In today’s gambling environment, it takes a brass pair to have “skill” and “games” in your corporate moniker, seeing as how those terms are often associated with tabletop devices that tend to skirt regulatory requirements in various states.

But unlike many sports betting-adjacent companies, SMG has been diligent in setting up the proper legal framework to enter the states in which it is live, which for now are California, Colorado and New York — with Texas on the near horizon.

“Most of us come from the regulated gaming business, and we feel very comfortable that this meets the definition of skill-based gaming,” said Gupta, while O’Reilly added, “For each state, we do a gaming opinion for that state specifying that we’re a game of skill.”

California and Texas are the two remaining golden gooses on the sports betting dart board. Incidentally, while it is currently focused on closest-to-the-hole golf contests, Skill Money Games has plans to expand into darts and bowling — not in simulated form, but by installing its cameras at actual alleys and bars.

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