Here’s What Happened in Mobile Gaming, Casino Marketing This Week

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Here’s What Happened in Mobile Gaming, Casino Marketing This WeekHere are some of the top stories in mobile and online gaming that we’ve been monitoring in recent days.

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice determined that the Federal Wire Act does not preclude states from adopting online gambling. And it didn’t take long for states to capitalize.

Not to anyone’s surprise, Internet gambling is on the rise in New Jersey. The Garden State launched real-money Internet gambling on November 21st, 2013 and raked in $8.4 million in revenue by the end of December. But this “progress” has been anything but a simple journey.

Testing the waters of digital, Foxwoods Resort Casino is working on a new online gambling platform for both smartphones and computers. The games, however, don’t pay cash. They allow players to win discounts at the casino.

Officials at Las Vegas Sands Corp. say their core operating systems were not compromised this week during what has been called a “sophisticated cyber attack.” Nonetheless, as of Wednesday evening, a number of the casino operator’s  websites were still down more than a full day after the attack commences.

The brainchild of an innovative tech-savvy startup in the Great White North, Nymi is the newest wearable technology from Bionym designed specifically for use with your bitcoin wallet.

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