SynCurrency: Bitcoin – Things Only Grow This Fast When Something Important Is Happening
July 26th, 2014
Via Equity Kicker, a look at bitcoin: Coindesk just published their quarterly ‘State of Bitcoin‘ presentation. This slide stood out for me: Looking at the massive year on year increases in most of these metrics I’m reminded of some wise words from Jeff Bezos. In around 2002 I was stuck in my hotel room in Egypt […]
Read more »US College Offers Athletic Scholarships To ‘League of Legends’ Players
June 19th, 2014
Via Business Insider, a report on Robert Morris University’s recent decision to add the video game ‘League of Legends’ to its athletics program: Professional video game players make a ton of money; the top players in the world raking in millions playing at various tournaments.And now Robert Morris University Illinois wants to prep students on their […]
Read more »Online Gaming: The Virtual Frontier
May 23rd, 2014
Via Global Gaming Business Magazine, a review of online gaming: Since Nevada legalized real-money online poker in February 2013, land-based casino operators have been debating the effects, pro and con, of what Governor Brian Sandoval called “the next frontier” of gaming: the internet. Now online and legal in three jurisdictions including Nevada, New Jersey and […]
Read more »The Coming Social (Gaming) Revolution
April 23rd, 2014
Via Vegas Seven, an interesting look at the heir to slot machines: Nevada’s casino industry has seen slot machines come—but is it now watching them go? On the chance that slots have worn out their welcome with a new generation of players, gaming manufacturers are looking at the potential of social gaming. In 1975, 78 […]
Read more »CasinoRPG
April 16th, 2014
Via GamePolitics.com, an article on a new RPS-infused gambling game: GoldFire Studios’ successfully crowd-funded RPS-infused gambling game, CasinoRPG, has finally launched after a year of beta testing. The game was successfully funded on Feb 5, 2013, raising well over the $20,000 it was initially asking the community for. CasinoRPG is an open world that combines […]
Read more »The Online Gaming Debate: Not So Fast, Congress
April 2nd, 2014
Via Vegas Seven, commentary on online gaming in the United States: As I write this, a bill that would recriminalize online gaming—even where U.S. states have sanctioned and regulated it—has been introduced into Congress. Should the bill pass as written, the online gaming industries of Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, representing millions of dollars in […]
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