How to File a Claim in a Gambling Settlement

In a gambling class action settlement the claim is a short form on the administrator's website that asks who you are and which accounts were yours. The court order sets the deadline, the administrator checks the form against the operator's records, and the payment follows final approval.

As of 14 November 2026, 5 US consumer settlements accept claims: Pulsz until 30 November 2026, High 5 until 4 January 2027 (per the administrator site), and the New York VGW redemption until 31 August 2027.

Mechanics from the Pulsz settlement agreement and FAQ and the High 5 preliminary approval order of 14 August 2026; deadlines 30 November 2026 (Pulsz) and 4 January 2027 (High 5, per the administrator site); checked 14 November 2026.

Short answer: the form is on the administrator's court-approved site, it is free, and the deadline is in the order

Filing is free, nobody legitimate asks for a fee, and the form lives on the site named in the court's preliminary approval order: ysisettlement.com for Pulsz until 30 November 2026, high5lawsuit.com for High 5 until 4 January 2027, and no form at all for the New York VGW redemption, where requests go to VGW until 31 August 2027.

GamblingLawsuits.org is not a law firm and not a claims administrator, and it never hosts a claim form. The current list of open gambling class action settlements by deadline names the official site for each one.

What the courts have actually decided

Six orders and notices in the record spell out the mechanics, from the 35-day notice window to the 28-day cure.

Notice first: the Class Member ID, Player ID and the long-form notice

The administrator mails or emails a notice to the addresses in the operator's records, and the identifier on it, called a Class Member ID, Notice ID or Claim ID depending on the settlement, is what ties your form to your account.

In Zynga, JND sent direct notice to over 90 percent of the class. Pulsz and High 5 both set notice within 35 days of preliminary approval.

Every notice names its administrator, and the record shows who runs what: JND in Seattle (WA 98111), EisnerAmper in Baton Rouge (LA 70821), A.B. Data in Milwaukee (WI 53217) and Angeion in Philadelphia. The index of settlement administrators handling gambling cases lists their boxes and the settlements each one ran.

No notice does not mean no claim. In Dufoe the court accepted late claims received by 30 July 2025, and Big Fish asked for friend codes or an account email when no notice ID existed (per the tracker, a secondary source, so treat it as a lead and not a rule).

Where the form lives and what it asks for

The form is on the one site the court approved, and two of the live notices say so in those words: "This is the only authorized website for this litigation" appears on sciplaysettlement.com and ysisettlement.com.

Pulsz members elect online at ysisettlement.pnclassaction.com or by a requested paper form. High 5 members use secure.high5lawsuit.com, per the administrator site.

What the form asks for follows the identifiers the same administrators demand in exclusion letters: name, telephone, mail address, email, and the Player IDs or UserIDs with their associated emails.

Dufoe added purchase and sale records, because its payout rests on recognized loss. Where a cash-or-credit choice exists, it is shown: Pulsz offers 23 percent cash by election or 27 percent in Gold Coins by default, SciPlay 25 percent cash by election.

A page that asks for more than that, or sits on a different domain from the order, deserves a second look. The guide on how to spot fake settlement and claim sites walks through the five checks against the court record.

Proof: your account is the receipt

In every gambling settlement in the record the proof is the operator's own transaction record, not your receipt: the administrator matches your Player ID or email to spend data the defendant supplies.

Big Fish took no proof of purchase (per the tracker, secondary). Armstead used documented losses with an administrator estimator, and Dufoe computed a recognized loss from purchases minus sales and the July 2024 shutdown offer.

The data-breach pattern differs. In the MGM settlement, as reproduced by secondary sources, the tiers depended on the document type (a Social Security number or military ID, a passport or driver's license, or name and address), with documented losses up to USD 15,000.

Treat those tiers as reported, not as the notice text, which could not be retrieved.

"No proof of purchase" lists exist because the burden sits on matching, not on receipts. Administrators also guard against fraud: JND announced its WatchTower protocol in June 2025, and in the non-gambling Apple privacy settlement the court required identity proof after 5,924 suspect claims.

For why a gambling class action needs this matching at all, read how a gambling class action works, step by step.

Deficient forms, late claims and the 28-day cure

A form with a missing ID or signature is not rejected outright. The High 5 preliminary approval order gives 28 days after the Claims Deadline to cure a deficient claim form (para. 14), and the Pulsz agreement gives 28 days after the Election Deadline (s. 5.3).

Late claims are the court's call. Dufoe accepted untimely claims received by 30 July 2025 and none after 26 January 2026 (ECF 139), and its status letters of 7 October 2025 set a response date of 28 October 2025, the legitimate follow-up pattern.

