A loyalty program built on Sweeps Coins, not vague points. Every SC you wager earns Aurora XP; every 100 XP earned posts as redeemable SC rakeback at your current tier rate. No deposit gates, no hidden multipliers.
The mistake nine out of ten sweepstakes VIP programs make is using a hidden multiplier on bet size to compute loyalty points — meaning a 5 SC bet on slots might earn you twice the loyalty XP of a 5 SC bet on baccarat, but the conversion table is never published. Lucky North does the opposite. Every 1 SC wagered, on any game in our lobby, earns you exactly 1 Aurora XP. There is no game-weighting trick. The only differentiator is your tier, which decides how fast that XP converts into rakeback Sweeps Coins paid back into your redeemable balance.
Rakeback at our base tier sits at 1% — pedestrian by intent. Most sweepstakes brands give you nothing at level one and a derisory amount at level two. Our 1% baseline is calibrated to be merely meaningful: on a $25-equivalent SC welcome that turns over once, you collect 0.25 SC back. Tier two doubles that. Tier three is where the program starts to matter at 4%. Tier five — the top of the tree, reached by a small handful of players — pays 12% rakeback and a basket of non-financial perks (faster cashouts, lower max-bet caps during bonus playthrough, a real-prize hamper).
The XP requirements above are calibrated against typical session activity. Below is the median time to climb each tier for an account that plays five SC sessions per week of about 45 minutes each.
| Perk | Brass | Silver | Gold | Sapphire | Crown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC rakeback | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 12% |
| Monthly SC bonus | — | 3 SC | 10 SC | 50 SC | 250 SC |
| Hourly wheel boost | ×1 | ×1.5 | ×2 | ×2.5 | ×3 |
| Cashout SLA | 72h | 48h | 48h | 24h | 12h |
| Daily SC cap | 2,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 50,000 | 250,000 |
| Personal host | — | — | Phone | Dedicated | |
| Birthday gift | 25 SC | 25 SC | 50 SC | 50 SC | 250 SC + hamper |
| Bonus playthrough | 1× | 1× | 0.75× | 0.5× | 0× |
At Gold tier and above, the math crosses 100% — meaning a player with disciplined bankroll management on high-RTP titles can expect net positive Sweeps Coin returns over a large sample. That is not a guarantee on any one session; variance is brutal at the tail. But it is the structural argument for why the program is worth climbing.
| Brand | Tier 1 rakeback | Top tier rakeback | Tiers | Personal host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky North | 1% | 12% | 5 | Tier 3+ |
| Stake.us | — | 5% | 11 | Tier 6+ |
| McLuck | — | 2% | 9 | — |
| Pulsz | — | 3% | 6 | Tier 5+ |
| Chumba | — | — | None | — |
| High 5 | — | 3.5% | 5 | Tier 4+ |
The XP table above is non-negotiable, but there are accelerants. First, every tournament you enter — slot races, live dealer happy hours, Crazy Saturday — counts at 2x XP on every bet made during the event window. Second, mobile sessions count at 1.25x XP. Third, an active VIP host can pre-credit XP against a forthcoming purchase pack, which means you can effectively buy your way into a tier upgrade. Most players reach Silver within ten days. Reaching Gold takes about six weeks of regular play. The jump from Gold to Sapphire is where the curve steepens — that climb takes the median active player about four months.
Tiers refresh every 90 days. Your XP balance carries forward, but inactivity beyond 90 days drops you one tier per inactive period.
Yes, in all 45 eligible sweepstakes states. State exclusions follow the same list as the sweepstakes itself.
No publicly listed one. The handful of players who exceed Crown XP receive a custom programme with bespoke perks negotiated by their host.
The honest case for a sweepstakes VIP program is built on two numbers: the rakeback percentage and the rake base it applies to. Most competitor programs lean on the percentage in their marketing — "up to 5% cashback!" — without disclosing that the 5% applies only to net house win and only after a tiered weekly cap. The Aurora Club instead pays its percentage on gross wager. That is a structural difference. On a 96.5% RTP slot, paying 4% rakeback on gross wager is equivalent to paying roughly 114% on net house win, because the house only retained 3.5 cents of every dollar. That ratio compounds: Crown's 12% gross-rakeback equivalent translates to over 300% of net house win returned, which is why Crown is the only tier where a disciplined player can produce structurally positive expected returns over a large sample.
The trade-off we accept is that gross-wager rakeback is harder to forecast on the operator side. We do not know in advance whether a Crown player's monthly variance will land net positive or net negative for us. Our finance team initially pushed back on the design because it removed the easy ability to cap loyalty exposure. We countered with two arguments: first, gross-wager rakeback is the simpler, more honest accounting from the player's perspective; second, the operational discipline of forecasting it forces us to keep the rakeback rates sustainable rather than letting marketing inflate them in pursuit of acquisition. So far, the design has held without subsidy.
One Aurora XP equals one SC wagered. There is no game-weighting, no time-of-day multiplier, no provider preference. That uniformity is the program's defining honest feature: a hand of blackjack pays the same XP as a slot spin pays the same XP as a live dealer roulette round. Tier transitions are evaluated on a rolling 30-day basis: as long as your last 30 days of XP keeps you above the tier floor, you remain at the tier. The floor for each tier is published below. If you drop below the floor for more than 30 days, the system drops you one tier; subsequent inactivity drops one more tier per 30 days until you reach Brass.
The personal host program kicks in at Gold tier. The host is a real Lucky North employee, not an outsourced contractor or a chatbot in a costume. A typical host carries a roster of about sixty Gold and Sapphire players plus a handful of Crowns; the relationship runs over email for Gold and shifts to phone or scheduled video for Sapphire and Crown. Hosts pre-clear cashouts above the standard review threshold, surface relevant promotions before they hit the public calendar, escalate banking edge cases, and act as the single point of contact for any complaint that did not resolve on the first support pass. Most importantly they remember the relationship: which providers a player favours, what their preferred payout method is, when their birthday is, whether they took the last bonus or skipped it. That memory is the actual product of a VIP program. Rakeback is the headline number, but the host is the reason a player at this tier feels seen.
Climbing tiers also means more exposure. A Crown player who suddenly stops logging in, or whose play pattern shifts into a session length curve that looks compulsive, triggers an internal review. The first step is gentle — the host calls to check in, the daily limits are softly suggested, sometimes the SC cashback is paid in advance to break a chase pattern. If the player asks for a cool-off, it is granted within the hour and the host stops contact until requested. Self-exclusion at any tier wipes the entire roster: marketing emails stop, the host stops, any pending tournament prize is paid and the account is locked. The trade-off here is real — keeping players safe sometimes costs us our most engaged accounts. We think that trade is worth making and we structure the program to reflect that.
Every tournament a Lucky North player enters during the entry window — slot races, live dealer happy hours, Crazy Saturday, Pragmatic Drops & Wins — counts at 2× XP on every SC wagered within the event window. This is the single largest accelerant in the system, and it explains why most Silver-to-Gold tier transitions happen during the first weekend of a new monthly cycle. Mobile sessions count at 1.25× XP year-round, which means an aggressive player who spends most of their time in the PWA naturally compounds faster than a desktop-only player at the same wagering volume.
Your first SC wager auto-enrolls you in the Aurora Club. There is no opt-in form.
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