{"id":55,"date":"2012-02-15T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleverduckmedia.com\/media\/wordpress\/?p=55"},"modified":"2012-02-15T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T11:20:44","slug":"igaming-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/igaming-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Zynga: Online gambling \u201cvery interesting.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cleverduckmedia.com\/media\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1886.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cleverduckmedia.com\/media\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1886.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1886\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-100\" \/><\/a>INTERNET gambling could be seeing the light if speculation is anything to go by. Zynga recently revealed that they are searching for partners in online gambling; their move towards the plan has been strengthened when Zynga COO John Schappert said online gambling is \u201cvery interesting\u201d in a conference call.<\/p>\n<p>In the call with analysts, in response to a question about online gambling, Schappert said,\u201dI think it\u2019s actually a very interesting opportunity, because we\u2019re in a unique position. We have the world\u2019s largest online poker game and the most social online poker game we\u2019ve been running for four years. We had record results last quarter. And it\u2019s one of the top six games on Facebook. So I think we\u2019re in a very good position and it\u2019s a category that\u2019s interesting to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The main hurdle to overcome is the legislation issues facing the U.S.<br \/>\nOther notes from Zynga CEO Mark Pincus\u2018conference call with analysts as reported by Forbes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Zynga has grown its mobile user base to 15 million daily active users, which is up five-fold from a year ago.<br \/>\n\u2022On the international front, Zynga doubled its international revenue year-over-year, through increased localization. Its games are now available in 17 languages compared to five languages a year ago.<br \/>\n\u2022In terms of individual game performance, Zynga\u2019s new game Mafia Wars 2 came in below expectations but its new Ville franchise game CastleVille performed better than expected. Mafia Wars 2 \u201cdidn\u2019t resonate as well with consumers,\u201d Pincus said.<br \/>\n\u2022The company\u2019s Z Cloud, its own cloud infrastructure, was by the end of the year managing nearly 80% of the company\u2019s daily active users, up from 20% in the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNET gambling could be seeing the light if speculation is anything to go by. Zynga recently revealed that they are searching for partners in online gambling; their move towards the plan has been strengthened when Zynga COO John Schappert said online gambling is \u201cvery interesting\u201d in a conference call. 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