iGaming Business – UK bookmaker Coral is to join forces with California-based social and mobile games developer Ruby Seven Studios to launch new social gaming applications for customers around the world. According to the Mobile-ent.biz website, Coral said the new partnership will allow it to develop a network of social gaming customers and followers for its various slots and gaming brands. The first title to be developed under the joint effort will be Coral’s land-based game ’The Magician’ and ‘The Magician Triple Pots’. The new titles will be launched in social games alongside a number of other titles, including Coral’s…

From iGaming Business Social networking website Facebook is reportedly considering expanding its operations in the mobile gaming sector. According to Techcrunch, Facebook has been working with a number of small mobile game developers after generating more than $100 million (€76.75 million) per quarter from virtual currency transactions inside social games. The website has not yet been able to replicate such success on mobile devices due to the 30 percent cut that smartphone app store owners Apple and Google take on digital transactions. Techcruch reported that mobile gaming development would give Facebook a new source of direct revenues to supplement advertising…

From Android Police Everyone knows that adding a bit of money to a game makes it more interesting. Ubiquitous developer Glu Mobile is putting a lot of faith in that idea, and they plan to roll out a real-world gambling system to their games very soon, starting with Deer Hunter Reloaded. Glu will be using the Skillz platform, allowing players to bet small amounts of real money on the outcome of skill-based games, usually in some kind of tournament or winner-take-all round. Note the term “skill-based” – that’s very important to how this all works. Gambling is an incredibly complex…