# Players’ Lounge

> Players’ Lounge is a New York company offering real-money video-game matches, tournaments, personalized performance challenges, player staking and arcade competitions. Its PL Predict offering adds sports event-contract trading through ProphetX. It targets adult recreational and competitive gamers rather than requiring a professional esports career.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Austin Woolridge (Co-founder and CEO), Zach Dixon (Co-founder; identified as COO on the legacy company About page), Dan Delaney (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Head-to-Head / PL Sports, Players’ Lounge performance challenges, Players’ Lounge Plus (PL+), Stake Players, Arcade
- **Notable:** Y Combinator Winter 2018 alumnus., Raised a $10.5 million Series A in July 2022., Reported $150 million in cumulative peer-to-peer wagers in November 2022.

## Products & services

- **Head-to-Head / PL Sports** — One-on-one money matches and tournaments around existing video games, including sports titles. Players arrange matches and report results.
- **Players’ Lounge performance challenges** — Personalized cash challenges using linked game-account information or Twitch; players stake on their own performance. The player-versus-house mobile product launched in September 2022.
- **Players’ Lounge Plus (PL+)** — Subscription benefits include tournament access and cashback; the FAQ advertises 1.5% cashback on wagers.
- **Stake Players** — The current website describes backing another player’s run and sharing the upside.
- **Arcade** — Quick player-versus-player skill games with stakes.
- **PL Predict** — Sports event contracts accessed in Players’ Lounge and executed through ProphetX. Announced July 23, 2026.

## Achievements

- Y Combinator Winter 2018 alumnus.
- Raised a $10.5 million Series A in July 2022.
- Reported $150 million in cumulative peer-to-peer wagers in November 2022.
- The July 2026 ProphetX announcement reports more than $250 million in cumulative skill-based wagers. These are wagering-volume figures, not revenue.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — July 23: ProphetX and Players’ Lounge announced an integrated sports prediction-market offering.
- **2026-08** — The public College Football leaderboard displayed an August 3 update with results from 67 tournaments.

## Links

- Website: https://www.playerslounge.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/players%27-lounge/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/_playerslounge
- GitHub: https://github.com/players-lounge
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playerslounge/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playersloungegaming

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Last updated: 2026-10-04