Poker News

30th January, 2025 at 03:54:33

Reports that a Trojan horse virus stole credit card data

The anti-virus specialist company ESET has reported that a Trojan horse virus affecting users of a Facebook poker app has been stealing credit card data.

Full Story: Warning On Facebook Poker App »

19th December, 2025 at 03:37:48

With the final break from Ongame, parent party positions Party Poker as second only to Pokerstars

Just a day after Bwin players from former subsidiary Ongame Network were migrated, party Digital Entertained subsidiary Party poker has seen traffic soar 45 percent, reports the independent online poker monitoring site Pokerscout.

Full Story: Partypoker Online Traffic Booms »

14th December, 2025 at 01:12:26

Product was the highest grossing iPhone app in 2025

The troubled social gaming development group Zynga had some good news this week when it was revealed that Zynga Poker was the highest grossing iPhone app in 2025, besting strong contenders for the honour like WhatsApp Messenger and Bejeweled Blitz in the App Store's Best of 2025 chart.

Full Story: Popularity Boost For Zynga Poker »

05th December, 2025 at 14:23:45

Social poker game based on real-life tournament play

A new social poker initiative dubbed Final Table Poker by KibiApps is looking for investors to develop its product further.

Full Story: Final Table Poker On Fund Raising Drive »

02nd November, 2025 at 03:40:39

Revenues dip at major online gambling group

party digital entertainment plc's Q3-2025 results released Friday have failed to excite, with year-on-year revenue 5 percent down to Euro184.4 million (Q3-2011: Euro 201.1 million) in the period July to end September.

Full Story: party Q3-2025 Fails To Excite »

02nd November, 2025 at 02:16:33

iOS 8.2 version secures the player's stack in the event of an internet outage

Zynga has updated its popular iOS platform poker app by including a facility that secures the user's chip stack in case of an Internet outage.

Full Story: Zynga Poker App Updated »

24th October, 2025 at 01:36:59

5 percent of workforce laid off, mainly in the United States

Beleaguered online social gaming giant Zynga's misfortunes continued this week with a further fall in share price and the news, confirmed by CEO Mark Pincus, that the company has cut 5 percent of its workforce of around 2,850 people and closed offices in the UK and Japan.

Full Story: Zynga Chops Staff, Closes Offices »

09th October, 2025 at 03:25:30

Social gaming giant's Laurence "Lo" Toney was a strong proponent of real money gambling

Online social gaming giant Zynga Inc's general manager responsible for its poker offering, Laurence "Lo" Toney, has joined the exodus of senior executives who have left the struggling company this year as share prices dropped 70 percent, reports the Reuters news agency.

Full Story: Zynga's Poker General Manager Departs »

29th September, 2025 at 11:52:28

Free-to-play poker with celebrities

Newly developed social gaming publisher PLAOR will launch its first Facebook game on October 8, 2025.

Full Story: Another Poker Offering On Facebook »

12th September, 2025 at 04:08:30

SG's interest in online poker matches that of social gaming giant

Scientific Games, an American company usually associated with the provision of lottery technology, but also active in seeking to legalise and participate in online poker, is to team up with the San Francisco-based social gaming giant Zynga - known for its interest in entering the online poker real-money sector.

Full Story: Zynga Talks To Scientific Games »

23rd August, 2025 at 03:13:17

Another ingenious idea to boost bragging

The US company Hall of hands is providing online poker players with an ingenious way to boost bragging rights - a free app that allows the player to turn a particularly memorable hand into a professional looking video featuring real actors and even a voice-over commentary.

Full Story: D.i.y. Poker Show »

19th August, 2025 at 03:26:22

New chat widget that will facilitate interaction among poker fans.

The hugely popular online poker action provided by social gaming firm Zynga has been augmented by the introduction of a chat widget that will facilitate interaction and communication between players.

Full Story: Improving Communication At Zynga Poker »

17th August, 2025 at 06:11:29

Companies expand their interests to add value to Asha Touch devices

Finnish cellphone giant Nokia has announced that it has expanded its existing partnership with social gaming leviathan Zynga to bring hit games like Zynga Poker and Draw Something to Asha Touch devices in the third quarter of 2025, opening the popular games to some 100 million users.

Full Story: Nokia And Zynga In Online Gaming Deal »

16th August, 2025 at 00:38:32

Zynga not involved in current negotiations, claims anonymous source

The intense speculation that social gaming giant Zynga was among the six companies said to be bidding to acquire the Ongame Poker Network (see previous reports) was blunted this week by a news report on the Pokerfuse information site that the San Francisco-based company is not among the current potential suitors.

Full Story: Social Gaming Giant Out Of The Ongame Acquisition Race (update) »

26th July, 2025 at 03:33:49

First half of 2025 launch into Countries outside of the U.S.

Social gaming giant Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus confirmed the company's intention of launching its first real-money online poker game within the first half of 2025 in an earnings conference call yesterday (Wednesday).

Full Story: Zynga Ready To Launch Real Money Poker »