| SkillGround: Real Games. Real Money. | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Online |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
| Products | UTour Golf, Warpath, CQC, LASR, Kung Fu: Deadly Arts, TOCA Race Driver 3 |
| Employees | unknown (2008) |
| Website | www.SkillGround.com |
'SkillGround' is an online skill-gaming platform created by Groove Media Inc. [1]. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The video game industry (formally referred to as Interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, Marketing In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need UTour Golf is an online Golf game developed by Gusto Games and published by Groove Media Inc. TOCA Race Driver 3 (also known as DTM Race Driver 3) is the third title of TOCA racing Video game series developed and published by Codemasters Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Groove Games is a Canadian developer, publisher of computer and video games. Players are able to complete for free, or wager for cash.
Free games are supported by advertising before and during gameplay; cash games are supported by collecting a rake on prizes, with no advertising displayed before the game begins [2]. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand
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Games
Six (6) games are currently offered through the service:
- WarPath – A futuristic first-person shooter
- Close Quarters Conflict (CQC) – A military first-person shooter
- L. WarPath is a budget-priced First-person shooter Computer game developed by Digital Extremes, who previously developed Pariah. A. Street Racer (LASR) – A modern racing game
- Kung Fu: Deadly Arts – A traditional side-scrolling martial arts fighter
- UTour Golf – An online golf simulator
- TOCA Race Driver 3 - Popular racing game distributed by Codemasters. UTour Golf is an online Golf game developed by Gusto Games and published by Groove Media Inc. TOCA Race Driver 3 (also known as DTM Race Driver 3) is the third title of TOCA racing Video game series developed and published by Codemasters Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters and often nicknamed Codies in magazines is one of the longest running British Video game developers
History
The SkillGround service was launched in December 2006. Four games were included at this time, and golf, their most popular title, was added nearly a year later in August 2007.
This service got off to a rocky start, with limited availability in its first week. This led to VH1 Game Break declaring it “idiot of the week” [3].
Service has since been improved, and has gained wide traction for its UTour Golf offering.
Rules
SkillGround is a gambling site. All wins are based on skill. As a result, this service is legal in the majority of the United States; whereas traditional gambling site has been banned since 2006.
Despite this, thirteen (13) states have still outlawed skill based gaming. The service is not available for cash play in [4]:
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Vermont
SkillGround also forbids cheating. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Delaware ( is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Players who violate this policy are banned from the site and their winnings are confiscated and awarded to those who would have otherwise won. Cheat detection is based on a proprietary, in-house technology.
See Also
References
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