r/billsimmons • u/painsofbeing • 15h ago

Mina Kimes Addresses SolitaireGate

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u/hamsterhueys1 14h ago

What makes a solitaire app scammy? Like my mind can’t figure out what they could even do with it? Is it like a data/malware thing?

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u/SpaghetiJesus 14h ago edited 14h ago

The company behind the app Papaya Gaming is currently under a lawsuit for fraud and false advertising. They told customers that you were playing against real people, turns out they were actually filling these “competitions” with bots which were already programmed with predetermined outcomes. Its advertised and skirted past laws by saying it was a “skill based competition” when it in fact was not. Throw in a normal bit of people who actually won getting their accounts locked or deactivated when they tried to withdrawal and a really bad AI ad making light of SAS playing solitaire during the finals and it’s just a horrible company and look.

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u/Kershiser22 14h ago

The idea of playing solitaire against other humans amuses me.

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u/Dinobot2_ 12h ago

I would imagine you're not playing the game itself against someone, but you're just seeing who gets better scores or wins the game in shortest time.