Chumba Casino / LuckyLand Slots Kentucky settlement (USD 11.75M): What Was Paid, Who Was Covered, Status

VGW Malta agreed to pay USD 11.75 million to Kentucky players who spent money on Chumba Casino and LuckyLand Slots, and the claim window closed on March 6, 2023. The case is Armstead v. VGW Malta Ltd., docket 2022-CI-00553 in the Henderson County Circuit Court, Kentucky.

No per-person figure has been published. Our record rests on a settlement notice summary from a secondary source, not on the docket, so this page says "as reported" for the class, the fund and the deadlines.

What this case is about

Armstead v. VGW Malta Ltd., 2022-CI-00553 (Henderson County Circuit Court), claimed that Chumba Casino and LuckyLand Slots coin sales were illegal gambling. A complaint states one side's allegations, and only the court's orders decide anything.

What the Kentucky complaint alleged about Chumba and LuckyLand coin sales

The complaint alleged that selling virtual coins at Chumba Casino and LuckyLand Slots was illegal gambling under Kentucky law, which is one side's account, not a finding. VGW Malta settled, and the settlement is described as made without admitting wrongdoing, as reported by Top Class Actions.

Bursor & Fisher PA acted as class counsel, and Paul Hastings LLP defended. The case is one of many sweepstakes casino lawsuits over virtual coin sales, and it is the only completed VGW cash settlement in the United States.

The Kentucky loss recovery statute behind the claim

Kentucky's loss recovery statute, KRS 372, lets a person who loses money on an illegal game recover it, which is why the class is defined by Kentucky residence and spending. Our record cites KRS 372 generally; the section numbers are not in the record.

State laws differ, and the tracker of gambling loss recovery statutes by US state compares them.

Who is covered

Kentucky residents who spent USD 5 or more at Chumba Casino or LuckyLand Slots within a 24-hour period between March 17, 2017 and March 17, 2022 were covered.

The class definition and period

The class covers one state and a five-year period, as reported in the notice summary. The number of class members has not been published.

Who was not covered

Players outside Kentucky, play after March 17, 2022, and players who spent less than USD 5 in any 24-hour period were outside this class. Later actions are separate cases.

Kentucky has since seen further suits against sweepstakes operators, which are collected on the page for Gambling Lawsuits in Kentucky. Other-state actions against VGW are on the company page.

Is there a payout?

Yes, a payout existed: VGW Malta agreed to a USD 11.75 million fund shared pro rata by documented losses, the claim window closed on March 6, 2023, and no per-person amount has been published, so any figure you see online for what each Kentucky claimant received is not in the record. The USD 11.75 million is a gross fund.

The payout formula: net fund shared by documented losses

The estimate follows the formula reported for the settlement. Every deduction is a missing input, not a zero.

Net fund = USD 11,750,000 - attorney fees - costs - class representative awards (fee award amount not found)
Claimant payment = net fund x (own documented losses in the class period / all claimants' documented losses)
Class: Kentucky residents, USD 5 or more within 24 hours at Chumba Casino or LuckyLand Slots, 2017-03-17 to 2022-03-17
Not in the record: fees, costs, awards, claim count and total documented losses; per-person amount not published

The fee award, costs and class representative awards are not in the record, so the net fund cannot be stated. The administrator ran a payment estimator on VGWGamesSettlement.com, which was not retrievable on November 14, 2026.

For how pro rata shares work in general, read the guide to class action payout per person.

What is known and what is not about the amount per person

Four inputs decide a claimant's payment: the net fund, the claimant's documented loss, all claimants' documented losses and the fee award, and only the first is published. Even with zero deductions, every claimant together would share at most USD 11.75 million.

We do not turn a missing input into an invented figure. The tool linked in the questions below shows how an estimate works for settlements where the inputs are known.

Deadlines and how claims worked (the window is closed)

The claim window closed on March 6, 2023, so no claim from this settlement is open. Filing was free, and this site never hosts a claim form.

