Lucra Partners with Black Hole Golf
Black Hole Golf and Lucra Launch Real-Money Competition on the World’s First Portable Smart-Target Golf System
NEW YORK, NY / CASTLE PINES, CO, April 7, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Black Hole Golf, the portable smart-target system for golf, and Lucra, the leading social competition platform, today announced a partnership to introduce real-money and reward-based competition into the KOSMOS experience at launch this fall.
Black Hole Golf transforms any open space — a backyard, a park, an open field — into a connected, competitive golf environment. Players hit real golf balls at real targets, capture real shot data, and build a permanent performance record through the Universal Game Scoring System (UGSS).
Black Hole Golf is entering the market at a moment when the definition of where and how golf gets played is expanding rapidly. Off-course golfers now outnumber green grass players, and portable, technology-driven formats are attracting players who never connected with the traditional game. Black Hole Golf sits at the center of that shift and with Lucra embedded at launch, it brings a built-in competitive economy that most platforms spend years trying to retrofit.
By integrating Lucra, KOSMOS launches with a fully integrated competitive economy. Players enter cash matchups, join tournaments with prize pools, and compete in free-to-play formats to earn rewards. A centralized gaming wallet lets winners roll earnings directly into future play and merchandise, keeping players inside the platform. Lucra manages all payments, compliance, fraud prevention, and settlement automatically, allowing Black Hole Golf to focus entirely on gameplay, data, and player experience.
“Black Hole Golf was built to make every session matter — real shots, real data, real improvement. Lucra extends that for players who want to raise the stakes further, adding real-money matchups and rewards to a platform that was built around performance. We wanted that layer to feel native from day one, not bolted on later — and beyond the player experience, it unlocks revenue streams that simply didn’t exist before. That’s the universe we’re building together,” said Brad Thompson, founder and CEO of Black Hole Golf.
“Most golf technology is still anchored to a specific place, a simulator, a range, a course. Black Hole Golf turns the playbook on its head. When the game can happen anywhere, competition has to travel with it. The moment you add real stakes, leaderboards, and rewards to a session in someone’s backyard or a local park, you’ve created something genuinely new. We’re proud to power that from day one,” said Dylan Robbins, founder and CEO of Lucra.
The partnership launches in Fall 2026 across the full Black Hole Golf platform. As KOSMOS expands its player community and hardware footprint, Lucra’s competition infrastructure scales with it across every backyard, park, and open space where the game takes root.
Lucra is a plug-and-play SDK that integrates into apps or websites, enabling peer-to-peer competitions with real-money or rewards. It handles compliance, payments, fraud prevention, and settlement out of the box, so partners can instantly offer gamified experiences without building or managing complex infrastructure themselves. Top entertainment, hospitality, and consumer brands, including Five Iron Golf, Puttshack, Backyard Sports, Chess Kings, TouchTunes, and more, use Lucra’s white-label technology to power tournaments and challenges, build loyalty, and drive new revenue. Learn more at www.lucrasports.com.
About Black Hole Golf
Black Hole Golf was founded on the belief that golf should be easier to start, more fun to play, and fit naturally into real life. Combining real golf shots with portable smart targets, adaptive gameplay, and immersive visuals, Black Hole Golf transforms backyards, fields, parks, and open spaces into connected play environments that evolve as you play. From fast-paced arcade challenges to focused improvement modes, every experience is built to match a player’s energy, skill level, and setting, welcoming golfers, non-golfers, families, and competitive players alike. Founded in 2024 and based in Castle Pines, Colorado, Black Hole Golf holds dual patent-pending filings and is taking Beta orders starting May 2026. For more information, visit www.blackholegolf.com.
Media Contact
Brad Thompson
Founder & CEO, Black Hole Golf
brad.thompson@blackholegolf.com
Lindsay Linhart
Brand Strategist, Lucra
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