After placing its bets on real-money online gambling late last year, Zynga on Thursday announced that it is abandoning that initiative. The beleaguered company now believes that its best plan is to focus on free-to-play social games, it announced in its second quarter 2013 financial report. It will continue to evaluate the real-money gaming products it’s testing in the UK, but it’s officially shutting down the effort in the U.S.
Zynga Beats a Path Out of VegasVille
Posted by: Peter Suciu July 26, 2013 02:41 PMAfter placing its bets on real-money online gambling late last year, Zynga on Thursday announced that it is abandoning that initiative. The beleaguered company now believes that its best plan is to focus on free-to-play social games, it announced in its second quarter 2013 financial report. It will continue to evaluate the real-money gaming products it’s testing in the UK, but it’s officially shutting down the effort in the U.S.