Skillz Defeats Papaya’s Counterclaims in Row Over Bots in Games

Skillz Platform Inc. won judgment on rival Papaya Gaming Ltd.'s claims it attracted customers through false advertisements about how it matches competing players and keeps bots off its platform.

Papaya didn’t show that it suffered a loss or was otherwise injured by Skillz’s statements about its own games, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Nov. 21.

The two companies make real-money skill-based mobile games, but Skillz mostly offers competition between two players while Papaya makes multiplayer tournaments with bigger prizes.

Skillz sued Papaya and alleged Papaya lured away customers by advertising the games as ...