{"id":7195,"date":"2012-03-28T21:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=7195"},"modified":"2012-03-28T21:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T21:00:55","slug":"when-social-gaming-meets-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/when-social-gaming-meets-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"When social gaming meets gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7196\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/archives\/7195\/when-social-gaming-meets-gambling\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7196\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7196\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7196\" title=\"When social gaming meets gambling\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/When-social-gaming-meets-gambling-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remarkable growth in the social casino vertical has caught our attention<\/p><\/div>\n<p>PLUMBEE, a social casino game founded by founded by former EA Playfish execs, launched its first game, Mirrorball Slots, on Facebook recently. It\u2019s also been reported that Plumbee has seen their jump into online gaming as a \u201cdisruption\u201d into the $120B gambling market.<\/p>\n<p>Guillaume Lautour, partner at Idinvest, said, <em>\u201cWe are strong believers in social games and specifically the remarkable growth in the social casino vertical has caught our attention. We\u2019re very excited to back the Plumbee team, with its extensive experience and proven track record in both social games and online gambling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement marks a major milestone for Quickspin and enables us to serve the mass-market with state of the art games\u201d said Quickspin CEO Daniel Lindberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agreement with Plumbee does not only enable us to tap into a new market segment, but it also allows us to do so with a partner that has a proven track-record within the social space,\u201d added Joachim Timmermans, VP of Strategy at Quickspin. \u201cWe believe that their experience coupled with our high quality games will mark a foot-print in this fast growing market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to be working with a myriad of talented and passionate experts,\u201d said Plumbee CEO Raf Keustermans. \u201cWith a world class team and the backing of numerous solid partners, I am convinced that Plumbee is in a great position to gun for a leadership position in the social casino arena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLUMBEE, a social casino game founded by founded by former EA Playfish execs, launched its first game, Mirrorball Slots, on Facebook recently. It\u2019s also been reported that Plumbee has seen their jump into online gaming as a \u201cdisruption\u201d into the $120B gambling market. Guillaume Lautour, partner at Idinvest, said, \u201cWe are strong believers in social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[43,17,19],"class_list":["post-7195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igaming","tag-casino","tag-gambling","tag-online"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>When social gaming meets gambling - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/when-social-gaming-meets-gambling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When social gaming meets gambling - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PLUMBEE, a social casino game founded by founded by former EA Playfish execs, launched its first game, Mirrorball Slots, on Facebook recently. 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