I have played thousands of matches both for free and real money (all documented) and have come to the understanding that the governing algorithm of this platform is designed to make only the House win. It would appear Skillz tweaked their algorithm to ensure they are the sole winners. Odd matching patterns are customary on this platform. You may end up having the illusion you win (at first) but in the medium and long run reality will eventually kick in. I have constantly checked how other players are faring (easy way to do this is to open a match result, click on your opponent’s icon, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see his win/loss performance over the last 10 games). Only a handful of players are on a 7wins/3 losses streak (that’s where you make a little money). Few more are on a 6/4 average (break even) and the vast majority are on a 5 (or less) wins/ 5 (or more losses). It’s also pointless to contact support as the best you’ll get are well crafted, pre-written copy paste replies which always fail to address your doubts or concerns. Finally, I find it odd regulators licensed Skillz to offer their games for money. When the house retains full control of the matching mechanism and, for example, allows for matching patterns that will repeatedly (four times or more in a row) field you against a players you have 20% or less chances of beating the whole concept of game of skills flies out of the window. Finally, their core claim of fairness is all but hot air. For example, when on a hot streak, it’s not unusual to be matched to players who’s best ever score is 20 points (or more) over your best ever score. And anyone who has played Spider Solitaire on this platform knows that a 20 points gap is borderline impossible to fill.
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