BringIt.com Allows Players to Bet On Console Game Matches

eldavojohn writes to tell us of a new service, "BringIt.com," that allows gamers to put their money where their mouth is with respect to their console gaming skill. "BringIt supports the PlayStation 2, the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii. Players challenge each other on the site, but play on their consoles. BringIt holds players' entry fees until the game is finished. After the game is done, it verifies the results and credits the winner, minus the service fee. To attract players of a broad range of skill sets, BringIt has separate tournaments meant for novice players and expert gamers. Levin compared it to the handicap system in golf or the weight-class system in wrestling.

Re:rigged

[Khashishi]

yourself. Otherwise it would be plain gambling.

Re:Aren't gambling sites illegal?

[Anonymusing]

Just to save you the time, the headline of TFA [gamepolitics.com] ends with the words "Legal in 39 States". And that article links to this [google.com] which says you can't play video games for cash in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Tennessee and Vermont.

Four places

[Anonymous Coward]

Delaware, Oregon and Montana now allow sports betting.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4162225 [go.com]

Re:Wagers+HonorSystem=

[FrostDust]

I am playing a ranked match against somebody named some variant of '420niggah' (classy I know) and as soon as I am about to drop a coup de grace, they just quit. YOu what would make that even more fun? Losing real money each time it happens. No thanks.

Starcraft (and that's more than a decade old) recorded "Disconnects." Having a record like "15-12-37" would lead people to not play against you, either cause you're a sore loser or because you have a really terrible connection. I haven't used any of the current gen systems' online multiplayer services, but I think they'd be able to implement counting disconnects for each user easily.

Also, I didn't check out Bringit's rules but it makes sense that they'd put into terms that disconnecting counts as a loss.

Re:Cheating

[timeOday]

And business dealings, taxation, and the stock market are all even more full of cheating, so they'll never catch on.

Re:rigged

[GigsVT]

It's not gambling if it's a game of skill. You can charge an entry fee for a game of skill and pay a prize in pretty much every state of the US.

Re:Rankings

[IdahoEv]

Found it. Wager size caps are based only on how many games you have completed, historically. They start at $50/game, and go up in steps to $500/game once you have completed 30+ ranked games.

http://www.bringit.com/rules/