We’ve have an abundance of gaming news to cover this week! That includes online and mobile sports betting, casino news from Las Vegas, online gambling news, and the continued expansion of betting on sports in America! Howdy players! Thanks for joining me on another edition of this week in gambling where counting this show i only have two more of these to produce this year before I can take the rest of the month off for the holidays! So, let’s make it count and get things started with online gambling news… followed by land-based casino news… followed by land-based sports…

In spite of the recent layoffs, Zynga is still picking up talent in strategic areas like social casino gaming. The company bought a roughly 40-person team called Spooky Cool Labs full of real-money gaming talent. Based in Chicago, the Spooky Cool Labs team is made up of social and real money gaming veterans from companies such as Aristocrat, and slot machine makers like IGT (International Game Technology) and WMS Gaming. The company’s founder, Joe Kaminkow, was ranked as one of the 10 most influential people in the history of slots by Strictly Slots Magazine. But from Spooky Cool’s website, the…

From iGaming Business Three-dimensional online slots developer BetSoft Gaming Limited has signed a ‘white-label’ deal with Scandinavian operator Redbet Gaming Limited that will see its complete portfolio of Slots3 video slots launched at Redbet.com. Recently acquired by Bonnier Gaming AB, Redbet Gaming also operates the Whitebet.com and Heypoker.com brands while BetSoft Gaming inked a similar agreement earlier this month with Leo Vegas International that has seen its complete portfolio of ToGo mobile games go live at LeoVegas.com. “Redbet Gaming is a phenomenal operator,” said Anthony Locke, Head of Product Development for BetSoft Gaming. “We are gratified to contribute to its…

From iGaming Business Eight leading social games companies including Plumbee Limited and Zynga Incorporated have joined forces to officially launch the International Social Games Coalition. The International Social Games Coalition was first informally premiered in April at a meeting in San Francisco and stated that it will now showcase the industry’s work and ‘educate people about free-to-play games on the Internet’. “The social games industry is at the heart of our emerging digital economy, so as it continues to grow it is essential that the sector has a collective voice,” said Luc Delaney, a former senior executive with Facebook and…