Pulsz Social Casino Settlement — Free Gold Coins or 23% Cash in Six States

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Current Status

Elections are open. Class members who do nothing will receive Gold Coins in their Pulsz or Pulsz Bingo account; anyone who wants money instead must submit an election form by November 30, 2026 (online by 11:59:59 p.m. CST, or by mail postmarked by that date). The Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama has scheduled the final approval hearing for December 31, 2026, and no final approval order or payment date had been announced as of October 4, 2026.

What Changed Recently?

Yellow Social Interactive Ltd. (YSI), which operates the sweepstakes-style social casino sites Pulsz and Pulsz Bingo, settled a class action in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama, titled Robinson v. Yellow Social Interactive, LTD., Case No. 33-CV-2025-900072.00. The settlement resolves lawsuits and arbitrations filed since 2022 in which players alleged that buying virtual coins in the games amounted to illegal gambling and that players could recover their losses under the gambling laws of Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey and Massachusetts. The parties signed the settlement agreement in December 2025, and the settlement website is now accepting elections.

YSI denies all of the claims, denies that its games are gambling under any state's law, and agreed to settle to avoid the cost and uncertainty of further litigation. The court has not decided who would have won.

Who Qualifies?

The class covers people who spent money to play Pulsz or Pulsz Bingo while in one of six states during that state's class period:

• Alabama: March 8, 2022, through August 31, 2026
• Tennessee: November 12, 2022, through August 31, 2026
• Kentucky: June 29, 2023, through August 31, 2026
• Ohio: February 19, 2024, through August 31, 2026
• New Jersey: February 19, 2024, through August 31, 2026
• Massachusetts: February 19, 2024, through August 31, 2026

How Much Can You Get?

Both options are calculated from each player's own Net Purchase Amount: the money spent on Pulsz or Pulsz Bingo during the class period minus that player's successful prize redemptions on the same site. A player who bought $300 and redeemed $200 in prizes has a Net Purchase Amount of $100; a player whose redemptions exceed purchases has a Net Purchase Amount of zero and is not eligible to elect cash.

• Do nothing — Gold Coins: 27% of the Net Purchase Amount, credited as Virtual Gold Coins at 10,000 Gold Coins per dollar.
• File an election — cash: 23% of the Net Purchase Amount, paid by check, Zelle, PayPal or Venmo.

Both amounts are reduced by the player's share of the attorneys' fee award, administration costs and incentive awards. Class Counsel has agreed to request no more than 30% of the settlement amount plus expenses, and each of the six named plaintiffs will ask for no more than $10,000. As an illustration only, a Net Purchase Amount of $100 would produce about $23 in cash or about $27 worth of Gold Coins (270,000 coins) before those deductions, which the court has not yet set.

Cash is capped. All cash elections together cannot exceed 25% of the Estimated Total Benefit, which the settlement agreement puts at approximately $14 million; if elections exceed the cap, each cash payment is reduced proportionally and the difference is paid in Gold Coins. A player who elects cash but does not complete YSI's identity verification receives Gold Coins instead. Money left in the fund after all payments is returned to YSI.

The court-approved notice says the Gold Coins arrive in installments over two or five years depending on the amount; the settlement agreement itself allowed YSI to spread delivery over up to 12 months. Gold Coins have no cash value and cannot be redeemed or transferred. Separately, YSI agreed to keep a responsible-gaming page, a self-exclusion policy and a way to keep playing the free Gold Coin games without buying more.