WorldWinner Review [2024]: I Had Fun and Won (a Little) Money

What I learned from playing

• Although WorldWinner has an easy withdrawal process, you must make at least one cash deposit before making your first withdrawal.
• Playing in a desktop web browser (as opposed to on your device) seems more likely to cause a game to glitch or freeze.
• You must play multiple low-level tournaments before you unlock higher-prize tournaments.
• You’re limited to the games within WorldWinner, which impacts your earnings potential.
• WorldWinner splits prize pools depending on the tournament’s structure and number of players.

Is WorldWinner legit?

WorldWinner (formerly Game Taco) is a legitimate gaming platform that launched in 1999 and pays users cash for playing games. It’s available as an app on Apple’s App Store or online through a web browser. WorldWinner doesn’t have an app on Google Play, but its website offers instructions for adding the site to an Android phone.

It has earned 4.6 out of 5 stars on Apple’s App Store, with over 37,000 reviews. Unlike some other apps and platforms, WorldWinner users do receive their winnings after making at least one cash deposit and meeting the minimum withdrawal threshold ($1.75 or $10).

What is WorldWinner?

Compatible platforms	iPhone and iPad Android (web only) Web browser
Ways to earn	Various skills-based games like: Solitaire Rush Bingo Bingo! Yahtzee! Puzzle Match Wheel of Fortune Poppin’ Panic Big Swing Golf Boggle Scrabble Deep Sea Search Bejeweled Champions Big Money! Spades Showdown King’s Crossing Block Trail Catch 21 Domino Dynasty Atari Breakout Blitz
Minimum entry fee (for cash tournaments)	$0.88
Minimum cash deposit	$5
Minimum withdrawal amount	$10 for paper checks $1.75 for other withdrawals
Withdrawal processing fees	$0
Withdrawal methods	Original payment method on file, including: Credit or debit card PayPal Apple Pay Paper check (if no other method is available)
Prohibited states	Arkansas (for progressive cash competitions) Arizona Connecticut Delaware Florida (for progressive cash competitions) Louisiana Indiana (for card games) Maine (for card games) Montana South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee

The WorldWinner platform features more than 20 games of skill, like Solitaire Rush, Bingo Bingo!, Wheel of Fortune, Yahtzee!, Big Swing Golf, and Puzzle Match, among others.

One of the things I like most about this platform is how straightforward it is. You don’t have to download third-party apps, and you can easily switch between games. WorldWinner also makes the cashout process very easy.

I also love that WorldWinner doesn’t have ads. After playing other apps that constantly interrupted me and pressured me to buy something, WorldWinner is refreshing. Nothing interrupts your playing unless the game crashes, which happened twice during my testing.

However, the interface is a little bland because the platform is so straightforward. WorldWinner doesn’t have cartoon graphics, pop-ups, side games, or distractions. It just has the offered games and the tournament options for each one.

I also don’t like that WorldWinner offers only cash game entries. Some apps have options for players who don’t want to deposit money or play for cash. WorldWinner doesn’t, though each game does have free practice rounds.

Overall, WorldWinner is a good option if you want to earn money playing games and are willing to devote time and practice to improving your skills to win tournaments.

My gameplay experience with WorldWinner

I enjoyed playing WorldWinner and tested the app for about 6 hours over 4 days. I played on an iPad and through a Chrome web browser on my laptop. Since I’m always looking for good cash games for Android, I also tried the platform on my Android phone after following WorldWinner’s directions for bookmarking the site to your phone’s home screen.

In general, I preferred playing on my iPad or Android phone over a web browser. The graphics were better, and it was easier and faster to control the gameplay by tapping with my finger than using my mouse or trackpad. In addition, when I played online, WorldWinner crashed twice.

When logging in, you’ll create an account and provide basic information like your name, contact information, and birthdate so that WorldWinner can verify you’re over 18 and able to use the platform. You’ll also provide your zip code to confirm you live in a state that allows cash games.

