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Zynga Launches Real Money Games In The UK

By TechTaffy Desk

zyngapluscasino-zyngapluspoker_homepage-pngZynga has launched the company’s first real money games ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino powered by bwin.party,  in the UK on Wednesday.

Barry Cottle (Chief Revenue Officer and executive vice president, Zynga): Our long term vision is to offer our players the next generation of real money games on multiple platforms in regulated markets worldwide.

Zynga says it plans to launch social versions of real money games for players on Facebook and mobile in the UK throughout 2013.

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