From Daily News – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recently raided several illegal Internet gambling operations in the city of Carson that have created blight in the community and a public safety hazard for its residents. These unlawful enterprises are proliferating communities across the state. “Internet Sweepstakes Cafés” are criminal gambling operations that run computer casino games like video slots and video poker, which can only be legally played in California with a state license. Customers can win cash prizes and redeem their winnings at each facility. However, despite the fact the state has declared these organizations “illegal gambling…

This Week in Gambling – As a Christian man I am constantly shocked by the ignorance and hypocrisy carried out under the religious umbrella. So, I would like to make one thing very clear right now: Gambling is not a sin. There is no scriptural support for saying that it is, no matter what vague passage is taken out of context and twisted to fit someone moral opinion… so shut up. Gambling is not ethically right or wrong, it’s an activity. Most Christians don’t like to openly talk about sex, either. But sex, like gambling, is an activity that is…

From Venture Beat – Real-money gambling and FarmVille just don’t mix. Zynga chief operations officer David Ko said in an analyst conference call today that the company decided not to invest in U.S. real-money online gambling because it needs to stay focused on social gaming and its core casual audience. The San Francisco company slightly beat Wall Street expectations, but it continues to bleed users. This, and the decision to withdraw its plans to bid for real-money online gambling licenses in the U.S., led to a tumble in the company’s stock price after-hours trading. The stock is now down about…

From iGaming Buisness – A member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada has called on Congress to hold hearings into the current state-by-state proliferation on online gambling. Democrat Dina Titus represents the western state’s Third Congressional District, which includes most of the areas immediately outside of Las Vegas, and made her request in letters sent to the Chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Titus believes that the current piecemeal approach to licensing intra-state online gambling operators could see ‘bad actors’ enter the market and she also wants the United States Senate…

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From VG 24/7 – Zynga’s vice president of revenue operations Ryan Linton has left the company to join UK gambling start-up Betable as its new chief revenue officer. It’s a company that offer solutions to developers who want real-money gambling in their games. In a statement on the matter, Linton wrote, “There are very few companies that can claim to have created a truly disruptive business model. Betable is one of those companies. “The significance of providing developers with the ability to overcome a tremendous barrier to entry, while at the same time giving them the power to offer real-money…