The CNN Washington Bureaus morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest political news: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: How Rangel's ethics hearing could play out Longtime Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York will be the subject of the House ethics committee's first corruption trial [...]
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The other day as I was walking through the casino, I noticed three young ladies playing a progressive slot machine. One of them was actually playing the machine and the other two were looking on as she did.
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SAN FRANCISCO & TOKYO----Zynga and Softbank today announced a joint venture that will develop and distribute social games across Japan. The new joint venture, Zynga Japan, brings together leaders in social games and consumer technology to offer millions of new users the ability to play social games anytime and anywhere.
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All Slots Mobile Casino's Web Application Now Supporting the iPad, Includes Ten Fully Hosted Casino Games
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Zynga issued a press release tonight confirming the more than month-old news of an investment by Softbank - $150 million - and are announcing a joint venture to "develop and distribute social games across Japan." Zynga didn't talk about the other $150 million they took from Google in connection with a partnership over the new Google Games property. Although they soft-confirmed it to the New York ...
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PALO ALTO, Calif.----Today, ZEN announced its new ZEN Entertainment Tournament Cloud at the AlwaysOn Conference. The Tournament Cloud creates critical mass by leveraging a shared player liquidity pool.
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The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to acquire social gaming firm Playdom Inc. for $563.2 million, plus potential added performance-dependent earn-outs of up to $200 million, and further strengthen its burgeoning gaming business.
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People play casino games for different reasons, with different goals, and that's something I try keep in mind when writing about the games. You're out for some entertainment on the slots? Great, I'm not going to tell you to leave that behind just because the house edge is lower on blackjack.
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