Published
October 8, 2026
Crown Coins Casino players in several states may be covered by proposed class actions alleging that Sunflower Ltd., the company behind Crown Coins, runs illegal online gambling. No class has been certified and there is nothing to file yet.
Allegations Only · No Settlement · Nothing to Claim
This article describes class action complaints. The statements below are unproven allegations. Sunflower Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc. have not been found liable, there is no certified class in any of the cases, and there is nothing to claim at this time. This page is informational and is not legal advice.
Is There a Crown Coins Class Action?
Yes, several. Since July 2025, Crown Coins Casino players have filed at least seven federal class actions against Sunflower Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc., the companies that operate the sweepstakes casino. The suits were filed in Alabama, Ohio, New Jersey, Utah and Kentucky. The complaints available on the public record make the same core claim: that Crown Coins is illegal gambling under state law, so players should be able to recover the money they lost.None of them has produced a settlement, and most have stalled for the same reason. Crown Coins' terms of service require players to resolve disputes through individual arbitration, and federal judges in Ohio, New Jersey, Utah and Alabama have sent those cases out of court. One Ohio case is still fighting arbitration, and a Kentucky case filed in July 2026 is at its first stage.
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Status
Mostly in Arbitration · No Class Certified
4 cases stayed for arbitration · 1 dismissed · 1 arbitration motion pending · 1 newly filed
Defendants
Sunflower Ltd. · Sunflower Technology, Inc.
Operators of Crown Coins Casino, based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, according to the complaints
Can I Claim?
No — nothing to claim
No settlement, no claim form and no deadline in any Crown Coins case
Every Crown Coins Lawsuit and Where It Stands
These are the federal cases against Crown Coins' operators found on public court dockets, oldest first, with their status as of October 8, 2026.- Gann v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 3:25-cv-01122 (N.D. Ala., July 11, 2025). Part of a group of sweepstakes-casino suits first filed in Franklin County, Alabama state court and moved to federal court. On January 20, 2026, the judge refused to send the cases back to state court, stayed them pending arbitration and administratively closed the case.
- McNamara v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-01757 (N.D. Ohio, August 22, 2025). The first Ohio case, seeking to recover Ohio players' gambling losses. On January 21, 2026, the court approved the parties' agreement sending the plaintiff's claims to arbitration and stayed the case. The plaintiff opened an arbitration with JAMS on March 18, 2026.
- King v. Sunflower, Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-17012 (D.N.J., October 29, 2025). A statewide New Jersey class action. In February 2026, the court approved a stipulation sending the plaintiff's claims to arbitration and stayed the case.
- Damron v. Sunflower Limited, No. 2:25-cv-00992 (D. Utah, November 2, 2025). The plaintiff did not oppose Sunflower's motion to compel arbitration, which the court granted on July 6, 2026, staying the case.
- Franklin v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-00160 (W.D. Ky., November 6, 2025). Voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff on March 4, 2026, three weeks after Sunflower moved to compel arbitration.
- Drollinger v. Sunflower Limited, No. 1:26-cv-00210 (S.D. Ohio, February 27, 2026). The case still in open dispute. Sunflower moved to compel arbitration in June 2026, the plaintiff opposed it, and the motion has been fully briefed since August 18, 2026, with no ruling on the docket.
- Payne v. Sunflower, Ltd., No. 4:26-cv-00485 (W.D. Ky., July 21, 2026). A statewide Kentucky class action filed by lawyers who also represent the McNamara plaintiff. The complaint is not yet available on the public docket.
Two other filings come up in searches for Crown Coins lawsuits. A 2024 New Jersey case, Bargo v. Apple, Inc., named Sunflower Ltd. alongside Apple, Google and other sweepstakes operators, but the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed it in March 2025; the refiled version names only Apple and Google. And a September 2026 filing in the Middle District of Florida names "DA Crown Coins Casino," but its documents are not public and there is no indication it is a class action.
What the Crown Coins Lawsuits Allege
Crown Coins works like other sweepstakes casinos. Players buy Crown Coins, which are for entertainment only, and receive Sweeps Coins as a bonus. Sweeps Coins can be played on slot-style games and redeemed for cash prizes. The complaints argue that this structure is real-money gambling under state law, because players spend money to get Sweeps Coins, risk them on games of chance and can cash out the winnings.The first Ohio complaint shows the template. It seeks a declaration that the games violate federal law and that Crown Coins' terms of service, including the arbitration clause, are void under Ohio law, along with recovery under Ohio's gambling loss recovery statute, claims under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act and restitution for unjust enrichment. The proposed class is Ohio residents who spent money on Sunflower's websites. The other statewide cases follow the same model under their own states' laws.
Sunflower has not admitted any of these allegations, and no court has ruled on whether Crown Coins is illegal gambling in any state.
Why Most of the Cases Were Sent to Arbitration
The deciding issue so far has not been gambling law but contract law. Crown Coins' terms of service include an agreement to arbitrate disputes individually, and Sunflower has asked every court to enforce it. Where courts have done so, the class case stops and each player's claim goes to a private arbitrator one at a time.The plaintiffs' answer is that a gambling contract that is illegal under state law is void, arbitration clause included. Sunflower's position, set out in its August 2026 brief in the Drollinger case, is that under the Supreme Court's decision in Buckeye Check Cashing v. Cardegna, a challenge to the whole contract's legality is for the arbitrator, not the court, to decide. Sunflower's brief describes a Minnesota federal decision that went the other way, Wolters v. Sweepsteaks Ltd., as an outlier that is now on appeal.
