Chess and checkers for real stakes
Stake money on games of skill.
Play another player at chess or checkers for a stake you both put up. The money sits in escrow until the result is settled, then the winner withdraws to M-Pesa.
Stakes held in escrow until a result is settled · Deposits and payouts over M-Pesa · 18+ only
How the pot splits
95%
of every pot goes straight to the winner.
Held until the result is in
Both stakes leave the players' wallets the moment a match starts and sit in escrow. Neither player can pull a stake back once the board is live, and the remaining 5% is the platform fee.
001 Games
Four games. Two of them open today.
Checkers plays out in the browser and is scored by the platform. Chess is played on your own board and settled from the evidence both players submit. The console titles are next.
002 How it works
Four steps from deposit to payout.
01
Create an account
Sign up with your phone number and confirm the code we send you.
02
Fund your wallet
Deposit over M-Pesa. The balance sits in your wallet until you stake it.
03
Join a match
Pick a game and a stake. Both players put up the same amount to start.
04
Get paid
The winner takes the pot less the platform fee, then withdraws to M-Pesa.
The terms
The same split on every match.
Two players put up the same stake. The pot is charged one platform fee and the rest goes to whoever wins. Nothing is priced per game, per player or per match.
5%
Platform fee, taken from the pot
1.9×
Returned on a winning stake
100%
Of both stakes held in escrow
2
Games open for stakes today