Once you’re set up, you’ll see a screen with multiple game options.

Games

The games in WorldWinner are all classics or variations on classics. Each one has a tutorial to help you learn all the features and develop a strategy.

I played various games but repeatedly returned to Solitaire Rush, a classic Klondike Solitaire game. This was the game I played the most during testing, though I tried others like Bingo Bingo!, Atari Breakout Blitz, Puzzle Match, Wheel of Fortune, and Spider Solitaire.

I found it hard to win the WorldWinner games — not because I didn’t know how to play but because I would run out of moves faster than in other game apps. I can usually finish a Solitaire deck on other apps before the clock runs out.

Using WorldWinner, I’ve only been able to complete two decks over four days. However, even though I didn’t win the deck, I still won several tournaments because I earned a higher score than my opponents.

Tournaments

Like when using other gaming platforms, you win money on WorldWinner by entering cash tournaments and earning more points than your opponents. You can play a few practice rounds while you get comfortable with the games, but once you move beyond those, you can only play cash tournaments.

When you first sign up with WorldWinner, you’ll receive $1 in Bonus Bucks as a welcome gift. You can use it to enter your first tournament. All games start with one tournament option with an entry fee of $0.88 and a prize pool of $1.30.

In my experience, you must deposit cash to continue playing in WorldWinner. The welcome bonus is only enough for one tournament entry, and winning money on your first try is hard.

As you play more lower-stakes games, you’ll automatically unlock additional higher-stakes tournaments with higher entry fees. For example, in Solitaire Rush, I had to play 15 cash games with $1.30 or $4 prize pools before unlocking tournaments with $17, $70, or $100 prize pools.

Although WorldWinner doesn’t offer free or non-cash games, it does give new players a free daily entry into a cash tournament with a $20 prize. However, this tournament has a lot of competition, and even if you win, you’ll split the prize pool with 99 other players.

Rewards Points and Bonus Bucks

With every tournament entry, you'll receive Rewards Points, which look like purple coins with crowns. Even if you lose, you’ll still receive the points listed in the tournament information.

After you’ve earned at least 1,000 Rewards Points, you can trade them in for bonus cash, called Bonus Bucks. You can use your Bonus Bucks to enter more tournaments without depositing more of your own money. However, 1,000 Rewards Points are worth just $1 in Bonus Bucks, so it can take time to earn enough to help with tournament entries.

You can also earn Reward Points by getting promotional offers or completing tasks on the app’s Goals tab, such as logging in daily or playing a certain number of games.

Tips for maximizing your earnings

Since WorldWinner primarily offers games of skill, you need to practice and develop a strategy to earn more points and win more tournaments. Here are my tips for maximizing your earnings:

• Collect as many rewards and bonuses as possible: WorldWinner offers Rewards Points and occasionally Bonus Bucks for competing items in the Goals section. These activities include spinning a prize wheel, checking in daily, entering the weekly challenge, and responding to promotional offers. Although you won't earn a lot at once, the rewards add up over time and can help conserve your deposited cash while still entering tournaments with higher entry fees.
• Choose one game: Don’t waste time trying to play all the available games in WorldWinner. Instead, focus on just one or two favorites and develop a strategy to maximize your score. Play multiple practice rounds so you don’t waste entry fees while you learn, and then move on to cash tournaments once you’re winning consistently.
• Be strategic about tournament entries: WorldWinner has a wide range of entry fees and prize pools, but you don’t always win the whole pool. It often splits the prize among the top winners. Before entering a tournament, check the prize breakdown and compare the amounts to the entry fee to understand how much you may win.
• Don’t run out the clock: The primary goal in WorldWinner games is to get more points than your opponent. While that sometimes means playing the game to the end, it can also mean quitting early to receive a time bonus, especially if you have a lot of points and are out of moves.

