Introduction
Do you spend a lot of money on each new generation of console or graphics card? If AMD, Nvidia and others have their way, it won't be that way forever. In the future the rendering of games can potentially take place online in a cloud, which is then sent as a video stream to your smartphone, tablet or notebook. Today we'll take a closer look at the world of cloud gaming and how it would work in practice.
In the world of business IT the term cloud has been trending for some time now. Everything from mail, databases, servers and other services are no longer kept in-house and instead in the cloud. Basically an online service provider. Consumers are increasingly making this transition as well: Email (Gmail, Outlook.com), documents (Skydrive, Dropbox, Google Drive), photos (Facebook, Flickr), music (Spotify, Soundcloud) and so on. And if it's up to the aforementioned parties, soon you'll be gaming in the cloud as well.
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Few TV series finales have come close to the cultural phenomenon Breaking Bad, which in the U.S. ended its five-season run on September 29. It seemed like everyone was watching the show; the viewership numbers for the final episodes were routinely described in the TV trade press with words like "stunning" and "whopping."
The actual figure for the finale in the U.S? Ten million people -- 10.3 million to be precise. For U.S. cable show finales, Breaking Bad ranked third behind The Sopranos and Sex and the City, which were watched by 11.9 million and 10.6 million people, respectively. Those are dedicated fans. The number of people who watched only one or two episodes of those shows may be 20 million.Read more...
The Borgata—which operates the most successful brick and mortar casino in Atlantic City—has partnered with Bwin.party Digital Entertainment to offer online gaming. The casino, owned by MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp., will promote their games through the Borgata web site and Bwin PartyPoker, according to Boyd Vice President Bob Boughner.
Gilbraltar-based Bwin remains one of the biggest online gambling and sports-betting operations in the UK. It has the technical know-how and gaming platform the Borgata needs to stay the industry leader. Bwin is an aggressive brand that has been eager to break into new markets.
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The second New Jersey online gambling permit was granted earlier this week to Golden Nugget Atlantic City. The Landry-owned casino plans to offer its own brand of online casino games with the technological support of Bally Technologies. Subsequent announcements of permit approvals came from the Trump Casinos, namely Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal. Trump Plaza named Betfair as its web-based partner, while Trump Taj Mahal has chosen Ultimate Gaming.
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he latest (third quarter) report on the social gaming scene by Eilers Research puts Caesars Interactive Entertainment at the head of a list of the most successful online and mobile companies in the sector, citing revenues of $70 million from its mobile and Facebook enterprises.
Games like Bingo Blitz and WSOP have given C.I.E. a lead in the amount of market share on mobile devices, too ahead of companies like Big Fish Games’ Big Fish Casino suite. The trend to mobile is again noticeable, with usage up over 11 percent from the second quarter.
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Forget the simple nickel slots of yesteryear. Today's digital slot machines and poker screens in casinos and at online gambling sites are capable of amassing a wealth of behavioral data on individual players, and they are on the verge of altering game play on the fly. As the software becomes increasingly capable of “thinking” like the gamblers themselves, experts in the gambling research community are working to create machines that will identify and assist problem gamblers, rather than simply pushing players deeper into a financial hole.
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Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has been a strong opponent of online poker in the US since the movement began several years ago to regulate Internet gambling in the country. Now, with regulations already put in place in several states, Adelson is once again putting his money up to stop the movement.
It was learned this week that Adelson has commissioned a survey, aiming to show that residents in four states are overwhelmingly against online poker. It will be tough for Adelson to prove in a nation that is increasingly accepting of online gambling.
It was learned this week that Adelson has commissioned a survey, aiming to show that residents in four states are overwhelmingly against online poker. It will be tough for Adelson to prove in a nation that is increasingly accepting of online gambling.
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Lottery giant Scientific Games Corp. completed its $1.5 billion buyout of slot machine maker WMS Industries Friday, less than 10 months after the merger was announced.
New York-based Scientific Games announced the deal’s completion through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Scientific Games paid WMS shareholders $26 per share. The transaction was approved by WMS shareholders and the Federal Trade Commission.
The merger leaves Scientific Games with $3 billion in debt, as well as a $300 million line of credit for future expansion.
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