Today Zynga has all the top games on Facebook, including Zynga Poker and the newly launched Empires and Allies.
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The company followed that game in November 2008 with Zynga Poker for iPhone.
For Zynga, which also owns CityVille, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars and Words With Friends, virtual tractor sales are big business.
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Zynga now has 46.8 million monthly active users of "CityVille" on Facebook and 33.2 million for "Zynga Poker, " according to tracking service AppData.com.
Zynga Poker is a big hit for them, and they think that it could allow them to transition into real money gambling with ease.
He points to the success of Zynga Poker, the Facebook-based game that has 60 million users who play for points and status, not dollars.
When Zynga started with Zynga Poker, the iOS platform was not strong enough to sustain a large audience of 10 million daily active users.
Speculation has been running high that Zynga would move into online gambling particularly with its Zynga Poker game and its recently announced Casino series of games.
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The maker of popular games Zynga Poker, FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille will be offering 100 million shares in the biggest stake sale of the year.
Zynga has come a long way since launching its first game, Zynga Poker, a Facebook-only game and one of the first social games ever on July 1, 2007.
Zynga is almost six years old but Facebook is still its primary distribution, marketing, promotion and payment platform for online games like Farmville, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends.
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Zynga had five of the top 10 games on Facebook, based on DAUs, including Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, Bubble Safari, ChefVille and FarmVille 2 as of Dec. 31, according to AppData.
It even launched Zynga Poker on Google TV.
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The new Zynga platform is focused exclusively on social games, and Zynga will make most of its popular titles such as Words with Friends, CastleVille, Zynga Poker, Hidden Chronicles and CityVille available on it soon.
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Zynga used Texas HoldEm Poker to introduce players to future hits Mafia Wars and Farmville.
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Zynga already operates Texas HoldEm Poker, which is its most valuable game.
Others are simply classics, well executed, such as Zynga's most popular offering: poker.
In addition, if any form of online poker comes to America, Zynga will have to deal with big and rich competitors.
Zynga game players have drawn 43, 000 pictures, played 38, 000 hands of poker, opened 250, 000 gifts from friends, played 140, 000 turns of games together, and have sent more than 5, 000 chats.
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