Prospect for Legalization of Internet Gaming in U.S. is Stronger than Ever

Just in from a G2E (Global Gaming Expo) email, of which we include a couple of excerpts:

Industry Update: Internet Gaming is Close to Becoming a Reality in the U.S.

• Nevada recently became the first U.S. state to establish regulations to govern online poker operations, and other states could soon follow.
• The U.S. Department of Justice recently clarified the scope of the Wire Act, which experts believe is an opening the for legalization of internet gambling in the near future.
• Several bills have been introduced to the U.S. Congress, with legislation prepared to license and regulate online poker holding the most promise.
• The global Internet gambling industry is poised to grow more than 50 percent in the next five years.

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Team Slots provides original, cooperative take on video slot machine genre

Kudos to our friends over at Inside Social Games for reviewing Team Slots, the latest game from Product Madness.  Here are a couple of interesting tid-bits:

"With all the talk of 'cloning' recently, it’s easy to think that original ideas in the social gaming sector are getting increasingly hard to come by ... that doesn’t stop some developers thinking of an interesting, original twist ... Such is the case with Team Slots from Product Madness"

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Lior Shiff Speaks at the ICE conference

Lior's Bio on the ICE website

ICE is probably the biggest Casino Conference in the world.  It is held every January in London.  Over the past years we have seen an ever increasing interest in the Social Gaming potential.  During our first visits to the conference many game providers returned blank question mark stares when we stated that Product Madness, a pioneer in Social Gaming, was bringing their games onto the social networks.

This has changed dramatically over the years and what used to be require a lot of explanations back in 2009, now is generating peak interest from online and land based operators.

This interest has led to entire panels being put up to discuss the potentials of this new market and trend.  Lior Shiff, co-founder of Product Madness, was this year a guest speaker at two of them.

Bingo! Exclusive content for the 7th Annual Online Bingo Summit

We just got the following email form the Global Events Director of the 7th Annual Bingo Summit. Lior will again be talking there this year.

Hi XXX

Bingo is going social, but you already know that, so I thought you may be interested in an online presentation about the economics of a Facebook applications and how to build a winning Facebook strategy for Bingo.

To listen and view the presentation, simply click here

The presentation is by Lior Shiff from Product Madness. Lior will be giving an update on the online bingo opportunities in Facebook at the 7th Annual Online Bingo Summit [April, London]. He will be joined by executives from the likes of 888, Mecca, Google and Sky.

With a major focus on mobile bingo, emerging markets and of course social bingo, it promises to be the best summit yet!

Hope you enjoy the presentation and look forward to seeing you in April.

Many thanks,

Tom

If bingo is your thing, be sure to not miss out on this one.

3D Slots makes playing slots fun, even if you're not a fan

Gamezebo

Thanks to Gamezebo for this fantastic review of 3D-Slots.  Here is a teaser of what they had to say:

"Playing slots is fun enough when you're on the floor of a big name casino in Las Vegas, but I laughed at the thought of enduring the same on Facebook. After all, the "game" at its core is really no more than pulling a lever and hoping several icons load up for the chance of winning some cash, and on Facebook, even the cash wouldn't be real. Yet, against all odds, 3D Slots managed to hold my attention. Not only does it provide a wide variety of different slot options, but it also spices up the gameplay with minigames and entertaining animations."

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