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The Parties have agreed to settle this dispute for the purpose of avoiding further disputes and litigation with its attendant risk, expense, and inconvenience. The Court has found that the settlement memorialized in the Settlement Agreement, and filed with the Court, is fair, reasonable, and adequate, and in the best interests of the Class Members.  A copy of the Court’s Order is available here.

The members of the proposed Settlement Classes are as follows:

1. Table Games Dealer Tip Pool Collective: All persons employed between December 12, 2017 and March 12, 2021 as a regular Table Games Dealer and as such included within a tip pooling arrangement at a relevant Pinnacle casino, subject to the Court’s Order (ECF Doc. 163) (excluding certain Dual-Rate Dealers/Supervisors from this collective, see ECF Doc. 163), who filed a Consent to Join form to participate in this litigation. The relevant Pinnacle casinos include the following: (1) Ameristar East Chicago (Indiana); (2) Ameristar Council Bluffs (Iowa); (3) Boomtown Bossier City (Louisiana); (4) Boomtown New Orleans (Louisiana); (5) L’Auberge Baton Rouge (Louisiana); (6) L’Auberge Lake Charles (Louisiana); (7) Ameristar Vicksburg (Mississippi); (8) River City (Missouri); (9) Cactus Pete’s (Nevada); and (10) The Meadows (Pennsylvania).
2. Gaming License Policy Collective: All persons employed and paid a direct cash wage of $7.25 or less per hour at a relevant Pinnacle casino between March 31, 2017 and March 12, 2021, and for whom a deduction was taken from their wages for any amount associated with initially obtaining or thereafter renewing a state-issued gaming license, and who filed a Consent to Join form to participate in this litigation. The relevant Pinnacle casinos include: (1) Ameristar Council Bluffs (Iowa); (2) Ameristar East Chicago (Indiana); (3) Ameristar Vicksburg (Mississippi); (4) Boomtown Bossier City (Louisiana); (5) Boomtown New Orleans (Louisiana); (6) L’Auberge Baton Rouge (Louisiana);(7) L’Auberge Lake Charles (Louisiana); and (8) River City (Missouri).
3. Missouri Minimum Wage Law – Minimum Wage Class: All persons employed and paid a direct cash wage of the applicable Missouri minimum wage or less per hour at River City (Missouri), and for whom a deduction was taken from their wages for any amount associated with initially obtaining or thereafter renewing a state issued gaming license at some point between February 21, 2017 and March 12, 2021.
4. Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law – Minimum Wage Class: All persons employed and paid a direct cash wage of the applicable Iowa minimum wage or less per hour at Ameristar Council Bluffs (Iowa), and for whom a deduction was taken from their wages for any amount associated with initially obtaining or thereafter renewing a state-issued gaming license at some point between February 21, 2017 and March 12, 2021.
5. Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law – Unlawful Deduction Class: All persons employed at Ameristar Council Bluffs (Iowa) in an hourly, non-exempt position, and for whom a deduction was taken from their wages for any amount associated with initially obtaining or thereafter renewing a state-issued gaming license at any point between February 21, 2021 and March 12, 2021.