Facebook will keep the majority of the online $'s generated. They have a contract with Double Down, which operates a social-gaming casino on Facebook, boasts of a million unique players a day. Current Double Down customers can't place real-money wagers. Instead, they earn points for playing slots, slot tournaments, blackjack, video poker, and roulette against each other and against automated opponents. According to AppData.com, Double Down's Facebook application has 4.7 million monthly active users, up from 3.3 million in October. International Gaming Technology purchased Double Down recently, and that could easily lead Zynga out in the cold. In any event, Facebook holds all the cards (literally and figuratively) and will negotiate a deal with these companies that more than likely will be a 75-25% split of poker rake revenue. If Zynga and/or Doulbe Down don't like that deal, Facebook will just find another online poker site to make the deal.
If I'm heads up with Dwan at a WSOP final table, and first place is $600,000, and he offers me $1,000,000 to take a fall and throw the event, is it ethical, moral, or legal for me to do so? Recognizing that he stood to collect several million $'s of his poker buddies for the side bets.
I would do it in a heartbeat. Perhaps his "friends" should think about this the next time they make a wager with Tom.
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Zynga Confirms Interest in Real-Money Gambling (3)
125 days ago
Facebook will keep the majority of the online $'s generated. They have a contract with Double Down, which operates a social-gaming casino on Facebook, boasts of a million unique players a day. Current Double Down customers can't place real-money wagers. Instead, they earn points for playing slots, slot tournaments, blackjack, video poker, and roulette against each other and against automated opponents. According to AppData.com, Double Down's Facebook application has 4.7 million monthly active users, up from 3.3 million in October. International Gaming Technology purchased Double Down recently, and that could easily lead Zynga out in the cold. In any event, Facebook holds all the cards (literally and figuratively) and will negotiate a deal with these companies that more than likely will be a 75-25% split of poker rake revenue. If Zynga and/or Doulbe Down don't like that deal, Facebook will just find another online poker site to make the deal.
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2010 World Series of Poker: Bets Bigger Than Bracelets (4)
711 days ago
If I'm heads up with Dwan at a WSOP final table, and first place is $600,000, and he offers me $1,000,000 to take a fall and throw the event, is it ethical, moral, or legal for me to do so? Recognizing that he stood to collect several million $'s of his poker buddies for the side bets.
I would do it in a heartbeat. Perhaps his "friends" should think about this the next time they make a wager with Tom.