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"Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) has lost Laurence Toney, the general manager of Zynga Poker, one the gaming company's oldest and most successful digital products."

If you love gambling and live in Delaware, you'll soon be able to legally play slots and games such as roulette and poker online. The state hopes to launch online gambling in 2013 and intends to make betting available on a variety of digital devices, including smartphones and tablets. The new gambling offerings will generate $7.75M in fiscal 2013.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: experience the newest entertainment-style video slot from Aristocrat - Mission: Impossible. Featuring a wide area progressive jackpot with a $250,000 top award, this is an operation rich with ways to win, including three local area progressive jackpots, and a low 150 max bet that encourages every agent to shoot for the big prize. Espionage meets excitement with six great bonus features and 1-cent 50-credit minimum bet, and the fact that it's a Reel Power™ base game (25+25 credit ante bet) makes Mission: Impossible a true high-value target. There's no way this one will stay covert on your slot floor. The premium packaging includes the VERVE hd™ cabinet, licensed game theme, overhead signage and an amazing surround sound chair. Here's the intel we can give you: 31.5" portrait monitor with the award winning Nteractiv™ LCD programmable buttons, high-def 1920x1080 graphics via the advanced GEN7X™ platform, interactive edge lighting, and 3D panoramic digital audio with player-adjustable sound. Durable, low-maintenance surfaces and sleek, stand-out design ensure mission success, and ergonomic seating and controls help keep your operatives in the game longer. This is an experience unlike any other - which means it won't stay top secret for long!

Steve Bourie, author of America's #1 best-selling book on casino gambling and travel has a YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/americancasinoguide that recently surpassed the one million views mark.

"Boom… Prior to 2006, Internet-based gambling was effectively legal in the United States. Although the Federal Wire Act from 1961 prohibited transmission of sports betting information using telecommunications services, in 2002 a U.S. appeals court ruled that the sports-related provisions in the Wire Act did not preclude Internet gambling. Although some states and jurisdictions did have laws on the books specifically prohibiting online gambling, many did not - and so started a bit of an online gold rush as online gambling companies tried to capture chunks of the lucrative U.S. market."

Zynga has announced the release in early 2013 of its poker application that will involve real-money gaming. Over the past year, Zynga has struggled to keep its foothold in the mobile gaming market as new entrants have entered the industry. Zynga's solution: real-money poker, which is set to launch in the first half of 2013 in international markets. Zynga's latest quarterly earnings report - its sales of $332.5 million missed the $343.1 million mark that Bloomberg had forecasted - sent the company's stocks plummeting as low as $3.03 per share on Wednesday. At the end of today's trading Zynga's stock price sat at $3.17 per share, but has dropped even further in after-hours trading. During the earnings conference call, Zynga CEO, Mark Pincus blamed Zynga's second quarter shortcomings on Facebook. Changes to Facebook's algorithm apparently surfaces fewer games, thereby decreasing the frequency with which Facebook users discover Zynga games.

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