Players take home more than $2M from Skillz mobile-game competitions

Competitive gaming on mobile isn’t all about huge events that fill Madison Square Garden. Many players are playing and winning real cash by playing from their own home.

E-sports company Skillz revealed today that it has paid out more than $2 million to its players since the start of the year. Skillz lets people compete in cash tournaments live on their smartphone. It hosts more than 100,000 tournaments every day across a number of different mobile games, like endless platformer Survival Run with Bear Grylls. While Skillz is boasting about the money, it is also highlighting the diversity of its audience. The company claims that “nearly half” of its players are women.