Skillz brings real-money mobile gambling to US

“While mobile gaming continues to boom, game developers need innovative yet complementary ways to monetise their content,” said Andrew Paradise, CEO for Skillz. “80% of mobile game revenues went to the top twenty development studios last year. Tournaments take mobile gaming to the next level by enhancing gameplay, making it more social and fun as players compete against each other. For developers, competitions translate into longer sessions, better user retention and increased revenues.”

Skillz revealed that it has premiered its new platform in partnership with nine other game studios in Gnarly Games, Rocketmind, Spooky House Studios, Rogue Rocket, DMW Design Group, Coeus Creative, Ilyon Dynamics, WSM and The Game Boss/Geniteam Solutions with each contributing one title. The games span a range of genres including sports, puzzle and arcade with players able to enter real-money tournaments for as little as us$ 0.25.

“Since integrating Skillz.com, we're seeing increased engagement from our users in Big Sport Fishing,” said Joe Hanson from Rocketmind. “We've found that players who enter Skillz.com competitions play three times longer than their peers.”