Bonus Opportunities

WorldWinner doesn’t have many ways to earn additional money or bonus points, but it does offer a couple of ways to earn extra cash, like:

Mega Events: These events apply only to one game at a time and last for a limited time, generally a few days. The prize pools are bigger, and the goal is to enter as many cash tournaments as possible within the time allowed. You’ll earn a point for every dollar you spend on entry fees, plus a point for every dollar you make in cash winnings. Your ranking on the event leaderboard determines how much (if any) of the final prize pool you win.

Lifetime Rewards: In addition to earning Rewards Points in the Goals section, each game you play in WorldWinner earns a point in Lifetime Rewards. These rewards are the same as Rewards Points, but you receive them only after hitting certain milestones, like playing 50, 200, or 1,000 games.

Premier Club: When you enter a tournament, you’ll receive 100 Premier Points and 100 more for every dollar spent on entry fees. When you reach 100,000 Premier Points in one month, you can join the Premier Club.

After that first month, you’ll remain a member of the Premier Club and unlock discounts, point multipliers, and sneak peeks at new games. The more Premier Points you receive, the higher your ranking (Member, Silver, Gold, or Platinum) and the better your discounts and point multiplier options.

How much money can you make?

Earning money with WorldWinner can take time, especially if you’re just starting on the platform or don’t want to deposit much cash for entry fees.

I deposited $10 to help me enter tournaments and test the withdrawal features. Using that initial deposit, I earned $16.60 in withdrawable cash and $16.40 in Bonus Bucks ($12 was a bonus for making a deposit) for a total of $33. So I made back my initial deposit plus an extra $6.60.

I can use Bonus Bucks to enter additional tournaments, but I can’t withdraw them. In addition, whenever I withdraw cash, I forfeit any Bonus Bucks in my account, so be sure you’re ready to make the sacrifice.

Entry fees vs. prize pools

How much you make overall depends on multiple factors, including how much time you spend on the platform, how often you win, and which tournaments you enter.

Some tournaments don’t earn much on WorldWinner. For example, the first game you play will cost $0.88, and you’ll get $1.30 if you win, which means a $0.42 profit. Another tournament costs $2.50 for a prize of $4, which means a net profit of $1.50.

Playing more games will unlock more earnings potential. Once you’ve played at least five cash games, you can enter a tournament that costs $3.65 and has a prize pool of $13. Because WorldWinner divides the prize pool on some games, first place earns $12.50 in this tournament, which provides a profit of $8.85 once you deduct the entry fee.

The biggest prize pool is $350, but you can only access that after you play at least 15 of the lower-stakes games and have enough in your wallet to cover the $60 entry fee.

Splitting the pool

Like many game apps, WorldWinner splits the prize pool among multiple winners depending on how each tournament is structured.

For example, two-player or head-to-head tournaments don’t split the prize pool. As I tested the app, I played a game with a $2.50 entry fee and a $4 prize pool. I won the game and collected the entire $4 prize, and my opponent received only Rewards Points for participating.

However, when I played in the free daily tournament with a cash prize of $20, the prize pool was divided evenly among the players based on ranking. Each player in the top 100 earned $0.20, so even though I came in 95th place, I earned the same as the first place winner.

Other competitions, like the $350 prize tournament, split the pool among the top three winners. First place earns $260, second place earns $60, and third place earns $30. So, while it's a nice profit of $200 for first place, anything less than first place means you break even or lose money.

How to withdraw your winnings

Compared to other game apps that really pay, WorldWinner’s cashout process is my favorite thing about the app. Withdrawing money is as simple as tapping the Withdraw button in the wallet, entering the amount and your password, and then hitting Confirm.

WorldWinner has a $1.75 withdrawal minimum but doesn’t charge a withdrawal fee. You must have made at least one deposit into the game to withdraw your winnings.

However, you don’t get to choose how to receive your money. WorldWinner simply refunds your winnings using the original payment method for your deposit.

When I withdrew from WorldWinner, the confirmed amount appeared as a credit on my credit card. However, depending on how you originally made your deposit, you may also receive a refund to your debit card, Apple Pay, or PayPal account.

