Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 2 at 9:00 pm PT
Dragonplay, a social games developer focused on card and casino games, has raised $14 million in a first round of funding from Accel Partners.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 26 at 10:00 am PT
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.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 20 at 6:00 am PT
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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Joe Palazzolo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT
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.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2011 at 4:20 am PT
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.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 19, 2011 at 9:55 am PT
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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Alexandra Berzon, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 20, 2011 at 9:37 am PT
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.
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Alexandra Berzon, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Commerce on June 30, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
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.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 24, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
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.
