Here’s What Happened This Week in mGaming

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Here’s What Happened This Week in mGamingHere are some of the top stories in mobile and online gaming that we’ve been monitoring in recent days.

A mammoth deal that even trumps Apple’s acquisition of Beats, Scientific Games is poised and ready to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.3 billion to acquire Bally Technologies.

Last fall, the state of New Jersey was awarded the first official online gambling permit to Atlantic City’s Borgata. But for Borgata, it’s been a bumpy road to online gambling revenue.

In June, Amaya Gambling of Montreal, Canada announced plans to acquire the largest online poker room in the world — Poker Stars.

What would you do if you won the lottery? It’s a dream pondered by individuals of all ages, but actually purchasing a lottery ticket is an activity most often observed among individuals over the age of 40. In a recent post in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the low percentage of 20 to 30 year-old lottery players was explored.

While gaming software developers have been hard at working making online and mobile slots fun and engaging, land based casinos fear that they will lose some of their live customer base due to online gambling. For this reason, gaming developers are searching for ways to make live slots more personal and more engaging too.

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