The Money Factory has already shut down, leaving players wondering what will happen to their outstanding redemptions. And there’s another connected story worth following: the sweepstakes casino is one of 13 companies facing proposed statewide class actions filed in Kentucky.
The timing is certainly interesting. The Money Factory lawsuit was filed on July 20, around 3 weeks before the casino permanently ceased operations on August 9 (along with sister brand Spinzta).
We can’t say the lawsuit caused the shutdown, but it adds another big development to an already troubled story.
The Money Factory Has Been Taken to Court
The case is Taylor v. The Money Factory, LLC, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by Timothy Wayne Taylor. The court record describes it as a statewide class action complaint, with John E. Norris, Dargan Maner Ware, and Christopher L. Rhoads listed as Taylor’s attorneys.
And this isn’t an isolated lawsuit. The Money Factory case was filed as part of a much larger wave of 13 proposed statewide class actions brought against different sweepstakes casino companies:
- Parana Plays, LLC (Lunaland Casino)
- The Money Factory, LLC (The Money Factory, Spinzta)
- VGW, Ltd. and associated VGW entities (Chumba Casino, Global Poker, LuckyLand Slots)
- Sunflower, Ltd. and Sunflower Technology, Inc. (Crown Coins Casino)
- Forever Winning, LLC (ex-Spinfinite owner)
- Golden Hearts Games, Inc. (Golden Hearts Games, Coin Wizard)
- ARB Gaming, LLC and ARB Interactive, Inc. (Modo.us)
- Woopla, Inc. (Funzpoints)
- Moshy Gaming, LLC (Moozi)
- WW Funcrafters JWA, LLC (SpeedSweeps, BangCoins, SweepsRoyal, DimeSweeps, RichSweeps, ThrillCoins, SweepstakesCasino.com)
- Utech Solutions, LLC (JackpotRabbit, Scarlet Sands, SweepShark, Mr.Goodwin, VegasWay, Playtana, FireSevens, Sweepico, DexyPlay)
- MW Services, Ltd. (WOW Vegas, Rolla, CoinsBack, MetaWin.us)
- A1 Development, LLC (TaoFortune, NoLimitCoins, FunzCity, Funrize, Fortune Wheelz, StormRush)
The same lawyers appear across all 13 filings, making this look like a coordinated wave rather than 13 unrelated lawsuits, and this list essentially includes most of the big names in the business.
We haven’t been able to read the actual Money Factory complaint, so we can’t verify the exact allegations. The public docket classifies the case as a diversity-fraud action, but that doesn’t tell us enough about the underlying claims to safely fill in the gaps.
The case has already hit a procedural hurdle, too. On July 23, Judge David J. Hale ordered Taylor to explain why the case shouldn’t be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. In simple terms, the judge has questioned whether the federal court has the authority to hear the case and asked the plaintiff to explain why it should continue. Taylor responded to that order on August 21, but the judge has not yet ruled on the issue.
It’s also important to stress that this is a proposed class action. No class has been certified, and there has been no ruling that The Money Factory did anything wrong. And these cases aren’t particularly unique – we see similar cases multiple times every year, with arbitration often bringing an end to the litigation.
Separately, we’ve seen that law firm Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay is currently seeking claims from former Money Factory players. Its website says the firm is investigating violations of state anti-gambling and consumer-protection laws and asks players who lost money on the platform to provide information about their experiences.
We haven’t established that this campaign is connected to Taylor’s lawsuit yet, so we’re treating the two as separate developments for now.
SweepsKings Warned Players About The Money Factory
The filed lawsuit comes after months of complaints about The Money Factory’s redemption practices.
SweepsKings was the first to blacklist The Money Factory, doing so in March 2026 after we saw a growing number of negative Trustpilot reviews, and received similar complaints through our own forum.
The Money Factory wasn’t always a casino we had concerns about. However, as redemption complaints began piling up, players reported incredibly long waits for their money. Some said they had been waiting for months, while one player claimed to have more than $8,000 tied up in a redemption.
One player on our forum summed up the frustration particularly bluntly:
“They’re going to steal from you. 90+ days for redemptions, if they even bother to pay out at all”
We tried to help players where we could, but the growing number of complaints eventually led us to simply blacklist the brand. Then, on August 9, The Money Factory announced that it had permanently ceased operations.
Its closure notice said:
“All player accounts, balances, and pending redemption requests have been recorded and preserved.”
It also directed players with questions to email in, but didn’t provide any specific reassurance that outstanding redemptions would be paid. The shutdown notice and email address is still up at The Money Factory’s domain.
And this is why the lawsuit is particularly relevant now. The Money Factory may have closed its doors, but there are still players waiting to find out whether the balances and redemption requests they had on the platform will actually be paid. SweepsKings would advise players not to get their hopes up, but we’ll continue to follow the case and report any major developments.
Author: Alex Windsor
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