Papaya Gaming
Papaya Gaming makes mobile skill games such as solitaire and bingo where players compete for cash prizes. How the model works.
US skill-game operator, not a gambling licence
This brand is not licensed in the markets we cover (or only in part of them), so it has no Wayfinder Score. If you play there, you do not get the protections a local licence brings: limits, self-exclusion and a regulator to complain to.
- Model
- Paid-entry skill tournaments
- Games
- Solitaire, bingo and other casual games
- Market
- Mainly United States, state by state
- Platform
- Mobile apps
How it works
Papaya Gaming builds casual mobile games in which players pay an entry fee to compete against others on the same deal or card, with cash prizes for the best scores. Because results are meant to depend on skill, most US states do not treat them as gambling.
Free practice play is offered alongside paid tournaments.
Where it stands
Papaya Gaming holds no gambling licence in the markets we cover (US, UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Portugal, South Africa and Ontario).
Availability depends on the state.
What to know
Repeated entry fees add up like stakes, even when skill matters.
We do not score skill-game apps.