Peer-to-Peer Social Sports Competition & Rewards Platform

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Peer-to-Peer Social Sports Competition & Rewards Platform

Esketchers developed an app that brings sports fans together through friendly competition and rewards. It allows users to challenge friends on live games, lock in predictions, and compete on leaderboards without cash betting. Winners earn coins that can be used to enter sweepstakes for authentic sports memorabilia and exclusive collectibles.

Problem

Traditional sports prediction platforms focused on betting against a house or algorithm, offering little opportunity for direct competition between friends. Users lacked social features, peer-to-peer challenges, leaderboards, and automated systems for tracking results or handling payouts. As a result, they often had to manually settle disputes and manage transfers during live games, leading to frustration, reduced trust, and poor engagement.


Solution

We engineered a highly scalable, live-synchronized social gaming platform that centralizes live sports data feeds, automated peer-to-peer wagering workflows, secure coin transactional architecture, and interactive social features into a unified mobile experience.

Use Cases

A sports fan challenges a friend directly on a live game using coins instead of cash.

A user posts an open challenge on the wall and 'Knuckles' auto-bot accepts it instantly.

Friends track each other's wins and losses in real time through leaderboards and live chat.

Coins are automatically locked the moment a challenge is accepted to prevent double-spending.

Team

Lead Developer

2 Developers, Including 1 Frontend & 1 Backend Developer

QA Engineer

Scrum Master

Services we offered

End-to-End Development

Quality Assurance

Project Management

Market Specifics

US sports fans

No-cash, sweepstakes-based competition

Social, friend-vs-friend challenges — not user-vs-house betting

Mobile-first, iOS & Android with in-app coin purchases

Deliverables

Cross-Platform Mobile App (iOS & Android)

Secure Coin Economy & Escrow Engine

Real-Time Sports Data & Automation Backend

Client Goals

The client wanted to build a social, risk-free sports competition platform that replaces impersonal cash betting with peer-to-peer challenges, real rewards, and community rivalry.

Peer-to-Peer Challenge System

Let users challenge friends directly on live games instead of betting against a faceless house.

Automated Challenge Settlement

Automatically process game results and transfer coins instantly without any manual intervention.

Secure Coin Escrow

Lock both users’ coins the moment a challenge is accepted to prevent fraud and double-spending.

Always-Available Competition

Ensure users always have an opponent through an automated bot that accepts open challenges.

Real-World Reward System

Let users convert winning coin balances into sweepstakes entries for authentic sports memorabilia.

Social Engagement Layer

Build leaderboards, real-time chat, and open challenge walls to keep users competitively engaged.

Target audience

Casual Sports Fans


Friend Groups & Crews


Sports Memorabilia Enthusiasts


Competitive Gamers


Non-Gambling Sports Fans

Core Features

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Multi-Market P2P Challenge Engine

Create and join head-to-head challenges across multiple sports betting formats.

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Secure Coin Escrow System

Locks coins automatically when a challenge is accepted to ensure fair play.

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Real-Time Sports Sync & Settlement

Automatically tracks results and distributes coin payouts when games end.

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“Knuckles” Auto-Accept Bot

Matches open challenges with an opponent to keep gameplay active.

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Social Layer & Leaderboard Tracking

Compete with friends through chat, rankings, and community challenges.

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Dual-Economy Sweepstakes Module

Convert earned coins into sweepstakes entries for sports memorabilia rewards.

Additional features

Plagiarism Checker

Ensures all generated content is original and SEO-compliant.

AI Writing Style Detection

Refines AI content to read naturally and meet industry standards.

Multilingual Support

Create and optimize content for global audiences.

Content Performance Insights

Track published content and identify areas to improve.

Collaboration Tools

Team workflows with content sharing and role-based access.

Results

BEFORE

Traditional user-versus-house sports experiences
Limited social interaction between participants
Manual challenge management processes
Fragmented competition experiences
Limited reward mechanisms beyond game outcomes

AFTER

Real-time peer-to-peer sports challenges
Social competition between friends and communities
Automated challenge creation and settlement
Always-available competition through automated opponents
Reward-driven ecosystem with sweepstakes participation

Integrations

SportRadar

Live sports data feed for games, teams, odds, and scores.

AreYouWatchingThis

Secondary sports and odds data feed for redundancy.

Firebase Admin SDK

Push notifications for mobile users.

Twilio

SMS verification for phone number authentication.

Telnyyx

Primary SMS notification provider.

Apple In-App Purchase

Coin bundle purchases on iOS.

Google Play Billing

Coin bundle purchases on Android.

Google Social Auth

Social login via Google accounts.

Tech Stack

Django

Django

Docker

Docker

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Celery

Celery

Redis

Redis

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