Playstudios Agrees to $3 Million Settlement With myVEGAS and Pop! Slots Players in Six States

Playstudios, the studio behind myVEGAS and Pop! Slots, has agreed to a $3 million settlement over the virtual chips it sold inside its social casino games. The deal covers players in six US states, and if you spent real money on these apps you’ve got until October 21, 2026 to decide how you want to be paid back.

The case is White, et al. v. Playstudios, filed in Alabama’s Franklin County Circuit Court. Players argued that selling chips for real money, so you could keep spinning once your free credits ran dry, broke state gambling laws. Playstudios denied liability and didn’t admit any wrongdoing as part of the deal.

Here’s the core problem players flagged. In pay-to-play social casino apps like these, the coins you buy can’t be cashed out, ever. Sweepstakes casinos work differently, handing out free coins as bonuses under promotional sweepstakes rules. Check SweepsKings.com for a rundown of those free-coin offers if you want to see how the two models stack up.

Which Playstudios Games Are Covered

The settlement names a long list of titles. It covers myVEGAS on Facebook, myVEGAS Mobile and MyVegas.com, plus Pop! Slots, myKONAMI Slots, MGM Slots Live, myVEGAS Blackjack and myVEGAS Bingo. If you only played free and never bought chips, you’re not part of the class. It’s all about money you spent.

Playstudios also publishes other mobile games, but those aren’t on the list. If your app isn’t named above, this deal doesn’t touch it.

The Six States and Their Date Windows

Not every state has the same cutoff. Each window lines up with when that state’s gambling law applied to the apps, so check yours carefully:

Alabama: March 8, 2022 to June 30, 2026.
Ohio: July 26, 2022 to June 30, 2026.
Massachusetts: July 26, 2022 to June 30, 2026.
Tennessee: November 12, 2022 to June 30, 2026.
New Jersey: January 2, 2024 to June 30, 2026.
Kentucky: July 5, 2018 to June 29, 2023.

Kentucky is the odd one out. Its window closed back in mid-2023, so only spending from that older stretch counts there.

Cash or Virtual Currency: How Payouts Work

Here’s where it gets fiddly. If you do nothing, you get the default option, which is virtual currency worth 27% of your eligible spending. That currency lands in your account and vests over two years. No form needed.

Want actual money instead? You’ll need to file an election form at GamingAppSettlement.com, either online or by mail postmarked by October 21. The cash option pays up to 23% of your eligible spending, paid through PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or a mailed check. There’s a catch in the fine print though. Total cash payouts are capped at 17% of the settlement fund. If too many players pick cash, everyone’s cash share gets cut pro rata, and the rest is paid in virtual currency.

Spending figures are calculated after the roughly 30% platform fees taken by app stores and Facebook, so don’t expect a refund on the full sticker price of your chip packs. Cash payments are due within 60 days of final approval.

October 21 Deadline and the November Hearing

October 21, 2026 is the big date. It’s the last day to pick cash, opt out of the class entirely, or object to the deal. If you opt out, you keep the right to sue Playstudios on your own, but you won’t get anything from this settlement.

The court’s final approval hearing is set for November 10, 2026 at 2:00pm. Class members can ask to speak there if they’ve got concerns.

The initial fund is $3 million, with more deposits added as needed to cover claims. So the headline number isn’t a hard ceiling on what players can receive in total.

Big Fish Games Set the Bar at $155 Million

Playstudios isn’t the first mobile publisher to face this fight. The best-known case is Big Fish Games, which settled for $155 million in 2021 after players in Washington state made the same basic argument about virtual chips in its casino apps. That case opened the door, and lawyers have been testing the theory in other states ever since.

Compared to Big Fish, $3 million looks small. But this one is spread across six states with narrower windows, and the virtual currency default means a lot of the value goes straight back into the games.

For mobile players, the takeaway is simple. If you’ve dropped money on myVEGAS or Pop! Slots in one of these six states, check your spending, decide between chips and cash, and get it done before October 21.