Win cash for your mobile gaming skills

Imagine if you could make money from mobile gaming. Several independent developers may have just gone off into a reverie after reading that last sentence, but we're not talking about making games. We're talking about playing them.

Jumping Jack Cash is a new game from mobile gambling firm Probability. However, it's not pure gambling. Instead, it's a skill game. And if you play well, you earn real cash.

Specifically, it's an arcade platformer that involves bouncing across building tops on a space hopper, collecting coins as you go. You set the difficulty by choosing how high the buildings are, with a bigger payout if you make it more difficult.

You do have to pay every time you play, though, so it's more like a traditional gambling game in that respect. And you have to be 18 or over to participate, obviously.

Probability is launching the game via the Lady Luck mobile casino, which can be accessed by texting JUMP to 80266. It'll be interesting to see if this model spreads to more mobile games. If anyone ever launches a skill-gambling version of Playman Extreme Running, we'll be buying a Caribbean island in no time.