[Bluehorseshoe]

Arcade giant Dave & Buster’s
is taking its games to a new level by offering social wagering on its app.

Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game. The betting function, expected to launch in the next few months, will work through the company’s app.

Dave & Buster’s, started in 1982, now has more than 222 venues in North America, offering everything from bowling to laser tag, plus virtual reality. The company says it has five million loyalty members and 30 million unique visitors to its locations each year. The company’s stock is up more than 50% over the past year.

As a boom in betting increases engagement among sports fans, digital gamification could have a similar effect within Dave & Buster’s customer base by allowing loyalty members to compete with one another and earn rewards. Ultimately, it could mean people spend more time and money at the venues.

Dave and Buster’s is using technology by gamification software company Lucra.

[stevenash]

"If it moves, you can bet on it."

-Moe the Bartender
'The Simpsons'

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Arcade giant Dave & Buster’s
is taking its games to a new level by offering social wagering on its app.

Customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager on a Hot Shots basketball game, a bet on a Skee-Ball competition or on another arcade game. The betting function, expected to launch in the next few months, will work through the company’s app.

Dave & Buster’s, started in 1982, now has more than 222 venues in North America, offering everything from bowling to laser tag, plus virtual reality. The company says it has five million loyalty members and 30 million unique visitors to its locations each year. The company’s stock is up more than 50% over the past year.

As a boom in betting increases engagement among sports fans, digital gamification could have a similar effect within Dave & Buster’s customer base by allowing loyalty members to compete with one another and earn rewards. Ultimately, it could mean people spend more time and money at the venues.

Dave and Buster’s is using technology by gamification software company Lucra.

Blue, are you going to hone your Hot Shot skills? Would be pretty sweet to be a Hot Shots pro.

[Bluehorseshoe]

"If it moves, you can bet on it."

-Moe the Bartender
'The Simpsons'

[Bluehorseshoe]

Blue, are you going to hone your Hot Shot skills? Would be pretty sweet to be a Hot Shots pro.

I am and I have this guy training me....

[stevenash]

That's my all-time favorite Simpson's scene.



Moe Szyslak:
Have you ever thought of racing that bird?
Homer Simpson:
You can bet on pigeons?
Moe Szyslak:
Hey, if it moves you can bet on it.
Bart Simpson:
What about the Detroit Lions?
Moe Szyslak:
Hey, lay off Detroit. Them people is going through Mad Max times.