Notice of Class Action Settlement

Lucky Chances, Inc., et al. v. The State of California, et al.,
Sacramento Superior Court
Case No. 34-2020-80003510-CU-WM-GDS

A court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation.

This is not a lawsuit against you and you are not being sued.

Your legal rights, however, are impacted by whether you act or don't act.

A judge of the California Superior Court for the County of Sacramento has granted preliminary approval of an agreement (“Agreement”) memorializing a settlement (“Settlement”) of the above-captioned class action (the “Action”). Because your rights may be affected by the Agreement, it is important that you read the Agreement and the Notice of Settlement (“Notice”) carefully. Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms in the Notice of Settlement will have the definitions stated in the Agreement. To the extent that any provisions of the Notice of Settlement conflict with the Agreement, the Agreement’s terms control.

The Court has provisionally certified the following class for settlement purposes (“Class”): “all persons in California licensed or registered at any time during the Class Period by or through the Commission as Cardrooms or Proposition Player Providers who paid Regulatory Fees as a Cardroom or Proposition Player Provider during the Class Period.” “Commission” means the California Gambling Control Commission. “Class Period” means the period January 1, 2005 until May 12, 2020. “Cardrooms” means non-tribal cardroom gambling establishments in the State of California licensed by or registered with the Commission. “Proposition Player Providers” means third party providers of proposition player services to Cardrooms in the State of California licensed by or registered with the Commission. “Regulatory Fees” means the regulatory fees that are the subject of the Action, namely the annual fees that Class Members were required to pay during the Class Period pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 19951, subdivisions (c) and (d) (as to Cardrooms), or pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 19984, subdivision (c) (as to Proposition Player Providers) as those statutes were in effect during the Class Period. The Agreements provides that Cardrooms and Proposition Player Providers within the Class are “Class Members.”

The purpose of the Notice is to provide a brief description of the claims alleged in the Action, the key terms of the Settlement, and your rights and options with respect to the Settlement. Additional documents relating to the Action are posted in the Additional Documents page of this website.

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO MONEY UNDER THE PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. PLEASE READ THE NOTICE CAREFULLY. IT INFORMS YOU ABOUT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.