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Facebook Takes a Gamble on Real-World Gambling
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 1:34pm | 318Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) users who live in the United Kingdom can now wager real money -- and earn real cash prizes -- in the brand-new social gaming app, Bingo & Slots Friendzy. According to PCMag, the app was developed by Gamesys (the company behind Jackpotjoy.com) to be a U.K.-exclusive...
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Four Ways Social Gaming Has Changed
Friday, March 9, 2012 - 10:37am | 777The evolution of social gaming has begun. But are the changes what we expected? Ingo Hinterding, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Crowdpark, recently weighed in on the matter. First and foremost, he spoke about the influx of challengers to the Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) throne. “New...
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10 Extremely Unusual Startup Tips
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 10:45am | 417What do Ashton Kutcher and Charlie Sheen have to do with launching a startup!? They're both players who made millions starring in the same CBS (NYSE: CBS) comedy, Two and a Half Men. One went crazy and forever ruined his relationship with the nation's largest TV network. The other didn't (not yet...
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This Startup is Willing to Gamble
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 12:07pm | 747But not with your money. Crowdpark, a young startup that pioneered the concept of social betting games, announced that it is launching two new titles today. But despite the hype surrounding Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), which may launch a series of gambling games in which players wager real money,...
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Who Wants to Gamble With Bitcoins on Facebook?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:52pm | 215The open-source virtual currency could be used as a gambling platform on the world's leading social network. That is, assuming Crowdpark Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Ingo Hinterding has his way. When asked about the possibility of bringing a degree of real gambling to Crowdpark in the form...
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Social Betting Pioneer Crowdpark Gets a $6M Boost from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:34pm | 553The funds will be used to hire new talent and to further development of this “completely new genre.” Crowdpark, the maker of Bet Tycoon and other, soon-to-be-released social betting games, has received $6 million in additional funding from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture...