The Sweepstake Murders is a 1931 detective novel by the British author Alfred Walter Stewart, published under his pseudonym J.J.

[1] It is the seventh in his series of novels featuring the Golden Age Detective Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield.

[2] It uses a tontine murder theme, which recurs in detective and mystery stories.

After a night of cards a group of men agree to invest in a pool on a coming sweepstake.

Sir Clinton Driffield is involved both professionally and privately, as his close friend Wendover is one of the members of the syndicate.