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VGW Malta Ltd., owner of Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots, has agreed to pay $11.75 million to end a class action lawsuit claiming the company violated Kentucky gambling laws by selling virtual coins in Luckyland and Chumba Casino slots games.
Class members include all Kentucky residents who spent $5 or more at Chumba Casino or Luckyland Slots within a 24-hour period between March 17, 2017, and March 17, 2022.
Plaintiff Amy Jo Armstead filed the Chumba Casino and Lucklyand Slots class action lawsuit Sept. 7, 2022. Armstead states she played Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots games, and lost more than $7,000 doing so. In her lawsuit, she argues she and many other people were harmed because VGW Malta violated Kentucky gambling laws designed to protect individuals.
She explains VGW Malta owns and operates virtual casino games through the brands Chumba Casino and Luckyland. Allegedly, the virtual games allow players to use virtual coins to play slot games.
The plaintiff states that while first-time players are given these virtual “gold coins” for free, after the initial play, consumers must pay real money to purchase these coins. Consumers can also reportedly place wagers to win more gold coins.
While the company lures players in with its “free to play” model, the games quickly charge players, according to the plaintiff, meaning they fall under the regulations of Kentucky gambling law.
She asserts that as games of chance are illegal in Kentucky, if gambling players lose money at games of chance in the state, they are entitled to receive their lost money within a certain timeframe. In her Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots class action lawsuit, Armstead requested that the money she lost at gambling, and the money other similarly affected consumers lost, be returned to them.
VGW Malta has not admitted wrongdoing in response to the claims surrounding the games but has agreed to a settlement to avoid the costs and risks of continued litigation.
Class members will be eligible for a proportional payment of the settlement amount, allocated based on how much money they lost from the settlement. These amounts will be determined after attorney fees and costs as well as class representative payments have been allocated.
A payment estimator is available on the settlement website.
Class members who wish to object to or exclude themselves from the VGW Malta Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots class action lawsuit settlement must do so by Dec. 15, 2022.
A final fairness hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9, 2023.
To receive class action settlement benefits, class members must file a valid claim by March 6, 2023.
Who’s Eligible
Class members include all Kentucky residents who spent $5 or more at Chumba Casino or Luckyland Slots within a 24-hour period between March 17, 2017, and March 17, 2022.
Potential Award
Varies
Proof of Purchase
No proof of purchase applicable
Claim Form
NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.
Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.
Claim Form Deadline
03/06/2023
Case Name
Armstead v. VGW Malta Ltd, Case No. 2022-CI-00553, in the Henderson County Circuit Court, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Final Hearing
01/09/2023
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
VGW Games Settlement
c/o JND Legal Administration
P.O. Box 91350
Seattle, WA 98111
info@VGWGamesSettlement.com
844-633-0695
Class Counsel
Philip L Fraietta
Alec M Leslie
BURSOR & FISHER PA
Defense Counsel
Behnam Dayanim
PAUL HASTINGS LLP
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201 thoughts onChumba Casino, Luckyland Slots $11.75M class action lawsuit settlement
I live in Massachusetts andI have spent alot of money playing Lucky Land slots and evenmore playing Slotomania during that timeframe could you please look into the law petaining to Gambling online in Massachusetts,thank you.
Please add Ohio to the list based on the reels are tripped.
If it is against the law then you are admitting that you broke that law as well as chumba
Please add California! I too have put so much money into chumba and luckyland to get unfair play time. Yet they display their ads with people winning thousands everyday….I dont think so….false advertising and they trip their reels as well. They need to be held accountable.
yes ,, chumba casino for sure has a way of taking peoples money in so many ways not just the games.
Add NY. I spent money on chumba and lucky land funny those winners are not real. I have lost over $200 to chumba and lucky land slots. The reels are rigged!
I asked for my money back on countless occasions! Please add NY
I won 4000+ several times. I also lost it again because i didnt get out when I should. Don’t stop the fun for others please. I happen to like the sweeps casino games. They Literally give you money to play with every day for free and you can write in and get five sweeps coins per postcard that you send. I mean it’s really ridiculous that people have a problem losing money eagerly gave to have a chance to win, but dont say a word about when they give it away for free literally every day.
Listen they all ready agreed to pay 11mil so its a done deal so instead of it going to the lawyers shit why not get a piece of the pie you deserve it it’s not like it will ruin anything for anyone they will continue to operate hell your just going to give it back.
Please add California! I spent way beyond that amount just to have my accounts deactivated.
Please, add Illinois to this claim too. I as well spent over $1000 into both Luckylands and Chumba. Would love to make a claim on this.
Agreed, Add California TOO!!
Add Georgia to spent waaaay to much
PLEASE ADD TENNESSEE.
I have lost over 10 grand to chumba, luckyland, pulze, funrize, casinonextreme,, slots lv, Cafe casino, stake.us and a few others… I’m sick about it. A few of them would not pay me when I won…. they are all bad, I won 900 once and they paid me that was casinonextreme… now the machines never pay back.
I really think they are scamming at drake casino I won 6500, they told me I can only cash out 125 of it lol…. scams
It sounds to me like you have a gambling problem which isn’t the casinos fault. I myself have one but I’m not suing the damn casino it isn’t their fault that I don’t know when enough is enough and it isn’t their fault you don’t either. I happen to know all of those casinos payout and casinoextreme will pay out in under an hour.
Correctly said your extremely right
Damn right how much are of a grown person to blame a gambling site for their own addictions
Youre joking right? I mean 19 is red in roulette. And if you had everything covered you would have won on 19 every time. But not on a number color combo that doesnt exist.
believe it or not the color of the bet didnt always match what was showing on the screen and that should be easy enough to prove
I just had a question. When ive tried to play chumba or lucky land it never worked. Is it better to download game or play in browser? Alao it has to be one or the other? Can’t play both casinos? Thabk you!
yes i need helpmy step dad won a 400000 jackpot on luckyland we sent everything they ask for andlike a month and they closed his account said he had more then one account which was alie hehad only one account cause i open it for him he is 89 old so they lied and closed his account didnt pay him please help