The big debate about the blurring of social casino games and online gambling

Our panel at the Social Casino Summit covered everything from regulating social casino games to the disruption of gambling.

A fiery debate on the regulation of social casino games

Real-money online-gambling companies have to abide by strict regulations to protect players. Should social-casino-game makers be under the same restrictions?

Zynga is vastly undervalued

How can a company that brings in $1.2 billion a year, and recently cut costs in order to achieve profitability, have a market value that's effectively zero? It doesn't make sense. Here's why Zynga is undervalued -- provided it does the right thing next.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye opens up about racism allegations, OnLive assets sold for $4.8 million

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

The exodus continues: Zynga Poker general manager quits

The social-gaming company loses the key executive in charge of its poker game as it prepares to transition to real-money gambling.

Zynga to launch real-money gambling online games in 2013

Zynga's first real-money online gaming game will likely launch outside the U.S. until other legal markets emerge.

Zynga Poker’s daily payout of 16 trillion chips could cover the national debt (and other mind-boggling stats)

Zynga's mind-boggling player stats: If Poker winnings were converted into dollars, players could pay off national debt...in a day.

Investors eagerly await Zynga’s Unleashed event today

Today, all eyes will be on Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga, to see whether he can keep his developers churning out games that can continue to capture the hearts of hundreds of millions of social gamers.

Bejeweled maker PopCap bets on Facebook casino-game gold rush

Ever since the Justice Department opened the door to the legalization of online gambling, the leading creators of social games are feeling increasingly lucky. PopCap Games just launched Lucky Gem Casino with a collection of seven slot machines themed after …

From castles to card games: a rundown of Zynga’s biggest titles

Zynga is the most recognizable name in social gaming. Facebook members and iPhone owners alike have seen Zynga’s games continuously rise and fall from the top of the charts over the past few years, and with CastleVille’s launch earlier this …

Vostu pays undisclosed sum to Zynga to settle copyright infringement lawsuit

Ahead of its upcoming initial public offering, social gaming giant Zynga has accepted a settlement in a copyright infringement lawsuit it brought against Brazilian social game maker Vostu, which it had accused of blatantly copying some of its most popular …

Zynga launches a broadside of 10 new social and mobile games

Zynga is announcing 10 new social games today, , showing off the firepower of the company recent acquisitions of game development talent.

To date, Zynga has only launched one game at a time. But at the company’s new headquarters in …