Avia bots class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Andrew Pandolfi and Mandi Shawcroft filed a class action lawsuit against AviaGames Inc., its founders Vickie Yanjuan Chen and Ping Wang, and a pair of venture capitalist firms and other unnamed alleged co-conspirators.
- Why: Pandolfi and Shawcroft claim Avia leads its users to believe they are competing against other real players for money, when, in reality, the company allegedly populates the competition with computer bots.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
Avia populates its online games with computer bots to compete against unwitting human players who bet real money while under the belief they are squaring up against real people, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiffs Andrew Pandolfi and Mandi Shawcroft claim Avia users have bet hundreds of millions of dollars while thinking they were competing against real players, instead of allegedly computer bots that “can impact or control the outcomes of the games.”
“Instead of being games of skill as advertised, Avia’s games are manipulated games of chance that amount to an unapproved gambling enterprise,” the Avia class action states.
The plaintiffs want to represent a nationwide class of persons who have lost money playing any Avia game until the company’s “unlawful conduct and its harmful effects stop.”
Avia’s games are allegedly ‘unapproved gambling enterprise’
The plaintiffs claim that, by allegedly manipulating their games with computer bots, Avia has turned games that were marketed as skilled into “an unapproved gambling enterprise.”
“Recently uncovered evidence indicates that Avia has perpetuated a lie on its customers and that players are actually playing against computer bots in a stacked game of chance,” the class action states.
The Avia games include traditional card games such as solitaire and blackjack, bingo games, pool games, bubble-popping games and Tetris/block puzzle games, according to the Avia class action.
The plaintiffs claim Avia is guilty of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and California’s Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
In a similar case, a class action lawsuit was filed against Amazon.com Inc. earlier this month by a consumer arguing the company profits from social casino apps that are illegal and addictive.
Have you lost money playing an Avia game? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiffs are represented by Todd Logan of Edelson PC and Matthew S. Tripolitsiotis and Spencer Cox of Burns Charest LLP.
The Avia bots class action lawsuit is Pandolfi, et al. v. AviaGames Inc., et al., Case No. 5:23-cv-05971, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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397 thoughts onAvia class action alleges ‘human’ players are actually computer bots
46046061011 My ID number please help me. I’ve played this game for a year. I’ve tryed to WITHDRWAL 2 times the first time it showed up as Venmo I put it thru but they held it for weeks saying in case you change ur mind and that it takes a long time I ended up using the 170$. To put back in the game Then 2 weeks ago I tryed to make m. 2 nd WITHDRWAL 2 Times in a year my WITHDRWAL used to say Venmo now out of. of no where it says PayPal I’ve been fighting them for 2 weeks to change it back to Venmo I don’t have PayPal I can’t use PayPal for 2 yrs becsuse I had a bad fraud case and they suspended me. The game said what ever I signed up with it must have been PayPal a joke never happened I’ve used my debit card for over a year on this games that’d what I signed up with I didn’t eve. No I couldn’t WITHDRWAL onto my debit card till I tryed it there other games u can use ur debit card to WITHDRWAL. I’ve been fighting them for 2 weeks to just put Venmo back they said today out of no where I have to make another deposit to the game with Venmo to get to WITHDRWAL to Venmo that’s A LIE ! I’m not doing that it said Venmo for a year till 2 weeks ago I’m 65 yrs old I want my 150$ and no one is helping me the. Said make the WITHDRWAL and then maybe if I reach out to customer service for a request to put it as a refund and then the could put it onto my debit card. More lies. I doubt u can help me. I’ve read everybody’s complaints here and like I said I’ve played everyday for a year put slot of money and I go to WITHDRWAL one time and I can’t please put in in this lawsuit. I’m sure I was scammed. To. Thank you
Lynnette Milligan
I lost money playing the games. Also did not receive winnings (withdrawals). How do I join this class action?.
I lost a lot of money
Yes I lost lots of money playing AVIA Games
Kindly send info on how to join lawsuit. Had suspicions about the use of “bots”, but didn’t know this was a fact until reading about it today.
I have definitely lost money playing with Avia on Solitaire Clash and a very interested in seeing how this lawsuit plays out. I actually stopped playing because anytime I would have a high balance in cash, I would start losing games almost immediately and I started to suspect that they had something built in or their algorithm was designed to ensure that players started losing games and losing their cash to prevent players from cashing out large sums of money and that they were using bots to do so.
I just saw there was a lawsuit against avia games. They have taken me for a fortune. They need their apps banned. People like me who didn’t know how much they scam people
Yes with Aviagames inc
Is this lawsuit still open for claims?
Yes I was part of there deciete..