07/07/26 · 4 min read
California cardroom fee settlement: $43.3M in refunds for licensed cardrooms and TPPPS providers
By ClaimBridge Team
If your business held a California Gambling Control Commission license — as a cardroom operator or a third-party proposition player services (TPPPS) provider — between 2005 and 2020, a $43.3 million settlement is refunding the regulatory and licensing fees the State allegedly overcharged. There's no single deadline: each business's claim window runs 60 days from the date its settlement notice was mailed.
What this settlement is about
Lucky Chances, Inc. v. State of California (Sacramento County Superior Court) alleged the Gambling Control Commission and Bureau of Gambling Control collected fees from licensees beyond what California law authorized between January 1, 2005 and May 12, 2020. The fund reimburses licensed businesses based on the challenged fees they actually paid — fifteen years of them.
Who qualifies
Both halves of the licensed industry: cardroom operators and TPPPS providers. Recovery scales with the fees your business paid over the period, so long-licensed operations have the largest claims. Fee payment records strengthen a claim; the administrator is Epiq.
The 60-day trap
Notices are being mailed and emailed on a rolling basis, and each recipient's window closes 60 days later — a deadline that's easy to miss in a stack of business mail. When your notice arrives, act on it immediately. ClaimBridge assembles your fee history so your registration takes minutes, and you keep 100% of the payout — we're already working with California cardrooms on this settlement. The official settlement site is gamblingfeesettlement.com.
Frequently asked questions
My cardroom sold or closed years ago — can it still claim?
The class covers businesses licensed during 2005–2020, so a business that paid the challenged fees during that window may have a claim even if it later closed. Successor and ownership questions are worth a quick consultation.
Are TPPPS providers included, or just cardrooms?
Both. Licensed third-party proposition player services providers paid the same challenged CGCC fees and are class members alongside cardroom operators.
What's the deadline?
60 days from the date your business's individual settlement notice was mailed — check the notice itself for your date, and don't let it sit.