Players who spent money on Pulsz or Pulszbingo virtual chips in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, New Jersey or Massachusetts have until Nov. 30, 2026 to ask for cash instead of the virtual coins the settlement hands out by default. The cash option equals 23% of qualifying spending, while the coin benefit is 27%. Both are figured after the same deductions for administration, attorneys’ fees and service awards.
The case is Robinson v. Yellow Social Interactive, No. 33-CV-2025-900072.00, in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama. It alleges that selling the virtual chips violated state laws in those six states. Yellow Social, the company behind both apps, denies the claims and settled to avoid the cost and uncertainty of continuing the case.
Coins by default, cash by election
Anyone who does nothing still gets a benefit, but it arrives as virtual currency. The settlement FAQ says the coin benefit is 27% of the amount spent, valued at 10,000 Gold Coins per dollar, paid in installments over either two years or five years depending on how many coins a person is owed. Doing nothing also means giving up the right to sue Yellow Social over these claims.
The cash option swaps that for 23% of qualifying spending, sent as a check or electronic payment. It requires a valid, timely Election Form. The coin rate is higher on paper, so the choice is between a larger amount in virtual currency spread over years and a smaller amount in money.
The practical question is whether anyone in the family spent real money on either app in one of the six states between the start dates below and Aug. 31, 2026, and whether that spending is worth turning into cash. Players who want money rather than coins must file the Election Form at the online election site or by mail before Nov. 30, and a person with a Player ID or the email tied to an account can start there.
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Spending only counts inside each state’s window. In Alabama the window opens March 8, 2022, and in Tennessee it opens Nov. 12, 2022. Kentucky starts June 29, 2023, and Ohio, New Jersey and Massachusetts all start Feb. 19, 2024. Every window closes Aug. 31, 2026.
Location is the test, not residence on paper. The settlement site describes class members as people who spent money to play while in the covered states during those periods. A player who spent in Ohio and in a state outside the list would count only the Ohio dollars.
The 25% cap on cash
Cash is not open-ended. The FAQ sets an aggregate ceiling: cash elections are limited to 25% of the Estimated Total Benefit. If players ask for more than that, the cash payments are cut, and the cut portion is paid in virtual currency instead.
That means the 23% figure is a formula, not a promised check. The FAQ says the amount paid on an approved election may be affected by how many elections are made. No total fund amount appears on the settlement site, so there is no way to estimate how likely a reduction is.
A simple illustration shows the stakes. A player who spent $1,000 in Alabama would be looking at 23% as cash, or $230, against 27% as coins, or $270, which at the stated rate is 2.7 million Gold Coins. Both numbers fall once the fee award and other costs are taken out, and cash can fall again if elections exceed the cap.
Class counsel, Davis & Norris, LLP and Bedford, Rogers & Bowling, P.C., will ask the Court for no more than 30% of the settlement amount. The FAQ says the Court may award less, and incentive awards for class representatives can reach $10,000 each. Counsel’s fee request is due to be filed and posted on the settlement site by Nov. 16, 2026.
Three deadlines that share one date
Nov. 30, 2026 is the election deadline, the exclusion deadline and the objection deadline. A player who excludes from the settlement receives no benefit and keeps any right to sue separately. Exclusion and objection requests must include the player’s Player IDs or User IDs and the associated email addresses.
The Final Approval Hearing is set for Dec. 31, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Cash is not paid until the settlement is approved and any appeals are finished. Once that happens, cash payments are due within 60 days.
Checks become void 90 days after they are issued, so anyone electing cash should keep the mailing address and payment information current. The settlement site has an update page for contact and payment details, and cash can go out by check or electronic payment. A check that sits in a drawer past 90 days is simply gone.
The settlement site also states that it is the only authorized website for this litigation, and the administrator is Eisner Advisory Group LLC. Questions go to the administrator at 1-833-656-1878 or info@YSISettlement.com, or through the administrator contact form. Free help from class counsel is available at 1-800-667-6759.
What the settlement site leaves unsaid
Several details players will want are not stated on the pages. The FAQ does not say whether proof of spending is required with an Election Form, and it does not explicitly address whether a player can take both coins and cash. Its structure treats coins as the default and cash as an election instead.
The size of the fund is also missing from the site, which is why per-player amounts cannot be pinned down in advance. The only fixed numbers are the 27% and 23% rates, the 10,000-coin rate, the 25% cash ceiling and the fee limits. Everything else depends on how many players file and how much each spent.
Spending records are the practical obstacle. Anyone planning to elect cash would want purchase confirmations or account history gathered before Nov. 30, since the election is the only step that moves a player out of the default coin schedule. Missing it leaves the benefit in installments and the claims released.
The decision is narrow but real: cash means a smaller percentage that may be trimmed by the cap and arrives only after the Dec. 31 hearing and any appeals, while coins mean a larger percentage in virtual currency over two or five years. Either way, release of claims against Yellow Social follows unless a player excludes by Nov. 30.
Spent money on Pulsz in a covered state?
A missed Nov. 30 election leaves the benefit in coins on a two- or five-year schedule and releases the claims. Settlement notices stack election, exclusion and objection dates together, and the cash choice is easy to overlook.
The Settlement & Refund Recovery System teaches the four-date rule for reading a settlement notice, then pairs it with a step-by-step filing walkthrough and a claim log and payment tracker for recording what was elected and when. The large-print Quick-Start Sheet keeps those dates on one page next to the phone.
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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.
