Will Social Casino Games Be Subject To Regulated Gambling Laws?
December 5th, 2012
Via Kevin’s Corner, an article on the potential impact/role that regulation will have upon social casino games: At a recent social gaming conference in London the question of regulating social casino games was raised. This is not surprising given the increased interest by traditional online gambling business in the social casino space and the significant […]
Read more »Is It Too Late To Enter The Social Casino/Poker Game Space?
November 26th, 2012
Via Kevin’s Corner, some commentary on the social casino/poker space: We see and hear about all kinds of social gaming/casino conferences and meet-ups. Acquisition of social and freemium gaming properties are being scooped-up for millions of dollars. Alliances are being formed between conventional online gambling businesses and Facebook social game developers and operators. There are […]
Read more »Online Poker: A Perfect Storm Brewing?
November 6th, 2012
Courtesy of Kevin’s Corner, an article on online poker Recent events and announcements surrounding Internet poker give you the feeling that a perfect storm is brewing in the online poker space. It is not just one or two announcements and initiatives but a series of them, when combined, could result in a perfect storm for […]
Read more »Zynga Gets Into The Real Internet Gambling Game
October 27th, 2012
Via Kevin’s Corner, a report on Zynga’s efforts to finally enter into the “true” gambling business: First it was Facebook with the Gamsys deal and now Zynga has decided it needs to get into the “real” gambling business in the UK. The following quote is an extract from the Washington Post one of the financial […]
Read more »EiG Internet Gaming 2012 Barcelona Summary
October 23rd, 2012
Via Kevin’s Corner, a summary of internet gaming as it was presented during the 2012 EiG show: When I entered the 2012 EiG convention hall in Barcelona and attended some of the presentations I thought I was in San Francisco and not in Barcelona. I saw more people from the San Francisco Bay area attending […]
Read more »The Future of Gambling: Social Gaming
October 4th, 2012
Via VegasChatter, a report on the recent G2E show and what it indicated about social gaming: Yeah, yeah. Slot machines. G2E. Famous people. G2E. Stuff. G2E. The Global Gaming Expo isn’t only about what we’re going to see on the casino floor, no matter how interesting that is to most of us. G2E is a […]
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