I'm certain
ducks.io will get us attention. I think you either make fame or fortune in these types of games,
and my feeling is we might get famous because of it... No one really knows what will be popular with
bettors until we have a crack at it. Tat's what we're doing at
155.io.
hundreds of thousands of people take part. I lived in Hong Kong for many years so I tracked down the biggest maker of plastic ducks on the planet and I decided to start racing the ducks on a real-life river like you might have done with Poohsticks back in the day. I decided to make it a gambling game.
Can you walk us through the process of turning an empty warehouse into a 24/7 live plastic duck racing arena? Where do you even begin?
Of course, logistically getting a duck race to
happen in public is a) probably illegal and b) you’ve got the limitations of darkness and potential phone network issues. I decided to build a river in our studio, so I went to a swimming pool manufacturer that builds fountains for hotels in Dubai and swimming pools for amazing properties. I put a plastic duck on the table and said, “I want to race these” and he responded, “this is the maddest project I've ever been part of!” We then started to design this 30- metre river with tons of water pumps, wind funnels, rocks, trees, and so on. Te idea is that every duck which enters the race has a chance.
SAM JONES Founder & CEO
155.io
Te leading duck might hit a rock and fall to the back. Another one might go into the mouth of a crocodile and lose the race.
What is your expectation for
ducks.io?
I'm certain
ducks.io will get us attention. I think you either make fame or fortune in these types of games, and my feeling is we might get famous because of it. Maybe we won't get rich, who knows, but our lobby will consist of a variety of games such as Marble Racing, Coin Tossing and Stairpong. No one really knows what will be popular with bettors until we have a crack at it. Tat's what we're doing at
155.io
How do you go about getting plastic duck racing certified as a gambling product?
If you speak to testing labs, they've never seen a plastic duck race or even worked with water, so the easiest way to get the product certified was to get a lottery style machine before the race with eight
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