Frequently Asked Questions

A Court authorized this notice because you have a right to know about a proposed Settlement of this class action lawsuit, and about all of your options, before the Court decides whether to give final approval to the Settlement. This Notice explains the lawsuit, the Settlement, and your legal rights.

Judge Brian P. Hamilton of the Circuit Court in Franklin County, Alabama is overseeing this class action. The lawsuit is known as Timothy Sornberger et al v. SciPlay Corporation et al, Case No. 33-CV-2025-900003.00. The people who sued, Timothy Sornberger, Donovan Roberts, Matthew Sprinkle, Hope Murnaghan, Christopher Ebersole, Luke Whitney, and Prince Allah Beautiful, are the “Class Representatives.” The companies that got sued are SciPlay Corporation and SciPlay Games LLC, and both agreed to settle the lawsuit.

In a class action, one or more people called class representatives sue on behalf of a group or a “class” of people who have similar claims. In a class action, the court resolves the issues for all class members, except for those who choose to exclude themselves from the class.

The lawsuit claims that SciPlay violated Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey, and Massachusetts state gambling laws through the sale of virtual chips in the following social casino-style games: Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, Quick Hit Slots, 88 Fortunes, Monopoly Slots, or Bingo Showdown (collectively “Applications”). SciPlay denies all claims and that it violated any law.

The Court has not decided whether the Plaintiffs or the Defendants should win this case. Instead, both sides agreed to a Settlement. That way, they avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with ongoing litigation, and Settlement Class Members will get compensation now rather than years from now, if at all.

More information about the Settlement and the lawsuit are available to Class Members on the settlement website, or by accessing the Court docket in this case, through the Court’s electronic filing system at https://alacourt.com, or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.

The Court decided that everyone who fits this description and chooses not to request to be excluded is a member of the Settlement Class: All persons who spent money to play the Applications in the following States in the following time periods:

•  Alabama: any Application from August 25, 2022, through August 5, 2025.
• Ohio: any Application from December 16, 2021, through August 5, 2025.
• New Jersey: any Application from December 19, 2021, through August 5, 2025.
• Massachusetts: any Application from July 25, 2022, through August 5, 2025.
• Tennessee: any Application from November 13, 2022, through August 5, 2025.
• Kentucky: Jackpot Party Casino from December 2, 2019, through July 29, 2023; Gold Fish Casino from December 3, 2019, through June 29, 2023; Hot Shot Casino from May 12, 2020, through June 29, 2023; Quick Hit Slots from January 22, 2020, through June 29, 2023; 88 Fortunes Slots from December 3, 2019, through June 29, 2023; Monopoly Slots from December 3, 2019, through June 29, 2023; Bingo Showdown from August 22, 2019, through June 29, 2023.

Excluded from the Settlement Class are (1) any Judge or Magistrate presiding over this action and members of their families, (2) the Defendants, Defendants’ subsidiaries, parent companies, successors, predecessors, and any entity in which the defendants or their parents have a controlling interest and their current or former officers, directors, and employees, (3) persons who properly execute and file a timely request for exclusion from the settlement class, and (4) the legal representatives, successors or assigns of any such excluded persons.

If you are not sure whether you are included, you can call the Settlement Administrator at 1-833-853-6181. Or you can get free help by calling the lawyers appointed to represent class members in this case at 205-930-9900 or 256-332-2880.

If approved by the Court, SciPlay will provide twenty five percent (25%) of the amount you have spent in the Applications in the foregoing States during the foregoing time periods less platform fees, Administrative Expenses, Attorneys’ Fee Award, and Incentive Payments in virtual currency of the game. Settlement Class Members also have the option, but not the obligation, to file an Election Form to elect to receive twenty five percent (25%) of the amount spent in the Applications in the foregoing States during the foregoing time periods less platform fees, Administrative Expenses, Attorneys’ Fee Award, and Incentive Payments in money transfer rather than virtual currency. The amount paid for a valid and Approved Election may be affected by the number of claims made as the total amount of claims for money payment are subject to an aggregate cap of $5 million. In the event a claim for money payment is reduced as a result of the cap, such reduction will be provided for in virtual currency.

If you file an Election Form, you should receive a check or electronic payment from the Settlement Administrator within 60 days after the Settlement has been finally approved and/or after any appeals process is complete. The hearing to consider the final approval of the Settlement is scheduled for November 26, 2025. If you select to receive your payment via check, please keep in mind that checks will expire and become void 90 days after they are issued. If you do not file an Election Form, you will receive virtual coins in installments over either two years or five years, depending on the amount of virtual coins to which you are entitled.

No, in order to get the virtual currency benefit, you do not have to file an Election.

If you are a Settlement Class Member and you want to receive a payment instead of virtual currency, you must submit a valid and timely Election Form no later than November 4, 2025. You may request an election form or submit one online at www.SciPlaySettlement.com.

If the Settlement becomes final, you will give up your right to sue SciPlay for the claims being resolved by this Settlement. The specific claims you are giving up are described in the Settlement Agreement. You will be “releasing” SciPlay and certain related parties (collectively, the “Released Parties”), described in the Settlement Agreement. Unless you exclude yourself (see Question 14), you are releasing the claims, regardless of whether you submit a claim or not. The Settlement Agreement is available to Class Members through the website.

The Settlement Agreement describes the released claims with specific descriptions, so read it carefully. If you have any questions you can talk to the lawyers listed in Question 12 for free by calling 205-930-9900 or 256-332-2880, or you can, of course, talk to your own lawyer if you have questions about what this means.

If you do nothing, you will receive your benefits of virtual coins under the settlement, and you will release SciPlay for the claims being resolved by this Settlement.

