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Since Tuesday (October 28), nine class action lawsuits have been launched against various operators of online sweepstakes casinos.
As detailed by betting and gaming lawyer Daniel Wallach, the entities facing the cases as defendants are:
FSG / Schorr (Utah)
The class action lawsuit filed in a federal court in Utah accuses FSG Digital and its co-founder, Seth Schorr, of running an illegal online sweepstakes casino called “JefeBet.” Under Utah law, people who lost money through this kind of operation can try to recover twice the amount of their financial losses.
5 class action lawsuits against the operators of online sweepstakes casino websites were filed within the last 48 hours. The defendants:
1) FSG/Schorr (Utah)
2) High 5 Games (Ohio)📸
3) Stake/Drake (Missouri)
4) Yellow Social Interactive/Pulsz (Utah)
5) Money Factory (Utah) pic.twitter.com/kTuxdWGOVi
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 29, 2025
The complaint states: “While Defendants advertise and promote the FSG Gambling Platform to persons in Utah as a legitimate online business, giving it an aura of legitimacy and legality to Plaintiff and Class members, the FSG Gambling Platform is actually a dangerous and plainly unlawful gambling enterprise.”
High 5 Games (Ohio)
Another class action suit was brought by Daryl Simonich on behalf of others against High 5 Games, LLC, in Ohio.
The plaintiff wants to recover the money that Ohio residents lost while playing High 5’s alleged illegal online gambling games. In the document, they are seeking “a ruling that High 5’s games violate federal law, and that High 5’s online terms of service set out the terms and conditions under which the illegal gambling is conducted are therefore unenforceable in a federal court.”
The plaintiff, Bailey Gardner, is suing Yellow Social Interactive Ltd. and YSI US, Inc. on behalf of herself and other individuals in a similar situation in Utah.
Money Factory (Utah)
Similarly, Nathan Walker has filed suit against The Money Factory LLC on behalf of himself and a group of similarly affected people in the same state. The complaint includes a demand for a jury trial.
The nine class action lawsuits are generally of the same kind, alleging that the respective platforms are disguising illicit real-money gambling as legal, regulated ‘sweepstakes’ games.
As seen above, the case in Ohio has been brought against High 5 Games by the Plaintiff, Simonich.
The resident of Stark County is seeking redress and recovery of illegal gambling losses on behalf of himself and other Ohio residents due to the description in the official document that “High 5’s Games violate federal law” and the terms under which the gambling activity is “unenforceable in a federal court”.
The three cases in Utah follow the same themes, as does the one in Missouri, which carries even more weight due to the prominence of the individuals connected to the case.
Sunflower/Crown Coins Casino (New Jersey)
Sharon King has also taken action by filing a case against Sunflower, Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc. She filed it “on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated” in New Jersey. The filing is described as a “statewide class action complaint,” and she says she is bringing claims “on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated in the state of New Jersey.” The company operates Crown Coins Casino.
A1 Development/No Limit Coins (New York)
Meanwhile, Jannel Salgado has filed suit against A1 Development, LLC, which operates No Limit Coins, “individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated.” The filing is a “class action complaint and demand for jury trial,” in which the plaintiff alleges that the defendant operates “an illegal online gambling platform that it markets as a ‘free’ ‘social casino,’ but in reality, is an unlicensed casino prohibited under New York law.”
ARB Gaming/Modo.US (Massachusetts)
Katia Miranda has brought a case against ARB Gaming, LLC, saying that the company runs what she describes as an illegal gambling operation on its website Modo.us. Like the others, the filing is a class action complaint, and the plaintiff states that she brings the case under “Massachusetts General Laws, Chapters 93A and 137” and seeks to recover “unlawful gambling winnings” and obtain “injunctive relief to shut down its illegal gambling website, Modo.us.”
It suggests that ARB Gaming is identified by the Arizona Department of Gaming as a “felony criminal enterprise” and that the agency has taken “decisive enforcement action” against it.
Make that 9 lawsuits in 48 hours.
# 9 — ARB Gaming (https://t.co/162RDsZfdJ) was sued in a Massachusetts federal class action lawsuit today. Its claim to fame: being described as a "felony criminal enterprise" by @AzGaming. No longer available in Arizona. https://t.co/q96hBdi6PD pic.twitter.com/nJPVdpVPR3
— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 31, 2025
According to the document, ARB Gaming “operates a popular gambling website available at Modo.us” that offers “Hundreds of Casino-Style Games” including “blackjack, slots and other classic table games.” The plaintiff alleges that users can gamble “up to 10000 dollars or more per day” and that the company violates the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act by “accepting credit cards for gambling.”
The complaint adds that the site mimics Internet café schemes from the 2000s and claims ARB Gaming uses “an old gimmick that criminals once tried to use to evade gambling laws.” It describes the two-tier system of Gold Coins and Sweepstakes Coins, stating that Sweepstakes Coins “carry real monetary value and can be redeemed for prizes and money,” and that ARB Gaming’s position that no purchase is required is undermined because “both coins must be purchased.”
Miranda maintains that the website’s “casino-like atmosphere” shows its true purpose and asserts that the supposed sweepstakes “runs perpetually.” She also points out that ARB Gaming advertises return-to-player rates of “96-98%,” which she argues resemble casino payouts rather than a legitimate promotion.
The complaint claims that these practices violate Massachusetts regulations on “Unlawful, Lotteries, Sweepstakes and de Facto Gambling Establishments” and that ARB Gaming “solicit[s] or accept[s] payment for a chance to win a prize.”
Miranda says she used the site “under the mistaken belief” that it was a lawful sweepstakes and that ARB Gaming misled users by stating that “THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN DO NOT OFFER ‘REAL MONEY GAMBLING.’” She alleges that she lost money on the website and that she and other class members suffered an “injury in fact.”
The proposed class includes “All persons in Massachusetts who purchased Gold Coins on Modo.us,” and the complaint asserts that common questions include whether the site “offers unlawful gambling,” whether it “offers unlawful sweepstakes,” and whether class members are entitled to “triple their gambling losses” along with an injunction “shutting down operation of the website.”
Stake/Drake (Missouri and New Mexico)
A class action lawsuit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court claimed that online gambling site Stake.us, influencer Adin Ross, and Canadian rapper Drake were running an illegal online casino aimed at people in Missouri.
Now, Drake faces a second lawsuit in a week, after a new class action case was filed in the Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico.
The fresh suit alleges that Sweepstakes Limited “conducts online casino gambling in open violation of New Mexico state gaming and consumer protection laws.”
It further asserts that the Stake.us platform is “a virtual clone of Stake.com,” with misleading branding to give users the impression of harmless gameplay instead of an illicit gambling setting.
Adin Ross has publicly reacted to the claims with a curt, direct response on a recent livestream:
“Read through the case yourself. It’s f**ing bullsh*t,” he blasted.
UPDATED: Further lawsuits have been added to this article on November 3, 2025.
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