Zynga Poker

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By Associated Press, Published: January 20
SAN FRANCISCO — Zynga, the social game company known for “FarmVille” and “Zynga Poker,” is mulling a new market — online gambling.
Zynga Inc. confirmed Friday that it is in active talks with potential partners. San Francisco-based Zynga says it is speaking to the potential partners in order to “better understand and explore” the opportunity in online gambling involving real money.
The company’s “Zynga Poker” title is the world’s largest online poker game. Zynga says seven million people play every day and 30 million do so each month. That game, however, is played with fake money.
The talks come in the heels of a recent ruling by the U.S. Justice Department, which found that in-state Internet gambling does not violate federal law. Zynga’s talks were first reported by the tech blog AllThingsD.

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[AKAworceracs]

its gonna come down to a state by state thing, which im in illionis, Illinois and NY are lobbying hard for it ... So, I will get to play,

[AKAworceracs]

State lawmakers who want to legalize Internet poker in Iowa are putting their chips on a new plan for online gambling that could open the door to multistate poker pots with more players.

Sen. Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls, said Tuesday that he believes a recent U.S. Department of Justice opinion will allow Iowa to enter into agreements with other jurisdictions that have approved Internet gambling, including Washington, D.C., and Nevada, and possibly some foreign countries.

The Justice Department opinion, made public last month, says a federal law known as the Wire Act prohibits only sports betting over the Internet. In the past, the federal government has used the law to justify opposition to most forms of Internet gambling, which had led Iowa lawmakers to consider offering only Internet poker games within the state’s borders.

“We believe that because of the Department of Justice ruling, we can now have a multistate compact,” said Danielson, chairman of the Senate State Government Committee. He compares his proposal to the agreement the Iowa Lottery uses to participate in Powerball, a lotto game with big jackpots offered in 31 states, plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Danielson said he plans to draft a bill soon to legalize Internet poker in Iowa, and he expects it to be considered this session, although he doesn’t have a timetable yet.

At the direction of state lawmakers, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission last month released a report that looked at establishing a regulatory framework for Internet poker within Iowa’s borders.

The research estimates poker operators could pull in a "rake" of $13 million to $60 million annually from the games.

Assuming a state tax rate of 22 percent — similar to Iowa casino taxes — those projections would generate an estimated $3 million to $13 million in potential annual tax revenue.

Sen. William Dotzler, D-Waterloo, said Tuesday that he would most likely serve as floor manager of the proposed Internet poker bill.

“I think the evidence is pretty clear that Iowans are already gambling online. We are losing a lot of revenue here in the state of Iowa” because Iowans are using offshore Internet gambling accounts, Dotzler said.

No formal opposition has surfaced against Danielson’s Internet poker proposal, but the idea of Internet poker hasn’t been popular among the general public.

A Des Moines Register Iowa Poll in January 2011 showed that 73 percent of Iowans were opposed to online gambling. Only 23 percent were in favor and 4 percent were not sure.

“I would absolutely have concerns about this, especially for young people who would be exposed to fast-action gambling on a computer terminal,” said Tom Coates of Norwalk, a longtime critic of Iowa’s gambling industry.

A report last fall by the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Social and Behavioral Research found that 5 percent of Iowa adults had gambled on the Internet and 2 percent had done so within the previous 12 months.

One strong supporter of legalized Internet poker is U.S. Digital Gaming of Beverly Hills, Calif., which has been lobbying Iowa lawmakers for two years in support of legislation. The company proposes to operate a “hub” for Internet poker in cooperation with Iowa’s existing casino industry.

“We believe that Iowa has enough of a population of players to support a network on its own, that you wouldn’t need the interstate component in order to make it viable. But it certainly makes for a more robust opportunity if you set up the interstate opportunity,” said Kirk Uhlers, vice president of governmental affairs for U.S. Digital Gaming.

But efforts in Iowa and other states to offer online gambling is raising some worries by casino industry officials who believe that Congress should address the issue nationally.

Holly Weitzel, director of communications for the American Gaming Association, a casino industry group in Washington, D.C., said her organization is concerned that a state-by-state approach would result in a “patchwork quilt of rules and regulations” governing online gambling in the United States.


Something like this...

Although I think gambling winnings should be taxed at the same rate as the capital gains rate ... but I guess u could always figure up your online poker winnings, go to the track and gather up non winning tickets to offset some of it, along with non winning lotto tickets.

[EloiseUmste]

Zynga Poker is a social game. It is the finest application at the moment for poker in Facebook. It is popular among 6 million day to day user.

[ReginaGMcDonald]

yes, zynga poker is a popular poker game among Facebook. i play it sometimes and have a nice review about it.

[EloiseUmste]

In a game like Poker, the order in which the cards are dealt is critical. The RNG algorithm used determines the sequence in which cards are drawn from the deck. By using a certified RNG algorithm, Zynga guarantees that this sequence is random and thus, the outcome of the game is random and does not follow any pattern.

[james15]

By the way guys , what's the largest poker site in the world

[themagician]

In a game like Poker, the order in which the cards are dealt is critical. The RNG algorithm used determines the sequence in which cards are drawn from the deck. By using a certified RNG algorithm, Zynga guarantees that this sequence is random and thus, the outcome of the game is random and does not follow any pattern.

Do you believe that the algorithm used by Zynga is more random than the one used by real online casinos?

[themagician]

By the way guys , what's the largest poker site in the world

I can't remember where I read but I believe someone was quoting ESPN that Zynga is the largest.

[Anjelina]

After the launch of poker still managed to open the table which is worse, I just did not see - small cards, silly animation, it is unclear who and how much and puts it all again surrounded by all sorts of advertisements, not related to the game itself.

[rahulagarwal]

Zynga Poker is a free online social game developed by Zynga as an application for the social-networking website like Facebook as well as Android, iPhone. You can play it with your friends also.

[Casinodepositor]

I Agree 100% on what you said. It might not violate the federal law but it's another story when it come to the states. Some states need to pass a law regarding gambling and discuss about how the states can actually earn money on it.