A Washington State jury made history thislate last week when it ordered High 5 Games, a social casino, to pay out almost $25 million to players who were harmed by what the court called "illegal gambling". It's a landmark case that will certainly ripple through the social casino market and could significantly alter how companies…
Western Washington District Court Judge Tiffany Cartwright dealt a blow to the concept of "free play" social casinos last week when she ruled that social gambling apps High 5 Casino and High 5 Vegas constitute real gambling in the state. The judge's decision is based on the idea that even virtual coins have value, especially…
A Nevada man recently filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the massive online retailer is distributing real-money casino games under the guise of social casino apps. In his lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington last week, Steve Horn says that Amazon is putting its customers…
Social gaming giant Zynga is reporting huge revenue boosts for Q1 2021, despite the hazards of the pandemic. The revenue leap was bolstered by successful games such as Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, as well as in increase in advertising earnings. But all that cash coming in was not enough to keep the company from…
Are social gaming sites offering games of skill or games of chance? That's a question that remains unanswered as Aristocrat, the Australian owner of social casino giant Big Fish Games reached an out-of-court settlement with plaintiffs in Washington State, rather than gambling with the the outcome of a jury trial on the matter. Aristocrat's troubles…
Social gaming is under fire in the state of Washington and the players who love it are, apparently, taking up the fight to save their beloved past time. At the heart of their fight is a growing move in Washington to label social gaming casinos as real casinos when players are allowed to purchase chips.…
Zynga, the venerable social gaming pioneer, clocked in a record amount of revenue in Q1 2018 with a whopping $265 million passing through its doors during the three months ending on March 31, 2019. As is so often the case in the upside down world of social gaming, that record revenue haul did not actually…
Big Fish Games is slashing its workforce in an effort to tighten its focus and stay competitive in a grueling marketplace. Those impacted by the move range from ground-level programmers to high level executives. The Seattle-based social gaming company made the layoff announcement via an internal memo which was promptly leaked to the website, GeekWire.…
A judge's recent decision declaring social casino gaming to be a form of gambling in a lawsuit against Big Fish Games has spawned a flurry of new lawsuits against social. free-to-play, operators. In the last week alone, Huuge Games, DoubleDown Interactive, High5 Games, and Playtika have all been hit with lawsuits from the same aggrieved…
Zynga, the once-dominant social gaming operator, did something in 2017 it hadn't done in almost seven years...it turned a profit. A profitable year is a small step forward for the company that practically invented social gaming in the early social media era, but has struggled to stay relevant in the age of mobile devices. That's…
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