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[quote]Developed by London-based online gambling operator Gamesys, the Bingo Friendzy app allows users aged 18 and over to play games for cash prizes.
Facebook said only its UK members would be able to view the app.
The website's largest gaming partner, Zynga, said it also planned to introduce real-money gambling versions of its games next year.
A Facebook spokeswoman stressed Bingo Friendzy was not a joint venture, saying the game had been developed entirely by Gamesys.
"Real money gaming is a popular and well-regulated activity in the UK, and we are allowing a partner to offer their games to adult users on the Facebook platform in a safe and controlled manner," she told the BBC.
Facebook intends to use age-gating technology to ensure under-18s and "vulnerable people" are unable to access the app.
The social network typically takes a 30% cut of transactions on its network, but would not confirm if that was the case with this title, saying it was "commercially sensitive information".
Gamesys, one of the largest UK online gambling companies, operates the Sun Bingo and Heart Bingo, as well as the UK's leading bingo-and-slots website Jackpotjoy.com.
In its press release, the company said users would have access to self-help tools to reduce the risk of gambling addiction, including the ability to set spending limits.
Facebook said the decision to launch a real-cash gambling app in the UK had been motivated by "a mature and very well-regulated gambling market".
Gamesys' gambling activities are licensed and regulated by the government of Gibraltar, allowing it to offer titles in the UK.
In the United States the situation with real-money online gambling is more complicated - the law currently forbids banks and others offering payment processing services to betting services targeted at US citizens. [/quote]
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Oh yeah. This won't end well.
Yet another reason why Facebook is (and may already be) going down the shitter.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37126696]Yet another reason why Facebook is (and may already be) going down the shitter.[/QUOTE]
every time a thread like this submerges you hustle yourself in to say "WELP FACEBOOK SHIT", not everybody plays games on FB though..
I just kill anyone who sends me a fucking game request
My mom is addicted to facebook games.
I hope she isn't addicted too gambling.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;37126892]every time a thread like this submerges you hustle yourself in to say "WELP FACEBOOK SHIT", not everybody plays games on FB though..
I just kill anyone who sends me a fucking game request[/QUOTE]
And they say [I]not having a Facebook[/I] makes people murderers.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37126909]And they say [I]not having a Facebook[/I] makes people murderers.[/QUOTE]
wickedplayer494 is obviously a murderer then
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37126909]And they say [I]not having a Facebook[/I] makes people murderers.[/QUOTE]
Oh fuck...
Besides, that was Daily Mail, of course it was going to be bullshit.
[editline]7th August 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;37126931]wickedplayer494 is obviously a murderer then[/QUOTE]
So are you and Elecbullet as you don't have your Facebook profiles linked to your Facepunch account
Whatever, I won't claim it makes you a murderer either way.
Well this will make many facebook game addicted mothers crash and burn economically :v:
[QUOTE=paul simon;37126956]Well this will make many facebook game addicted mothers crash and burn economically :v:[/QUOTE]
This would probably be for the better.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37126934]So are you and Elecbullet as you don't have your Facebook profiles linked to your Facepunch account[/QUOTE]
Cause the last time that happened people found my account and started to leak shit out of it so I only have it linked to my other g+ account
I'm sure "Bingo FRIENDZY" will go down in history as the first step to legalized gambling. Those fuzzy balls will stand as mascots for the cause.
Legalized gambling would be good for my home state, what with the guys that built a casino then had to shut the whole thing down because the govna didn't like it.
soon zynga makes a real cash gambling game to deal with all the lawsuits
Looks like it's aimed toward kids.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;37127332]Looks like it's aimed toward kids.[/QUOTE]
Which shouldn't be allowed.
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