Exclusion, hearing and claim dates in 2022 and 2023

Exclusion closed December 15, 2022, the final approval hearing was January 9, 2023, and claims closed March 6, 2023. The guide to claim, exclusion and objection deadlines explained covers what each date means.

• December 15, 2022: exclusion deadline
• January 9, 2023: final approval hearing (a hearing date; the approval order is not retrieved)
• March 6, 2023: claim deadline, after the hearing

The case was filed in 2022. Top Class Actions gives September 7, 2022, while the court record is not retrieved, so we show the year only.

Checking a legacy settlement notice

A legacy notice for this settlement should carry the administrator's Seattle P.O. Box 91350, and any notice that asks for a fee should be checked before you act. The administrator was JND Legal Administration.

Never pay to claim. The administrator's site was offline or not retrievable on November 14, 2026, and the guide on how to spot fake settlement and claim sites explains how to verify a notice.

Timeline

The case ran from a 2022 filing to claim closure in March 2023. The class period ends before the filing date, so rows run in date order.

The record stops in March 2023. The guide on how long gambling lawsuits and settlements take shows how this compares with other cases.

What the court has decided so far

No court order is in our record: we hold the settlement notice summary, not the docket. The Kentucky court system charges for case access, and the docket was not retrieved.

The summary reports a final approval hearing on January 9, 2023, and claims closing afterward. Final approval is unconfirmed in our record, and nothing in it decides the merits of whether the coin sales were illegal gambling.

As of March 6, 2023, the latest date in our record, the status is claims-closed. No later order was retrieved.

Documents and sources

Our record rests on two sources, listed here with what each supports and what is missing.

• Top Class Actions closed-settlement page, dated November 11, 2022 (secondary, a lead): case name, court, docket, fund, class, dates, counsel
• VGW Games Settlement site, JND Legal Administration (primary, not retrievable on November 14, 2026)
• Not retrieved: the Kentucky docket, the preliminary and final approval orders, the fee award

The Top Class Actions card predates the hearing, so every later fact (approval, fees, payment) is absent from our record, not only unfetched.

Related cases

Four cases show what followed this settlement.

Other VGW and Chumba cases

VGW is a party to other cases in our record. The page on VGW (Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots, Global Poker) lawsuits lists them all, and three are closest:

• New York AG v. VGW settlement and Sweeps Coin redemption: an administrative settlement, not a court case; redemption right to August 31, 2027.
• Kentucky attorney general v. VGW: filed June 17, 2026 in Franklin Circuit Court.
• Arkansas attorney general v. VGW: filed November 4, 2026 in White County Circuit Court.

Other sweepstakes casino settlements

Two other sweepstakes settlements sit beside this one.

• Pulsz Kentucky settlement (USD 1.32M): Henderson County, claims closed January 29, 2024.
• Pulsz six-state settlement: claims open to November 30, 2026.

Open claims are tracked in the list of open gambling class action settlements by deadline.

Questions people ask

Did Chumba Casino pay out the Kentucky class action?

Yes; VGW Malta agreed to a USD 11.75 million fund and claims closed on March 6, 2023. Not everyone gets the same amount in a class action, because shares follow documented losses, as explained in what gambling settlements actually paid each claimant.

How much was the Chumba settlement per person?

No per-person amount has been published; each claimant received a share based on documented losses. The gambling settlement payout per person calculator shows how an estimate is built where the inputs are known.

When were Chumba settlement payments sent?

No payment date is in our record; the claim window closed March 6, 2023. The administrator's site was not retrievable on November 14, 2026.

Can I still claim from the Chumba settlement?

No; the window closed and the Kentucky class is closed. The gambling settlement eligibility checker points to claims that are still open.

Is there a lawsuit against Chumba Casino now?

Yes, several; they are on the VGW (Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots, Global Poker) lawsuits page.

Is there an open Chumba or VGW refund claim today?

One administrative redemption right is open to August 31, 2027 for New York accounts, described in the New York AG v. VGW settlement and Sweeps Coin redemption case.