Ka-ching
Social casino dev KamaGames’ revenues hit $57.5 million in 2017
Earnings up by 63.4 per cent from 2016
Gold Rush
What opportunities does India hold for social casino developers in 2018?
India is proving to be a promising new mobile market with its abundance of new phone owners and cheap data with this year set to be an especially eventful one for mobile devs in the region
Ka-ching?
KamaGames eyes hotly competed slots games market on mobile
Integrates slots into flagship title Pokerist
Iap Inspector
How does Coin Master monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
New Direction?
Webzen moves into social casino gaming with Hit the 5 Casino - Free Slots
MMORPG specialist diversifies portfolio
Where To?
Has Aristocrat hit the jackpot with its $990 million Big Fish Games acquisition?
What will it get for its $990 million?
All In
Social casino dev KamaGames partners with Yoozoo to launch Poker Champions in India
Game is first since two companies announced deal last year
Big Deal
Aristocrat closes $990 million Big Fish acquisition
Company has spent $1.5 billion since August on mobile game purchases
All In
Free-to-play: The devil’s in the detail
KamaGames' Sam Forrest delves into the world of free-to-play and how to make it work
Ka-ching
Sega gets into casino gaming on mobile with Sega Slots
Title leverages famous IP such as Sonic, Super Monkey Ball and Golden Axe
On The Rise
Social casinos go East
KamaGames' Sam Forrest says there's money on the table right now as the Asia Pacific market grows
Huuuge News
Social casino developer Huuuge Games raises $50 million
Plots new game development and large-scale global marketing push
Wild Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather becomes face of Playtrex's social casino game Wild Poker
Play as Mayweather, or just let him be the host of the game
A New Approach
Innovation - The backbone of social casino
KamaGames' Sam Forrest talks about the impact of AR, VR, and deeper gameplay
India Deal
KamaGames partners with Yoozoo to bring social casino game to booming India market
Companies to work closely on development, localisation and distribution
Royal Flush
Kind of a big deal: The rise of social casino games
Why do people play casino games? If your answer is “gambling” you haven’t been paying attention
A Princely Sum
Is Plarium worth $500 million?
What's Aristocrat getting for its money?
Social King
King enters social casino space with soft-launched game Royal House Slots
Partnership with PlayStudios kicks off
Big Bets
Stick or twist: What’s next for the mobile social casino sector?
Stick within a $3 billion market or twist for $40 billion?
Kamagames Interview
KamaGames on why it's developing for HTML5 and VK's new Direct Games platform
Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Daniel Kashti discusses the opportunities that await with HTML5 and social networks
The Charticle
Just how popular are social casino games on the App Store top grossing charts?
Casino games endure on mobile, but how big is the industry?
Full House
The lessons learned from making a virtual reality casino
Alea Co-founder Alexandre Tomic shares some of the lessons learned while bringing SlotsMillion to market
Activision Blizzard Financials Q1 Fy17
Activision Blizzard revenues hit $1.73 billion as Candy Crush franchise remains a stable performer
King is also getting into social casino now, apparently
Zynga Financials Q1 Fy17
Zynga sees revenues rise to over $194 million as Zynga Poker sees huge boost
Words With Friends suffers heavy losses
Jackpot Aligns
Henric Suuronen on Huuuge Games’ $1 billion opportunity in social casino games
Early investor joins the board
Up The Ante
Social casino players spend $39.87 in-game a month and play for 57 minutes per session
SuperData takes a closer look at social casino games
Big Bet
South Korea’s DoubleU Games splashes $825 million on social casino dev Double Down
London firm IGT sees a $325 million profit from previous buyout
Spicerack Acquisition
Casino firm Scientific Games acquires social bingo developer Spicerack
Cost of the deal was undisclosed
Gsn Job Cuts
GSN Games cuts up to 20 jobs as it restructures into five distinct studios
Cross-functional teams, QA and creative affected
All About Export
A history of South Korea's tough anti-gambling laws and why devs are looking to crack overseas markets
Byung Hyuk Kim shares a legal history of social casino in South Korea
Safe Bet
Social casino developer KamaGames expands Tango messenger partnership with new release
3D Blackjack makes debut on chat app
Warner Slots
Warner Bros enters the social casino market with Extra Slots Stars
Still a tie-in production, but more casual than usual
Social Unity
Social casino developer KamaGames moves all of its games to Unity 5
Making the jump from native apps
Fair Play
Pokerist developer's Random Number Generator certified as fair by UK Gambling Commission
KamaGames now in line with real money operators
Long Wait
Zynga's Social Slots see 31% growth but overall the company remains loss-making
Waiting for a hero
The Longest Night
Forget CSR Racing 2: Dawn of Titans remains the defining factor in whether Zynga's $527 million acquisition of NaturalMotion will be viewed a success
The wait continues
Make It Huuuge
Huuuge Games raises $4.6 million to grow social casino games business globally
Investment led by Woori Technology Investment
High Rollers
US casino operator splashes up to $170 million on developer Rocket Games
Management could earn extra $110m from acquisition
From China To Israel
Chinese consortium trumps Netmarble to acquire Playtika for $4.4 billion
Includes Giant and Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital
Poker Face
Netmarble reportedly eyeing social casino with a $4.3 billion Playtika acquisition
New markets
All For One
As Solitaire reaches 200 million downloads, MobilityWare looks to expand
New hands
On The Horizon
Why the VR mass market will only take-off when the mass market has actually experienced VR
Sarah Blackburn looks ahead
A Winning Hand (shake)
6 years and 2.8 trillion poker hands later, success is all about community says Pokerist dev
Crunching years of data
London Calling
Pokerist dev KamaGames expands with new London office, hires Daniel Kashti and Sam Forrest
Appoints new CMO and PR
Taking Charge
GSN Games appoints Arun Dutta as Country Manager for India
Overseeing new projects and Bingo Bash live ops
Staking A Claim
Why we built SlotsMillion: the first VR online casino which has no users... yet
Alexandre Tomic believes
Jackpot
Social casino consolidation continues as GSN Games acquires Plumbee
London dev snapped up
Play Your Cards Right
MobilityWare hiring for several senior roles at its Irvine, CA headquarters
UX/UI design, Software Engineer, and Technical Director roles available
Get Hired
How to get a job at card game specialist MobilityWare
Director of Human Resources Taryn Tennant shares insights
Oculus Jackpot
What is VR's role in the future of social casino gaming?
Alexandre Tomic's vision