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Sleeper Review 2026

Sleeper is one of the most popular fantasy apps in the country, and its free season-long leagues are what most people use it for. Its paid contests are a different story: which ones you can enter depends on your state and on which of the three paid products you mean, and the pick'em style product in particular is the subject of state enforcement and an active class action.

The facts

OperatorBlitz Studios, Inc., which also runs Sleeper Markets, a separately regulated prediction-market arm
ProductsFree season-long leagues; paid Picks, PicksVS and Daily Drafts contests, each with its own state availability
Paid contest availability (as of July 2026)All three paid products reported live in AR, CA, IL, MO, NC, ND, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, VT, VA, DC, WI and WY; Picks and Daily Drafts only in AK, GA, IN, MN, NE, NM, TX and UT; PicksVS and Daily Drafts only, with Picks unavailable, in FL, KS and MA
Legal modelPaid fantasy contests under state fantasy contest law and the federal fantasy carve-out; the prediction-market arm is regulated separately
Regulatory status of Sleeper MarketsThe National Futures Association approved Sleeper Markets in January 2026 and Sleeper dropped its lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at the same time
PennsylvaniaNot on the Pennsylvania fantasy contest operator list as of this research, so no Pennsylvania claim is made here
Minimum age18+ for paid contests in most states, higher in some; confirm your state

Strengths

  • Free season-long leagues are genuinely free and are the main reason most people install it, with no money required at any point
  • One of the best-built fantasy apps available, with live scoring, chat and league management in a single product
  • State availability is published per product rather than as one blanket list, so you can see exactly which contests you can enter
  • The prediction-market arm went through National Futures Association approval rather than launching around the regulator

Watch outs

  • This is the caveat that held the listing back: Sleeper is under active state enforcement and litigation over its paid pick'em product. The Massachusetts attorney general sent cease-and-desist letters to ten daily fantasy operators including Sleeper over pick'em contests resembling sports betting parlays, and Sleeper Picks is consequently unavailable in Massachusetts
  • A proposed class action, Holyk v. Blitz Studios, Inc., was filed in the Southern District of California on 2025-10-02 alleging the platform hosts illegal gambling. Sleeper still lists California as live for all three paid products, so that tension is unresolved
  • Paid contest availability is not one list. Picks, PicksVS and Daily Drafts each have their own state map, and being able to enter one does not mean you can enter the others
  • Pennsylvania does not appear on the state fantasy contest operator list, so do not assume paid entry is available there
  • The state-by-state availability of the Sleeper Markets prediction-market product specifically could not be pinned down, and prediction markets are regulated under a different regime than fantasy contests

Who it is for

Anyone who wants a first-rate free season-long fantasy app. For paid contests, check which of the three products is actually available in your state before you deposit.

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