Skill-based tournaments · US-licensed
$5 to enter · thousands to win

Stake your skill.Win real cash.

Paid brackets and ladders across EA FC, Madden, Fortnite, PUBG Mobile, 8 Ball Pool, Chess.com, and a rotating catalog — for the working, school-night, family-room gamer who wants a $10 entry into a friendly $50 pot. Not a sportsbook. Not a skins site. Just skill, settled.

$5
starting buy-in
24–48h
payout window
15–18%
small-seat rake
18+
age verified
Live pots· refreshed just now
US-licensed
  • EA FC — Volta ladder128 entries
    $0pot
  • PUBG Mobile — Squads24 of 32 teams
    $0pot
  • 8 Ball Pool — H2H brackets17 of 32 players
    $0pot
  • Chess.com — Daily arena54 of 64 players
    $0pot
Settles via ACH · PayPal · Venmo24–48h

Sample pots from a Wednesday evening. Real pots, real numbers, real tickets.

Why Skillstake

Half the rake. Twice the reason to play seriously.

Small-seat rake, side-by-side
15–18%vs. ~28–30% at comparable venues
Comparable cash-prize venues29%
Skillstake, standard tier16.5%
Skillstake, Crown members0%entry-fee free

On a $50 pot, that means about $42–$43 paid out vs. roughly $35. Same lobby. Same opponents. More of every bracket ends up in a player’s pocket.

01
Server-authoritative
Every match settles on a result that can't be argued.

EA FC Volta ladders run on dedicated infrastructure with match-id and replay capture. PUBG Mobile and Fortnite are replay-verified. Chess.com ties results to official game IDs. No "trust me bro" screenshots.

02
KYC + age gate up front
You're a person with a payout path before the first buy-in.

ID, age, and residency are checked on registration. The hard work is done before you pay — so when you withdraw, it lands in 24–48 hours, not three weeks later in a support ticket.

03
State-by-state licensing
Legal where it matters. Boring where it should be.

Skillstake holds skill-game licenses in NJ, CO, WA, TN, MA, and NY, and is gated hardest in exactly those states. No grey zone, no offshore shell — funds move through regulated rails.

How it works

Four steps. One evening. Money in your account by Friday.

  1. 01

    Pick a title and a stake.

    EA FC, Madden, Fortnite, PUBG Mobile, 8 Ball Pool, Chess.com, and a rotating catalog. Brackets from $5 fifty-player payouts to four-figure prize pools.

  2. 02

    Pay in.

    Card on file, no funny money. Crown tier members pay zero entry fees on monthly free-rolls.

  3. 03

    Play. We watch.

    Server-authoritative matches or replay-verified capture feed the result back to the bracket. Standings update live.

  4. 04

    Cash out, fast.

    Withdraw to ACH, PayPal, or Venmo. Settled in 24–48 hours after the bracket closes.

The catalog

Eight core titles. New ones rotate in every season.

We add a title when its match results can be verified reliably and its community wants a paid ladder. We drop one when its match integrity breaks. That — not a content filler pipeline — is how the catalog moves.

FIFAEA FCMaddenFortnitePUBG Mobile8 Ball PoolChess.com+ rotating
Live bracket
EA FC 25 — Volta 1v1

Pot

$100

Entry

$5

23 of 32 leftBrowse tournaments
Live bracket
Madden NFL — Head-to-head

Pot

$250

Entry

$10

14 of 32 leftBrowse tournaments
Live bracket
PUBG Mobile — Squads

Pot

$1,250

Entry

$25

8 of 16 leftBrowse tournaments

Crown tier

One subscription. Zero entry fees on every ladder.

Crown is the play-every-night tier for the regulars. Cancel any time — your standard account and balance stay put. We don’t trap you with annual lock-ins.

  • $19.99/month, cancel any time
  • Fee-free paid entry on every ladder
  • Monthly free-roll entry at every stake tier
  • Profile cosmetics and an ad-free client
  • Priority queue when pots are filling fast
Reserve a Crown seatMemberships open to waitlist first.
Skillstake Crown
Monthly
$19.99/ month
0%Entry fees
1Free-roll / mo
Ladders

Integration roadmap: Stripe-routed billing, in-app upgrade flow, profile cosmetic shop. Crown slots are priced to pay for themselves within the first 3–4 paid brackets a member plays.

Where we’re licensed

Six states. Counting up.

Skillstake holds skill-game licenses in the states listed here. The platform is fully gated outside these jurisdictions — no VPN workaround, no “social” loophole. Funds move through regulated rails only.

  • NJ
  • CO
  • WA
  • TN
  • MA
  • NY

KYC & age verification

ID, age, and residency are checked on account creation, not at withdrawal.

Payouts

ACH, PayPal, or Venmo. Funds settle 24–48 hours after the bracket closes.

See payout policy

Match integrity

Server-authoritative infrastructure or replay-verified capture on every match.

For brand partners

Meet the 3.2B-strong casual middle market.
Mid-tier tournament lobby placements, creator-stream integrations, and the $100B+ sponsorship pool migrating into esports. We hand-pick one partner per competitive title so your brand owns the bracket, not shares it.
Start a sponsorship conversationEmail skillstake@polsia.app · we reply within two business days.

Pick a title. Pay $10. Take home $50 if you’re better than the bracket.

Skillstake is opening to waitlisted players first. Drop your email, tell us what you play, and we’ll move you up the queue.