The Court has appointed lawyers from Davis & Norris, LLP and Bedford, Rogers, & Bowling, P.C. These attorneys are called “Class Counsel.” You will not be charged for the lawyers. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your expense. The Plaintiffs in the case who are Settlement Class Members from each of the States have asked the Court to appoint them as “Class Representatives.”

Class Counsel attorneys’ fees and costs will be paid from the Settlement Fund in an amount to be determined and awarded by the Court. The Class Counsel have agreed to limit the amount of fees that they will seek in this action to more than 30% of the settlement. The Court may award less than this amount.

Subject to approval by the Court, each Class Representative may be paid an “Incentive Award” from the Settlement Fund for helping to bring and settle this case. No Class Representative will ask for more than $15,000 as an incentive award.

You may choose to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class by sending a letter to the settlement administrator no later than November 4, 2025. If you exclude yourself, you will not receive any settlement benefits, but you keep any rights you may have to sue Defendants over the claims in the lawsuit. Specific instructions about how to object to or exclude yourself from the settlement are available at www.SciPlaySettlement.com. To exclude yourself from the settlement, you must email, mail, or otherwise deliver a letter (or request for exclusion) stating that you want to be excluded from the “Timothy Sornberger et al v. SciPlay Corporation et al, Case No. 33-CV-2025-900003.00” case. Your letter or request for exclusion must include your (a) name (b) telephone number (c) U.S. Mail address, (d) email address, (e) Player IDs and/or email addresses associated with Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, Quick Hit Slots, 88 Fortunes, Monopoly Slots or Bingo Showdown, and (f) your individual ink-signed signature. You must email or mail your exclusion request no later than November 4, 2025, to:

SciPlay Settlement Administrator
PO Box 1548
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
info@SciPlaySettlement.com

No. Unless you exclude yourself, you give up any right to sue the Defendants for the claims being resolved by this Settlement.

No. If you exclude yourself, you should not submit a Claim Form to ask for benefits because you won’t receive any.

You can ask the Court to deny approval by filing an objection. You can’t ask the Court to order a different settlement; the Court can only approve or reject the settlement being proposed. If the Court denies approval, no settlement benefits will be sent out and the lawsuit will continue. If that is what you want to happen, and you want to do something to advocate that, you must object.
Any objection to the proposed settlement must be in writing. If you file a timely written objection, you may, but are not required to, appear at the Final Approval Hearing, either in person or through your own attorney. If you appear through your own attorney, you are responsible for hiring and paying that attorney. If you want to appear and speak at the Final Approval Hearing to object to the Settlement, with or without a lawyer (explained below in answer to Question Number 21), you must say so in your letter or brief. All written objections and supporting papers must include: (i) all Player ID(s) associated with Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, Quick Hit Slots, 88 Fortunes, Monopoly Slots, or Bingo Showdown, (ii) all email address(es) associated with Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino, Quick Hit Slots, 88 Fortunes, Monopoly Slots, or Bingo Showdown, (iii) current telephone number, U.S. Mail address, and email address, (iv) the specific grounds for the objection, (v) all documents or writings that the Settlement Class Member desires the Court to consider, (vi) the name and contact information of any and all attorneys representing, advising, or in any way assisting the objector in connection with the preparation or submission of the objection or who may profit from the pursuit of the objection, and (vii) a statement indicating whether the objector intends to appear at the Final Approval Hearing (either personally or through counsel, who must file an appearance or seek pro hac vice admission). All written objections must be emailed or otherwise delivered to Class Counsel and Defendants’ Counsel, and filed with the Court before November 4, 2025.

Class Counsel will file with the Court and post on the website available to Class Members its request for attorneys’ fees by October 20, 2025.

Objecting simply means telling the Court that you don’t like something about the Settlement. You can object only if you stay in the Settlement Class. Excluding yourself from the Settlement Class is telling the Court that you don’t want to be part of the Settlement Class. If you exclude yourself, you have no basis to object because the case no longer affects you.

The Court will hold the Final Approval Hearing at 1:30 p.m. on November 26, 2025, at the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama, 410 N Jackson Ave, AL 35653. At that hearing, the Court will: hear any objections to the fairness of the settlement; determine the fairness of the settlement; consider Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs; and decide whether to approve incentive awards to the Class Representatives of up to $15,000 each from the Settlement. The Court may award less than these amounts. Class Counsel will be paid from the Settlement Fund in an amount to be determined and awarded by the Court.

No. Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. But, you are welcome to come at your own expense. If you send an objection or comment, you don’t have to come to Court to talk about it. As long as you filed and mailed your written objection on time, the Court will consider it. You may also pay another lawyer to attend as described elsewhere herein, but it’s not required.

Yes. You may ask the Court for permission to speak at the Fairness Hearing. To do so, you must include in your letter or brief objecting to the settlement a statement saying that it is your “Notice of Intent to Appear in Timothy Sornberger et al v. SciPlay Corporation et al, Case No. 33-CV-2025-900003.00.” As described in Question 17 more fully, it must include your name, address, telephone number and signature as well as the name and address of your lawyer, if one is appearing for you. Your objection and notice of intent to appear must be filed with the Court and sent no later than November 4, 2025.

This Notice summarizes the Settlement. More details are in the Settlement Agreement. You can get a copy of the Settlement Agreement at www.SciPlaySettlement.com, or by contacting the Settlement Administrator at 1-833-853-6181. More information about the Settlement and the lawsuit are available by accessing the Court docket in this case, through the Court’s electronic filing system at https://alacourt.com, or by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court for the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays.

PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE COURT CLERK’S OFFICE TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SETTLEMENT OR THE CLAIM PROCESS. All questions regarding the Settlement or claims process should be directed to the Settlement Administrator or to Class Counsel.