Lucra Partners With Tap Ins at the Greenhouse to Turn Mini Golf Into a Social Competition Experience

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NEW YORK, NY, April 9, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Lucra, the leading social competition platform, today announced a partnership with Tap Ins at the Greenhouse, the Overland Park, Kansas golf entertainment venue, to embed real-money tournaments, free-to-play challenges, and rewards-based competitions directly into the guest experience. The integration launches in early summer 2026, giving Tap Ins a turnkey competition layer that enhances gameplay, deepens guest loyalty, and creates new ways for guests to engage across food, beverage, and the overall experience without adding operational complexity.

Experiential entertainment venues are under increasing pressure to differentiate on experience, not just attractions. As the eatertainment category grows more competitive, operators are looking for ways to create more memorable, engaging experiences that keep guests coming back and spending more time on-site. Tap Ins, which features 36 holes of mini golf across indoor and outdoor courses — including its signature 30,000-square-foot greenhouse — alongside a full-service bar and restaurant, has built a venue with the social energy and guest volume to make competition a natural fit.

Through the full Lucra suite, guests will be able to enter real-money matchups, compete in structured tournaments, and join free-to-play challenges with prizes redeemable for food, drinks, and more. Through Lucra's convert-to-credit wallet functionality, winnings apply directly toward on-site spending, creating a closed-loop loyalty system that encourages repeat visits and keeps guests engaged longer throughout each visit.

"Tap Ins has built exactly the kind of venue Lucra was made for: high energy, deeply social, and already full of guests who want to compete," said Dylan Robbins, CEO of Lucra. "What we're adding is the infrastructure to make that competitive instinct actionable. When guests can enter a tournament from their phone before they step out to play mini golf, track their standing on a live leaderboard, and redeem winnings on-site, the entire experience becomes more interactive and engaging."

For Tap Ins, the partnership unlocks meaningful business advantages without requiring engineering resources or operational lift. Lucra handles all payments, compliance, fraud prevention, and settlement out of the box, allowing Tap Ins to go from contract to live competition in weeks.

"We designed Tap Ins around the idea that competition makes everything more fun, and Lucra gives us a scalable way to bring that to life," said Ryan Patton, co-founder of Tap Ins at the Greenhouse. "We're already seeing that competitive energy from our guests. Now we can channel it into tournaments and challenges that give people even more reasons to come back, stay longer, and make the most of their time here."

The partnership continues Lucra's expansion across the golf entertainment and eatertainment categories, extending its competition infrastructure into a multi-activity venue where the loyalty loop between winnings and on-site spending creates a more dynamic, rewarding experience with every visit.

The integration launches in early summer 2026 at Tap Ins at the Greenhouse in Overland Park, Kansas.

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 Tap Ins

Tap Ins at the Greenhouse is an all-season mini golf entertainment venue in Overland Park, Kansas, spanning four acres at 95th and Metcalf. The venue features 36 holes of mini golf across indoor and outdoor courses, including its climate-controlled greenhouse experience, alongside multiple private event spaces and a full-service bar and from-scratch restaurant. Learn more at tapins.golf.

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SOURCE: Lucra

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