The calendar of claim, exclusion and objection deadlines explained shows how the dates stack up.

Exclusion and objection letters are a different form

Excluding yourself or objecting is not done on the claim form: both are letters with required contents and the same deadline as the claim, 30 November 2026 in Pulsz and 4 January 2027 in High 5 per the administrator site.

The Pulsz exclusion letter carries name, telephone, mail address, email, Player IDs or UserIDs with associated emails, and an ink signature, sent to info@YSISettlement.com or by mail. The Playstudios list is identical.

An objection states its grounds with specificity under Pulsz's FAQ and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(5), and nobody may be paid for withdrawing one without court approval.

The record counts show how rare both are: DoubleDown 7 exclusions and 0 objections, Zynga 1 and 0, Big Fish 2 opt-outs, 10 exclusions and 1 resolved objection.

Payment: check or electronic, 90-day void dates, and the default-benefit trap

Payment comes after the Effective Date, which is final approval plus any appeal. Pulsz pays elections by check or electronic payment within 60 days of it, checks void 90 days after issue, failed deposits are retried within 30 days, and after 90 days the money returns to the defendant and the member receives Gold Coins (s. 2.1(c) to (f)).

SciPlay payments began on 6 March 2026 and could take up to 14 days. Dufoe checks followed the 27 July 2026 distribution order.

In completed settlements the claim deadline fell 126 to 147 days after preliminary approval, and the first payment came 69 to 196 days after final approval. The full range is in how long gambling lawsuits and settlements take: filing to payment.

The default-benefit trap sits here too. In SciPlay, Playstudios and Pulsz, doing nothing yields virtual currency (Playstudios coins in installments over two years, Pulsz coins over up to 12 months, with at least 20 percent in the first 30 days) and releases the claim.

One vendor report lists a menu of check, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle and prepaid card, but the notices read say only "check or electronic payment".

Differences by country: no form in Germany and Austria, EFT in Australia, email in Malta

Four regimes in the record have no US-style claim form: German and Austrian players sue individually or through a funder, Australian group members register with the law firm acting as scheme administrator and are paid by EFT, Malta's regulator takes BTM Entertainment players' claims by email, and New York's VGW redemption is a request to the operator with no form published.

German and Austrian claims run on a different logic, covered in why German courts order online casinos to refund losses. A German "Casino-Rückerstattung claim form" site is therefore a funder, a law firm or a fraud, never a court administrator.

What this page does not cover

This page covers claims in court-approved gambling settlements; it does not cover starting a lawsuit, joining an arbitration campaign, or chargebacks. The wider set of guides: how gambling lawsuits and settlements work covers the rest of the process.

Filing a lawsuit is a different job from filing a claim. How a gambling class action works, step by step explains it, and the federal courts' electronic filing page that ranks for this topic is built for attorneys.

Arbitration intakes such as the Stake.us campaign are not settlements and have no court-approved form. Read about mass arbitration against gambling operators before you sign anything.

Questions people ask

Does it cost anything to file a settlement claim?

Nothing: no administrator in the record charges a fee, class counsel are paid by court order (in Pulsz by the defendant, with up to half advanced from the fund), and the Pulsz FAQ lists class counsel's number as a free call. The fee side is in attorney fees in gambling class actions.

How do I know if I am covered by a gambling settlement?

Each notice defines the class by app, state and dates: Pulsz covers purchases in six states with class periods ending 31 August 2026, and High 5 covers Washington players of High 5 Casino or High 5 Vegas from 9 April 2014 to 1 October 2022. Check yours with the am I covered? gambling settlement eligibility checker.

Should I file, do nothing, or opt out?

Doing nothing in Pulsz, SciPlay or Playstudios means virtual currency over a period that runs from up to 12 months (Pulsz) to five years (SciPlay) and a released claim; filing an election takes cash; opting out keeps your claim and the arbitration clause with it. The trade-offs are in join, opt out or sue alone.

How long after final approval does the payment arrive?

In the completed US gambling settlements payment came 69 to 196 days after final approval (DraftKings NFT 69 to status letters, SciPlay 100, Zynga 123, Big Fish about 150, MGM up to 196), and a year in Dufoe once late-claim motions intervened. The timeline is in how long gambling lawsuits and settlements take: filing to payment.

Where do I check whether a claim site is the real one?

Compare the domain, PO box and phone on your notice with the administrator named in the preliminary approval order, then check the site here: is this settlement website legit? check a gambling claim site.