WorldWinner says processing can take up to 10 days, but I saw the credit appear on my credit card after about 10 minutes.

Any overage will go to the PayPal account on file if you withdraw more than you initially deposited. If you do not have a PayPal account on file, WorldWinner will mail a paper check for your balance, and this can take up to eight weeks.

Be cautious about submitting your withdrawal request since there’s no canceling it, even if you reach out to customer service.

What are other users saying?

Most players like using WorldWinner and have positive things to say.

WorldWinner earned a rating of 4 out of 5 on Trustpilot. Out of the 1,305 reviews, 56% were five stars, with an additional 20% being four stars. Only 7% of its reviewers gave it one star.

On the Better Business Bureau's website, WorldWinner earned an average customer review score of 2.33 out of 5. However, it has only three reviews, two of them negative.

Additionally, there are more than 37,000 reviews on Apple’s App Store, where WorldWinner has a rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars.

The user choralrach’s 5-star review said, “Fun game selection. Love the head to head play. Great game!” Another user, trulytre’, said, “10’s across the board.”

However, some people left 1- and 2-star reviews, primarily noting that they don’t think it's fair that they have to deposit funds right away.

The 1-star review from Sorry/NotSorry$$! said, “You should not have to deposit money right away. All the other games give you so much to start out with. I think it's a scam when you have to deposit as soon as you download a game.”

Others said they had a game glitch that I also experienced.

The 2-star review from John S. said, “I had a game that had a loading problem. I lost my $.88. And, I can’t find how to contact WorldWinner. They changed the app and can’t find the link. I hope you contact me about this problem.”

As I browsed the reviews in the App Store, I noticed that WorldWinner responded to each one. While it may just be a customer service bot, the responses were pertinent to the feedback of the specific review and offered answers to users’ questions, which not all apps do.

Alternatives to WorldWinner

If WorldWinner doesn’t interest you, plenty of other options can help you make money while playing games. Here are a couple to consider.

Cash Giraffe

If you have an Android phone, Cash Giraffe is another game platform that connects you with games for money, gift cards, and discount offers. It doesn’t require a deposit to get started, and it doesn’t have ads.

When you download Cash Giraffe, you’ll select a game, download it, and start to play. When you download the game through the Cash Giraffe site, the platform will track the time you spend playing and reward you with tickets. The more you play, the higher your ticket balance grows.

When you have enough tickets, you can trade them for a gift card or PayPal deposit and receive your funds within two days.

Download Cash Giraffe | Read more in our Cash Giraffe review

Bubble Cash

Bubble Cash is a bubble shooter game developed by Papaya Games. It's easy to use and cash out, so it's one of the best iPhone cash games, especially if you don’t like developing strategies.

The aim is to collect and pop as many bubbles of the same color as you can. You’ll aim your bubble shooter at groups of same-colored bubbles (a red shooter at a red group, a blue shooter at a blue group, etc) and earn points when you pop them. Clearing the board before the clock runs out provides bonuses and increases your chances of winning.

Bubble Cash operates on a tournament basis, just like WorldWinner, and has cash entry fees and prizes. The minimum entry fee is $1, and you can deposit cash to help you enter higher-stakes games. However, unlike WorldWinner, Bubble Cash has non-cash games, making it a good choice if you don’t want to make a deposit or just want to play for fun.

Winnings return to your original deposit method or PayPal account, and you must earn at least $5 to cash out.

Download Bubble Cash | Check out our Bubble Cash review to learn more

FAQs

Bottom line

WorldWinner is a good option if you want to play games and make a little money, but it's not a replacement for your job or a good side hustle. It’s a legitimate app with an easy withdrawal process, no ads, and many games that are easy to learn. However, you likely need to make an initial deposit to get started, and you must give up your Bonus Bucks when you withdraw.

No matter the game platform and app you choose, read reviews from other players to determine if an app is legitimate and what problems other players have had. Be on the lookout for scams and red flags, and be cautious about providing your personal or payment information.