real-money gaming

Skillz Says Real-Money Betting in Mobile Games Is Paying Off

Eric Johnson in Commerce on May 14 at 1:16 pm PT

Good news from real-money gaming advocates, just not the ones you’ve thought about before now.

Zynga’s Big Bet on Real-Money Gaming to Launch This Week in the U.K.

Mike Isaac in Social on April 2 at 1:15 pm PT

Big money! Big prizes! (Just not in the U.S. quite yet.)

Zynga Shares Soar 11 Percent as New Jersey Moves Closer to Online Gambling

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8 at 3:10 pm PT

That’s the biggest spike the stock has seen in ages.

Zynga Bringing Real-Money Gaming to Facebook in the U.K.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 6 at 7:00 am PT

Allowing Zynga to conduct real-money gaming in the U.K. on Facebook will open the floodgates for gambling on the social network.

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Betable Hooks Up With Canada’s Frima Studio to Provide Real-Money Gaming Support

Mike Isaac in Commerce on February 4 at 9:14 am PT

Gaming monetization platform Betable announced Monday that it will begin working with Frima Studio, one of Canada’s largest independent gaming studios, bringing real-money gaming to a number of the company’s titles. Instead of Frima getting its own series of gambling licenses — an arduous and somewhat time-consuming process — Frima is able to utilize Betable’s existing licenses, expediting the entire process and letting the studio push out real-money titles faster. Frima’s new games will come from 3OAK, its new division devoted to real-money titles.

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Real-Money Gaming Startup Betable Snags Zynga VP of Business Development

Mike Isaac in Commerce on January 16 at 9:27 am PT

Zynga’s vice president of business development, Jonathan Flesher, has left the company to join Betable, a gaming platform startup that provides back-end tools for game developers to implement real-money gambling online. Flesher will be doing similar work as executive VP of business development at his new gig.