Moola (website)


Moola is a Canadian-based online gaming website open to United States and Canadian residents. It is now offline. Players receive free credits to wage against other players in return for watching a 10, 15, or 30 second video advertisement and randomly answering a trivia question about it. By extending credits to the viewer of the advertisement, players have funds to place bets against other players without risking any of their own money. These player may then 'cash out' the accumulated winnings for real cash once the equivalent of $10 or more has been reached. Moola has been "offline" for game play according to the website and has no stated timetable for resuming game play.
Moola ranked 11th on PC World magazine's "The 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web" in 2007.

Gameplay

In the Moola's three original games, two players play against each other. Players also have the option to play against a bot when no human opponent is available. Players are given m$0.01 by Moola to begin betting. They may only bet in doubling amounts Moola emphasizes that by doubling winnings 30 times, a player will earn over m$10 million. When a player loses all of their money, Moola provides a penny to begin with again.

Membership

The site used to require new players to receive invitations to play from registered players. However, now new users can sign up on the main page. By inviting other players, the inviting player receives a graduated percentage of the invitee's winnings when the latter puts money into savings or receives a "booster", but only if both players provide their cell phone numbers to "verify" their accounts. Verification is done via an SMS "text" message. A player can put money from their playing account into their "savings account" so they cannot lose it, which helps players accumulate more money to cash out. The referral amount does not come out of the invitee's winnings but is instead paid by Moola to help gather new members. There are several commercial and fan-created websites created that seek to provide the invitations indirectly, so that the share of the winnings can be funneled to the creator of the site itself.
Another option for an invite is to click on links given out by members, which automatically send you an invite when you fill in the appropriate information.
Moola is open to Canadian and United States residents except residents in Louisiana, Nevada, and Quebec. International players can also play but they cannot verify their accounts or cash out.
Moola uses Facebook so users can play games through Facebook.

Games

Moola features four main games.
In 2008, Moola announced an API to integrate third party games with the Moola Points system, allowing them to award Moola Points.
In November 2008, Moola offered Sports Prediction by Wryer and Blackjack by GamesWorldOnline. In January 2009, Five Card Draw by GamesWorldOnline was added. Playing any of the games requires setting one's account to allow access. One of their moderators created BlimPlay, where players can play a popular dice game, Farkle. Blackjack and Five-card draw have been removed from the site.

Tournaments

There are multiple forum-based tournaments that have gained popularity on the Moola Website, some of which have cash prizes for the winners. A few of them are:
All Moola tournaments are currently run by members of the site and not by the site administration.