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Winning the event repeatedly will deactivate it.
Nothing else will work. King don't want players to be able to opt out because clearly enough players give in and pay to pass the levels. It is the nagging factor, the same as not letting us pass legendary levels until we give in and pay 10 gold for hundreds of extra moves.