You might be wondering why a company would pay people to play games. Well, the short answer is that the company itself gets paid when its visitors play games. Confused? Of course you're not. Because by now you've become familiar with the key concept behind all the "get paid" companies we detail on our little site - advertising.

By offering a free service that almost everybody loves - playing games - the "get paid to play games" companies give people a good reason to visit their sites. Throw in some prizes and cold, hard cash and people now have a great reason to check them out.

Put simply, the companies have found an easy way to drive traffic to their site. Of course, advertisers want to reach all those people. So the companies put ads on their web pages and get money from their advertisers. Then they give a portion of their advertising profits back to their visitors in the form of prizes and cash. It's a nifty little circle.

To help spread the word about their sites and get more people to visit, some of the companies will reward you for referring people to them. You might receive a cash bonus, an entry into a prize drawing, or a matching prize if one of your referrals wins a prize. So find a site with games you like, tell all your friends to join, and start getting paid for having fun!