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You Can Win a Xbox 360 from Zynga’s Texas Hold’Em Poker

If you’re more of a casual gamer, who still hasn’t bit the bullet on purchasing an Xbox 360, Zynga just so happens to be offering one as the grand prize in their current round of tournaments in Texas Hold’Em on Facebook.
You’ll have to qualify to win the grand prize by playing in smaller shootouts, anytime [...]

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Sword and Poker, the iPhone and the Addiction to Success

Gaia Co.’s Sword and Poker, a seemingly benign and innocent mixture of poker, RPG and Final Fantasy’s Triple Triad, is a pox on my productivity.
I simply must put time into it every day, further delving into the dungeon to stop Chaos, the god of something-or-other that is largely irrelevant to the game and my need [...]

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Zynga Sells Virtual Goods for Haiti Relief

Have you ever wished your FarmVille efforts were actually generating some food? They can, starting tonight: Zynga has issued a press release announcing the start of a Haiti Relief Fund, with limited edition goods available for purchase in FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Zynga Poker. 100% of proceeds from these virtual sales will be donated towards [...]

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Playfish Puts Poker Rivals on Facebook

They said it was coming – Poker Rivals sat down at the Facebook table today, courtesy of social gaming giant (and the latest addition to EA’s arsenal), Playfish.

Texas HoldEm Poker is Zynga’s card counterpart… It rakes in roughly 20 million active monthly users on Facebook. But the addition of this new Playfish game to the [...]

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