That is why Drollinger matters. If the Ohio court refuses to compel arbitration, it would be the first Crown Coins case to stay in court as a potential class action. If it compels arbitration, every known Crown Coins class action would be either in arbitration, dismissed or at the starting line. NBC12 reported in August 2026 that Crown Coins updated its terms on July 14, 2026 to add a capitalized class action waiver alongside the arbitration clause.
Unpaid Redemptions and the BBB F Rating
Many people searching for a Crown Coins class action are dealing with a different problem: Sweeps Coins redemptions that were denied or never paid. Those complaints are real, but OCA did not find a lawsuit built on them. Some coverage has described an Ohio class action over denied redemptions, yet both Ohio complaints in the court record are gambling-law cases.The Better Business Bureau serving Central Virginia gave Crown Coins Casino an F rating in August 2026, citing the company's failure to respond to 42 complaints filed through the bureau, according to NBC12. The bureau said it had logged more than 1,300 complaints and inquiries in 30 days, with players reporting they could not collect winnings. In the responses the bureau has seen, the company pointed to its terms of service, typically duplicate accounts, payment cards in another person's name, missing identity verification or play from a state where the platform is not offered.
State Regulators and Crown Coins
The Illinois Gaming Board sent Crown Coins Casino a cease-and-desist letter dated February 4, 2026, saying it had reason to believe Crown Coins was operating an illegal online casino under the Illinois Criminal Code. The board said it observed Crown Coins offering Illinois users slots and bingo with cash, gift card and other prizes on January 9, 2026, and demanded that the company either block Illinois residents or stop offering those prizes in the state.NBC12 also reported that Maryland's lottery and gaming regulator issued a cease-and-desist notice to Sunflower Limited. A cease-and-desist letter is a regulator's demand, not a court ruling, and it does not create a way for players to recover money.
OCA has covered the wider legal fight over sweepstakes and crypto casinos, including the Stake.us class action naming Drake and Adin Ross and the Pulsz social casino settlement, one of the few sweepstakes-casino cases that has reached a payout.
What Happens Next
The next ruling to watch is the Ohio court's decision on Sunflower's motion to compel arbitration in Drollinger. After that, the Kentucky case filed in July 2026 will face the same arbitration question. The stayed cases stay paused while the arbitrations run, and the courts in Ohio and Utah have asked for periodic status reports on them.There is no Crown Coins settlement, no claim form and no deadline. This page will be updated when a court rules on arbitration, a new case is filed, or any case settles.
Questions
Is there a Crown Coins class action lawsuit?
Yes. Since July 2025, players have filed at least seven federal class actions against Sunflower Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc., the companies behind Crown Coins Casino, in Alabama, Ohio, New Jersey, Utah and Kentucky. The complaints in the public record allege Crown Coins is illegal gambling under state law. As of October 8, 2026, four had been sent to arbitration and stayed, one had been voluntarily dismissed, one was still contesting arbitration, and one had just been filed. No class has been certified in any of them.
Is there a Crown Coins settlement or claim form?
No. As of October 8, 2026, no Crown Coins Casino class action had settled. There is no settlement fund, no claim form and no deadline. Any website offering to file a Crown Coins settlement claim is not describing an approved settlement.
Who owns Crown Coins Casino?
The lawsuits name Sunflower Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc. as the operators of Crown Coins Casino. The first Ohio complaint describes both as companies organized under the laws of Israel with their principal place of business in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The same complaint says Sunflower also runs a site called iCasino.
Why were the Crown Coins lawsuits sent to arbitration?
Crown Coins' terms of service contain an arbitration agreement. Sunflower has asked each court to enforce it, and federal courts in Ohio, New Jersey, Utah and Alabama stayed the cases so the claims could proceed in arbitration. Arbitration under those terms is handled player by player, which generally keeps a case from going forward as a class action unless a court refuses to enforce the agreement.
Is there a lawsuit over unpaid Crown Coins redemptions?
Not one that OCA could confirm. Some news coverage has described an Ohio class action over denied prize redemptions, but the Ohio complaints in the court record are built on gambling-law claims, not redemption denials. Complaints about unpaid redemptions are documented by the Better Business Bureau, which gave Crown Coins an F rating in August 2026.
Sources
• Gann v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 3:25-cv-01122 (N.D. Ala.) — CourtListener docket• McNamara v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-01757 (N.D. Ohio) — CourtListener docket
• King v. Sunflower, Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-17012 (D.N.J.) — CourtListener docket
• Damron v. Sunflower Limited, No. 2:25-cv-00992 (D. Utah) — CourtListener docket
• Franklin v. Sunflower Ltd., No. 1:25-cv-00160 (W.D. Ky.) — CourtListener docket
• Drollinger v. Sunflower Limited, No. 1:26-cv-00210 (S.D. Ohio) — CourtListener docket
• Payne v. Sunflower, Ltd., No. 4:26-cv-00485 (W.D. Ky.) — CourtListener docket
• Bargo v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-10805 (D.N.J.) — CourtListener docket
• Illinois Gaming Board — Cease and desist letter to Crown Coins Casino (February 4, 2026)
• NBC12 — "Crown Coins Casino: BBB issues ‘F’ rating as players report unpaid winnings, legal actions mount"
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Status
Complaints filed — most stayed for arbitration · No class certified
Defendants
Sunflower Ltd. · Sunflower Technology, Inc. (Crown Coins Casino)
Case to Watch
Drollinger v. Sunflower Limited, No. 1:26-cv-00210 (S.D. Ohio)
Motion to compel arbitration fully briefed August 18, 2026
Other Cases
Gann (N.D. Ala.) · McNamara (N.D. Ohio) · King (D.N.J.) · Damron (D. Utah) · Franklin (W.D. Ky.) · Payne (W.D. Ky.)
First Filed
July 11, 2025
Settlement
None — nothing to claim
