New Millennium Games' NOW! 10-3-2013

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Ex-Cantor Gaming executive pleads guilty to conspiracy charge Michael Colbert, a former director of risk management and vice president with Cantor Gaming in Las Vegas arrested last year in connection with a nationwide illegal bookmaking ring, has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of conspiracy...(article) 4 hours ago  www.reviewjournal.com Games as a Service will be 'table stakes' from 2014, says Glu How has the freemium model served Glu? What key trends do you see happening in future?...(article) 13 hours ago  www.pocketgamer.biz Pincus: I’m Bored With All Games Mark Pincus, a pioneer of socially viral games like “FarmVille,” is bored with games. Zynga’s founder and chairman made the admission during a days-long visit to Israel, where he had been touring and meeting with people in the local start-up community. Tuesday evening, Pincus gave an informal rooftop talk to dozens of young Israeli tech entrepreneurs hosted by the Garage Geeks, a non-profit professional group. During the Q&A portion, he was asked by Yossi Vardi, a longtime elder statesman of the Israeli venture funding community, what his favorite game was. “Right now, I’m pretty bored with all games,’’ he said...(article) 16 hours ago  blogs.wsj.com MDI to Unveil Slingo® Lottery Challenge Instant Game and Mobile Competition at NASPL ‘13 MDI to Unveil Slingo® Lottery Challenge Instant Game and Mobile Competition at NASPL ‘13 – Attendees of this year’s NASPL convention in Rhode Island will be among the first to play a new instant game and mobile competition introduced by MDI Entertainment, LLC, a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS). “Slingo Lottery Challenge” features the tremendously popular MDI-licensed Slingo brand on an instant game and accompanying mobile game application, available soon for Android™ and Apple® smartphones and tablets. Development of the new mobile game was a joint effort between the MDI Interactive team, Slingo, Inc. and Telos Entertainment, Inc. “Slingo is one of the most successful licensed properties ever in the lottery space, and we’re extremely pleased to bring our customers a powerful new way to leverage the brand’s immense popularity and following,” said Steve Saferin, President, Properties Group and Chief Creative Officer for Scientific Games. “This is a truly flexible, turnkey solution for lotteries looking to increase the engagement of their players and attract a new generation of players to their games.”...(article)