abuse the "Daily Login" bonuses. These sites give you free currency just for logging in. Collect it every day, do not play, and hoard it like a dragon until you have enough for a max bet on a high-volatility slot.

Lastly, never buy the "Gold Coins." The moment you spend real money to buy fake currency to win sweepstakes entries, you have lost the plot and become a micro-transaction victim.

The holidays are over.

Put down the "Social Casino" apps. Go find a real bookie who respects you enough to take your actual money.

TL;DR: Christmas week was spent degenning on sweepstakes slots. Hot Chilli Bells 100 had the best math, Xmas Link was pure emotional damage, 64 Presents was a lazy reskin, and Snowing Gifts 3 just wasted time. If you play, chase high RTP, farm free bonuses, and never buy Gold Coins.

Stay degen,

Dima