Zynga Calls Out Bingo as It Gets More Serious About Casino Games

Zynga is getting close to launching Bingo, its second casino game on Facebook, which could serve as a precursor to the company’s more official online gambling business.
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Zynga Confirms It Is Seeking Partners for Online Gambling Initiatives

Operating the largest poker game on Facebook is not enough — Zynga has confirmed that it is exploring the prospects for real-money gambling, and is in active talks with several partners.
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Internet Poker Is Sort of Legal!

Ah, the holidays. If you’re a poker player, the Justice Department has given you a pretty nifty gift in the way of this little-noticed legal memorandum made public Friday.

Mark Pincus Reveals His Playbook as Zynga Hits the Road (Video)

Here’s the online presentation and video of Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus, who is hitting the road next week to take a company public for the second time in his career.
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Zynga Ups the Ante on IPO to Raise as Much as $1.15 Billion

Zynga is officially on its way to IPO-Ville.
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Casino Social Gaming Ringing Up Big Business on Facebook

Facebook games are often compared to gambling because of their addictive qualities. So what happens if you cut directly to the chase and build true casino games like slots, poker or bingo?
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U.S. Alleges Full Tilt Poker Was Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday accused poker celebrities Howard Lederer and Christopher Ferguson among other executives of a major poker website of defrauding poker players out of more than $300 million.

Regulator Closes Full Tilt Poker Website

A gaming commission in Britain’s Channel Islands said Wednesday it shut down Full Tilt Poker, one of the world’s most popular poker websites, ratcheting up pressure on an industry already reeling from a crackdown by the U.S.

A Sneak Peek at Zynga’s IPO: How to Turn Virtual Goods Into Real Money

With Zynga’s IPO filing likely to hit any day now, the question is: What will it tell us? The Facebook game developer will be the first major U.S. company supported primarily by the sale of virtual goods to go public. Just how might that work? Hard to say.
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Zynga Launches Its Most Complex Game Yet and It’s Not a ’Ville

Empires & Allies launches tomorrow on Facebook, introducing combat and evil to Zynga’s repertoire, while not straying too far from its family-friendly FarmVille roots.
Zynga's Empires & Allies Launches June 1

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