Sportsbooks

Skill games for sportsbook operators

THNDR is the PvP skill games platform for sportsbooks that want year-round revenue and retention, not just in-season. Add head-to-head skill games with no house edge, fully white-label, branded as your own. Matches fill from a cross-operator player network, so you do not need your own standalone liquidity. Running real-money skill tournaments since 2019, with 160m+ games played and a 99.99% fill rate.

160m+Games played
99.99%Fill rate
5 to 10 daysTo go live

Earn between seasons

A sportsbook's revenue tracks the sports calendar. Between seasons and on quiet days, players churn to operators that offer more. A PvP skill games vertical gives them a reason to stay and wager year-round, with no dependence on a fixture list.

Predictable revenue, not GGR swings

Operators earn a service fee on every bet placed, not a GGR share that swings with player wins month to month. That revenue is plannable, so you can build UA and CRM budgets on it. THNDR designs to a 50/50 target win rate to manage the tradeoff.

No standalone liquidity needed

A sportsbook does not need a large skill-games player base of its own to offer head-to-head play. THNDR fills matches from a cross-operator network, so opponents are available from day one. The result is a 99.99% fill rate across 160m+ games played.

Live in 5 to 10 days, white-label

Integration is a simple iFrame on the front end and 3 webhooks on the backend. Games are 100% white-label, branded as the sportsbook's own. THNDR is additive and carries no lock-in, so you keep your existing payments and growth stack.

No house edge, real skill

These are head-to-head skill games with no house edge, so players compete against each other, not the book. Patent-pending game verification and a 50/50 win-rate design protect against bots and collusion, drawing on hundreds of thousands of real-money tournaments since 2019.

Built for regulated operators

THNDR's CEO chairs the Skill Games Committee within the IGSA in the US. THNDR builds for the regulated market rather than treating skill-game classification as a loophole, so a sportsbook adds the vertical with a partner that is at the table where the rules get written.

Sportsbook case study

Kutt

Increase revenue between seasons.

Challenge

P2P social betting with ESPN and SGPN partnerships. Between sports seasons, users churned to competitors offering casino verticals. The P2P model didn't extend to non-sports wagering.

Solution

A P2P casino vertical: skill-based head-to-head games with no house edge extended the revenue opportunity year-round.

Since 2019Running real-money skill tournaments at scale
99.99%Match fill rate from the cross-operator network
25+Operator partners live

Sportsbook skill games FAQ

What is the best skill games provider for sportsbooks?
THNDR is a PvP skill games platform built for sportsbook operators. It adds head-to-head skill games with no house edge, fully white-label, with matches filled from a cross-operator player network. THNDR has run real-money skill tournaments since 2019, with 160m+ games played, a 99.99% fill rate, and 25+ partners live.
How can a sportsbook add PvP skill games?
Integration is a simple iFrame on the front end and 3 webhooks on the backend, and most partners go live in 5 to 10 days. The games are 100% white-label and branded as the sportsbook's own, and THNDR is additive with no lock-in to existing payments or platform providers.
Can a sportsbook offer head-to-head games without enough players to match?
Yes. THNDR fills matches from a cross-operator player network, so a sportsbook can offer head-to-head play without building its own standalone liquidity or running a consumer app. The result is a 99.99% match fill rate across 160m+ games played.
How do skill games help a sportsbook between seasons?
Sportsbook revenue tracks the sports calendar, so players churn between seasons and on quiet days. A PvP skill games vertical gives players a reason to stay and wager year-round, independent of the fixture list. Kutt added a P2P casino vertical with THNDR to extend revenue year-round.
How do sportsbook operators make money from skill games?
Operators earn a service fee on every bet placed. Unlike a GGR-share model, that revenue does not swing with player wins month to month, so a sportsbook can plan UA and CRM budgets on it. THNDR designs to a 50/50 target win rate to manage the tradeoff that capital can leave when players win.

Add a skill vertical to your sportsbook

Year-round revenue and retention, no house edge, live in 5 to 10 days, fully white-label. See how sportsbooks use THNDR.