Jury Awards Nearly $25M to High 5 Casino Players in Mobile Gambling App Lawsuit
Last Updated on September 10, 2026
Larsen v. PTT, LLC et al.
Filed: April 6, 2018 ◆§ 3:18-cv-05275
A federal jury has awarded almost $25 million to Washington consumers who played High 5 Casino and High 5 Vegas, two apps allegedly operated illegally in the state.
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September 10, 2026 – Up to $30M High 5 Settlement Resolves Lawsuit Over Casino Apps
After entry of the judgment detailed on this page, High 5 Games filed a motion to pause enforcement of the judgment on August 11, 2025. Per court records, High 5 participated in mediation with the plaintiffs on August 13, 2025, after which it agreed to allow an independent third-party financial consultant to review its financial records. The parties resumed settlement discussions after the review was complete.
High 5 Games has now agreed to a class action settlement of between $12 million and $30 million to resolve claims arising from the social casino lawsuit.
Learn more about the deal with ClassAction.org’s coverage of the High 5 Games class action settlement.
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A federal jury has awarded almost $25 million to Washington consumers who played High 5 Casino and High 5 Vegas, two “social casino” apps players alleged were operated illegally in the state by defendants PTT, LLC, which does business as High 5 Games, and High 5 Entertainment, LLC.
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The High 5 casino app lawsuit, originally filed in April 2018, alleged that the mobile apps amounted to unlawful gambling games under Washington law and harmed players who lost money through the purchase of virtual chips.
In June 2024, United States District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright entered a summary judgment determining that the defendants were liable to consumers for monetary damages for violating Washington law, ruling that the High 5 apps were, in fact, illegal gambling games. Under the state’s Recovery of Money Lost at Gambling Act, class members are entitled to recover the monetary value of what was lost in any illegal gambling game, court documents share.
The social casino apps multidistrict litigation covers a class of consumers in Washington who played or purchased virtual casino chips on High 5 Casino or High 5 Vegas at any time after April 9, 2014.
Related Reading: What is multidistrict litigation?
Following a four-day damages trial that ended on February 7, 2025, the eight-person Washington jury determined that more than $17.7 million should be awarded to class members in actual damages, alongside an additional $7.1 million in enhanced damages. This rounds out to roughly $24.8 million in compensation for eligible consumers.
The jury also awarded the plaintiff approximately $11,653 in individual damages, court documents say.
According to the casino app lawsuit, although High 5’s purportedly “free-to-play” apps grant a player an allotment of free virtual chips upon download, the user cannot continue gameplay without buying more tokens once the initial free chips are exhausted. As such, the case contended that High 5 violated Washington gambling and consumer protection laws by luring consumers under false pretenses and then requiring them to pay to play the casino game.
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