Players of Kwari will suffer automatic deductions from their bank accounts when they are hit in a game, as well as deposits when they strike their opponents. The amounts can be anything from one cent to one dollar per hit depending on the stakes for the game.

There is also a fractional cost if they pick up additional weapons or health packs, with the money being pooled into a jackpot.

In 16 to 64 player match-ups, jackpots are shared between the gamer in possession of a smoking sphere called the Pill at the end of the game and the player who had held it the longest.