Social and mobile gamers GSN Games are betting that (a) players want to play classic arcade games against other players for real money, and (b) that the US government will let them.

This week saw the Sony-owned GSN invite players to sign up for the open beta test of Sparcade, a new app that will allow players to compete head-to-head for tokens or cold hard cash via some of the world’s most beloved game titles, including Pac-Man, Tetris and Scrabble, as well as GSN’s own Solitaire TriPeaks.

GSN senior VP Greg Canessa, who in a previous life at Microsoft was responsible for creating Xbox Live Arcade, announced Sparcade’s arrival via a blog post. Sparcade will debut on iOS with an Android version slated to follow and a full consumer version expected to launch this fall.

Canessa said GSN had developed “high-quality, skill-adapted versions” of the popular games that add “a new level of competition” as well as social elements while still “preserving the soul” of the originals. GSN is negotiating with other developers to add new iconic games to the mix.