Facebook is trialling online gambling for the first prison term , by allowing a gaming app on its platform to offer users the chance to play with substantial money .
Limited to the UK for now , the Telegraph reportsthat the launch of Bingo Friendzy point the first case of a Facebook app allowing gamers to bet on tangible cash on the outcome of their play . Players have to be age 18 and using a information processing system in the UK to be able to make for . Julien Codorniou , Facebook ’s head of gaming for Europe , explained to the Financial Times :
“ play is very popular and well regulated in the UK . . . for millions of bingo users it ’s already a social experience [ so ] it makes sense [ for us ] to declare oneself that as well . ”
It ’s not just bound to this one biz , either : in the come months , UK Facebook users will be able to meet online slot car game , and they ’re expected to be postdate by a Zynga - powered real - John Cash salamander plot next yr .
No doubt the intention of the trial is to give the Big Blue ’s net profit a much - needed shot in the arm . But the idea of roll the construct out on a broader scale is n’t piddling , particularly in the US , where social media gambling is an incredibly barbellate issue . What the futurity holds for Facebook ’s social gambling , then , is hard to narrate — but it will be interesting to see how it fair in the UK . [ Telegraph ]
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