History & Roadmap
From idea to infrastructure. From a single onchain casino experiment to a trustless liquidity engine for real money applications.
2018–2021 · Early Experiments
The original goal was simple: build a casino where games, odds, and payouts live in smart contracts.
No custody. No manual payouts. No hidden odds.
Early versions launched on Tron and later Polygon. These deployments worked, but they exposed hard limitations. Transactions were slow, fees were unstable, reliable onchain randomness was not available, and the bankroll still relied on centralized systems.
The key lesson from this period was clear: one app is not enough.
For onchain gambling to scale, the market needs shared liquidity and common infrastructure that any frontend can plug into. This insight became the foundation of WINR.
2022 · Foundation of WINR Protocol
In 2022, WINR Protocol was formed as a separate infrastructure project focused on onchain gambling and real money applications.
Core contracts moved to Arbitrum to enable faster and cheaper settlement. The first decentralized bankroll went live as the counterparty to all bets, allowing liquidity providers to earn from real house edge.
TVL reached low seven figures, and WINR became a neutral liquidity layer rather than a single casino product.
This marked the first real version of WINR as a shared onchain house.
2023–2024 · Live Infrastructure with Real Users
This phase focused on proving that the engine could handle real users, real volume, and multiple product types.
Key milestones:
JustBet launched as a fully onchain real money app with no custodial balances
WINR public sale on Camelot raised $2.8M
The decentralized bankroll grew to several million dollars in TVL
Core casino games went live settling directly against protocol liquidity
A high leverage trading style product launched on the same bankroll, proving multi product support
Smart wallets enabled gas free, one click gameplay
In 2024, the stack expanded further:
Fully onchain blackjack and poker launched
Over $1M in rewards were distributed to players and LPs
WINR bridged to Solana and received its first centralized exchange listing
JustBet v2 alone processed roughly $90M in onchain volume
The first fully onchain slot game went live
A dedicated test network was launched to experiment with faster UX and higher throughput
By the end of 2024, WINR had processed over $150M in total volume and was clearly established as shared onchain casino infrastructure, with JustBet acting as a reference application.
2025 · Hardening the Engine
In 2025, the focus shifted from experimentation to maturity.
Liquidity was consolidated into a cleaner, more robust bankroll model with clearer risk limits and predictable revenue sharing for LPs. Cross chain deposits began routing into the same onchain liquidity system.
Backend systems were upgraded for speed, stability, and accurate real time stats. UX moved closer to Web2 standards while remaining fully onchain.
An internal AI based game creation pipeline was built and used to launch multiple games on JustBet. This system became the foundation for a future creator focused product.
By the end of 2025, WINR powered applications had processed over $250M in volume from more than 40,000 unique wallets.
2026 · Creator Stack and Permissionless Games (Launching in Q1)
The next phase is about scale through creators.
The goal is to move from a single team building games to a permissionless network of creators using shared liquidity.
Planned direction:
Launch a public Creator Studio for designing and deploying real money games
Release a new JustBet experience focused on creator made content
Introduce a shared game catalog so multiple frontends can list the same games
Enable existing content providers to settle games onchain against WINR liquidity
WINR evolves from a product stack into a creator powered network.
2027 and Beyond · Multi Operator Network (Planned)
Long term, WINR aims to become the standard infrastructure for permissionless gambling and real money applications.
The vision:
Multiple casinos and frontends connected to the same bankroll
Shared liquidity across products and operators
Creator games listed across many apps simultaneously
Transparent volume, risk, and revenue tracked at protocol level
WINR becomes the common house layer for onchain gambling.
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