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Penn National Gaming to acquire Rocket Games Incorporated

August 3, 2016

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American land-based casino operator Penn National Gaming has announced plans to spend approximately $60 million in order to acquire social online casino games developer Rocket Games Incorporated. Wyomissing-...

FanDuel expands into eSports with AlphaDraft purchase

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September 27, 2015

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In a press release on Thursday, one-day fantasy sports (DFS) industry leader in, FanDuel announced its acquisition of leading fantasy eSports (DFeS) platform AlphaDraft. A blend of live streaming and fantasy sp...

Zynga CEO optimistic despite ongoing losses

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November 8, 2014

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iGaming Business - Don Mattrick, the chief executive officer of Zynga, has said he is “encouraged” by the social gaming company’s performance during the three months through to September 30 despite suffering fu...

New poker title coming from Zynga

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October 31, 2014

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iGaming Business - Social gaming company Zynga has moved to bolster its online poker offering by launching a new title in the form of Zynga Poker Classic. The new game is due to launch on iOS in the coming w...

Former Zynga executives appointed at Storm8

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October 10, 2014

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iGaming Business - Mobile social gaming company Storm8 has expanded its executive team by appointing former Zynga employees Tim LeTourneau and Steve Parkis to newly-created roles. LeTourneau will assume the ...

Zynga launches new poker game

JT

September 5, 2014

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iGaming Business - Social gaming company Zynga has announced the launch of its new Zynga Poker game following an initial delay in its release due to a drop in player numbers during last year. The free-to-pla...

Player numbers plummet; Zynga delays game launches

JT

August 8, 2014

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iGaming Business - Social gaming firm Zynga has posted weaker-than-expected quarterly financial figures and cut its full-year forecasts after revealing that it had delayed the release of several games. The c...

Zynga board appoints Google executive

JT

July 11, 2014

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iGaming Business - Social gaming company Zynga has appointed Regina Dugan, a vice-president of engineering at internet search engine giant Google, to its board. The Reuters news agency reports that Dugan wil...