Cash For Kills Online Shooter Brings Video Skill Gaming To U.S.

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In the online multi player first-person shooter called “Kwari,” players go can head-to-head to win jackpots of cash.

Launched in early January in Europe, “Kwari” is a free game — but you have to spend money to make money. The ammo will cost you $5 for 5,000 bullets, and that’s the only cut that publisher gets. The money for the jackpots is pooled together from real money spent on in-game goods — weapons, health upgrades and self-inflicted injuries — and it stays strictly in-game. With Visa, Mastercard and PayPal on board, “Kwari” looks to set its sights beyond Europe.

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Marketing Director Al King expects we’ll be seeing “Kwari” in the U.S. in June, despite strict U.S. gambling laws, which vary from state to state. Apart from the notorious 14 states which are known to be completely intolerant of any type of gambling or skill-based gaming, Kwari is not officially not gambling. It’s skill-based.”

In the European version, one player is raking in the dough. At the top of the leader board is the Dublin-based “Sinister,” who’s won $32,610.81 to date; the second place player behind him hovers around only $2,200. I wondered why the disparity between the players’ earnings was so large. “The difference in his ability is not as big as the difference in his monetary earnings,” King explained. “He’s had one $20,000 jackpot and one $5,000 jackpot. So if you take that out, then that’s more of an accurate reflection of his difference in ability. There’s no doubt that he is very, very good. But he’s only slightly better than the rest of the people at the top end of the spectrum.”

Source: MTV News

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