Social games giant Zynga announced on its official blog today that the its first real money betting games ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino will launch tomorrow in the U.K. As the name implies, ZyngaPlusPoker is an online poker room which offers a variety of games, tournaments and “buy-ins at every level.” ZyngaPlusCasino is comprosed of more than 160 slots games and table games like blackjack, roulette and a FarmVille-themed slots games. Both...

Late last year, developer Fanhood launched Fanhood Sports on Facebook, providing users with a casual sports betting social casino game. We sat down to talk with Fanhood Founder and CEO Brandon Ramsey to talk about what Fanhood Sports does differently from other social casino games, as well as his thoughts on where social casino games are headed. Ramsey comes to the game industry from the monetization side of the web....

Big Fish and Betable have made good on their announced plans to bring real-money social mobile gaming to the United Kingdom. Today, Big Fish announced that Big Fish Casino UK is now available in the U.K. for iOS devices. The game is powered by Betable, which launched launched its real-money platform in July. Betable caught the attention of many developers in the industry by providing them with an easy-to-implement API that would handle...

Fanhood brings more sports betting to social gamers [Launch] — Developer Fanhood launched its eponymous sports-betting game this week on Facebook. According to VentureBeat, the game not only features all college and pro sports, but it also “offers users a gathering place to engage fellow fans through friendly wagers, challenges, pools, trivia games, and more.” Over two-thirds of Zynga Slingo’s players are outside the U.S. — Zynga Slingo saw a...

Developer Crowdpark launched two new social betting games on Facebook today, Pet Vegas and AnteUp, showing us just how the company’s kept busy since it raised $ 6 million in funding back in October. Pet Vegas is a slot machine game featuring a cartoony animal theme. Players can bet on up to three slot rows and adjust the number of coins they’re willing to wager. Placing bets (even if they...

Seattle-based casual game developer GameHouse is still working to make the transition from a downloadable gaming company to a freemium social game leader. In September, the company’s CEO Matt Hulett told Inside Social Games his goal was to break into the top 10 social game developers by daily active users on Facebook. According to AppData, GameHouse is currently the No. 27 most popular game developer on the platform according to DAU,...

Latin American social gaming company Vostu is taking to the airwaves with new in-game radio stations for its two most popular social games, MiniFazenda and MegaCity. The service — the first of its kind in social games — is now available for players on Facebook and Orkut. The in-game radio is the result of four months of rapid development, testing, licensing, and a highly successful beta period Vostu Co-Founder and...