Tournament Games

In order to offer tournament games with a cash entry fee and a cash prize, performance is based on a player’s skill level and not elements of luck and randomness.

A typical skill game tournament will take between one to three minutes.  While an online casino game as Blackjack may only take thirty seconds, a single tournament may have as many as twenty players participating within the same time period. 

So, in a sense, Skill Games also provide more entertainment value because they provide more games per hour.

Hence, skill tournaments may have a higher volume of players in a given time.  As well, in a game like Blackjack, the house wins on average 98.3% of the time whereas in the Skill Gaming the house charges a fee to enter, and the entire prize pool is awarded to the players. 

A fee is charged for every player to enter a skill tournament, and then players pay a second amount for the prize pool.  It is the prize pool that is divided amongst the winners, while the entire entrance fee goes to the house.  In this way, the risk of paying out a big winner is completely mitigated.

An Online Video Arcade

Think of it this way, you and a friend go in to a video arcade and play a video game.  You each have to plug 25 cents into the machine.  That is your entrance fee and goes to cover the cost of running the tournament, software, and so forth. You then each place a side bet of $1.00.  This $2.00 amount is called the Prize Pool.  Then you play the game and the person with the highest score wins the $2.00.

When you are playing skill games, you are playing against other people and battling their skill sets.  Games are designed so that all the chance has been taken out, and the following skills are needed to win.

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Similar to Golf

Another great example is playing golf in a tournament where there is a prize for the best golfer.  In this tournament, there are four players who have a specific time to finish the game.  You pay your entrance fee / green fees and play 18 holes.   Sometime during the course of the allotted time, the other contestants play their 18 holes, and when all have finished, the winner is announced.

This is how skill tournaments work on the Internet for games like Solitaire Rush or Blockwerx. 

You don’t actually have to play head-to-head in real time.  All you are trying to do is get the highest score for the tournament that you signed up for.

Skill Gaming Software

Skill Gaming software is based on the individual player’s skill and knowledge, while most games of chance on the Internet are based on algorithms.  Several sets of criteria are introduced that make Skill-Bingo, for example, a competitive game played in tournaments or head to head, where skill, knowledge or a combination of both determines the winning outcome. The following are used to allow for competition between players:

Hand-eye coordination

However, there are some games where you can go head to head.  The best example of this in Pool (Snooker) where you compete against one person.

No different than going into a pub to play some 8 ball, you enter a virtual lobby and choose a prize pool. 

For example, it may cost you 25 cents to play and another $5.00 into the prize pool. Or you may decide on a lesser prize pool of $1.00.  Either way, you still have to pay the house a fee to play.

You then challenge someone, each pay the fee to the ‘house’, and each contribute towards the predetermined prize pool.

Then you play, and the winner takes the prize pool.