Betr, a daily fantasy sports picks operator owned by social media influencer and professional boxer Jake Paul, launched a brand new platform called Betr Arcade. This features skill-based games where users compete against their peers rather than the house.
Betr Arcade features four games: 21, Fruit Match, Crossout 21, and 5 Across. Below is a brief description of how each game works.
The minimum stake is $1.25, but players can also play for free. Since this is a peer-to-peer platform, it allows Betr Arcade to be available in states where iGaming isn’t legal yet, like California and Texas.
The list of 29 states where Betr Arcade is available has not been revealed yet, but here are the excluded locations for Betr at the moment:
Betr Arcade is not the first operator to offer skill-based games for real money prizes. Two companies in particular came long before Betr Arcade’s 2025 arrival, paving the way for newer platforms like Betr:
Skillz is a mobile gaming platform that provides tournaments with casual games for real money prizes. Launched in 2012 and now a publicly traded company, Skillz has facilitated player tournaments across the world, including various genres like card puzzles and sports simulations. It may be considered a successful gaming platform, reporting over $25 million in revenue in Q2 2025.
WorldWinner is another skill-based, peer-to-peer operator where users have been able to compete in tournaments for cash. It is owned by GSN Games, featuring multiple genres ranging from card games, puzzle games, game shows, and more. WorldWinner has held billions of tournaments since its inception in 1999 and generated millions in revenue, so it’s likely viewed as another model of inspiration for Betr’s new arcade feature.
When comparing Betr Arcade’s game portfolio to those of Skillz and WorldWinner, it’s easy to find similarities. Its debut titles (21, Crossout 21, Fruit Match, 5 Across) borrow from the puzzle, card, and casual genres that both WorldWinner and Skillz have featured on their platforms.
In providing skill-based, peer-to-peer games, Betr is looking to set itself apart from competitors like PrizePicks, which offer daily fantasy sports where users make sports picks. PrizePicks recently launched a new peer-to-peer feature, called PrizePicks Arena.
Betr is also looking to keep up with Underdog, which not only offers similar pick’em contests, but also skill-based fantasy tournaments where users draft players for a chance to win millions in prizes. Underdog released a feature called Champions, which is also a peer-to-peer pick’em contest.
Like Betr, both PrizePicks Arena and Champions enable users to compete against their peers rather than against the house. However, none of them have anything resembling games like Betr Arcade. Including arcade games is a strategic move that sets Betr apart from the competition, and depending on how the new launch is publicly received, this new addition may set a precedent for competitors to follow suit.
