Zynga “Confirms” Interest in Real-Money Gambling
According to writer Tricia Duryee’s post , a “Zynga spokesperson” provided the following statement in response to the question of a potential launch into real-money gaming: “We build games and experiences that our players want and love. Zynga Poker is the world’s largest online poker game with more than 7 million people playing every day and over 30 million each month. “We know from listening to our players that there’s an interest in the real money gambling market.
Facebook Angling for Real-Money Gambling in UK?
The report, (behind a paywall at eGR but covered in detail here on TechCrunch ) says Facebook has spoken with up to 20 online gaming experts and potential facilitators over the last six months and is considering offering eight licenses for UK operators to offer real-money gambling apps. Leading candidates among potential licensees are reportedly 888 Holdings, owner/operator of 888 Poker , and Gamesys, another well known UK online casino operator. According to eGR’s sources, TechCrunch says, Facebook has also begun “staffing up” for the launch and support of real-money gambling apps on its platform
Epic Poker Tour Gets ‘Social’
The next logical step is apparently a Facebook game. Similar to the popular Zynga Poker platform, the Epic Poker app lets players fold, check and raise their way to millions of dollars in play money. The game is free to play and it’s possible to win some real life prizes if you become a fan of the application.
A.M. SCRAMBLE: Galfond Continues to Slide, WPT Going Live Tuesday, Zynga and Lady Gaga Team Up
On Sunday Daniel Negreanu was busy winning back some cash, not to mention a little bit of pride, in his SuperStar Showdown rematch with Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom. As such “KidPoker” was too busy to get to Rincon for the first day of the WSOP-Circuit Regional Championship $10,000 event
Poker News in Brief: Mar. 7-13, 2011
As a result, a few stories didn’t get the front page play they deserved.
A.M. SCRAMBLE: 441 Out of WSOP, Zynga PokerCon Gets Duke, More L.A. Trouble of NAPT
Somehow in the past 24 hours Charlie Sheen went from not having a Twitter account to have nearly 600,000 followers. Yeah, that’s winning folks. Tiger blood and whatever.
A.M. SCRAMBLE: Ashton Griffin Runs Good, PokerCon Coming to Vegas, Hellmuth Meets W.
We know that Aaron Rodgers had himself a good day Sunday, we also know that Liv Boeree did too. The Green Bay Packers win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl was surely the highlight of the weekend but there most definitely was a few other newsworthy stories from the poker world and we’re
A.M. SCRAMBLE:Zynga Goes Android, An Evil CPA, The Black Sharks Bankroll
Shellacking. It’s a funny word, isn’t it?