In recent years, the Montreal-basedCaesarsInteractive has built Playtika, which itacquired in 2011, into amajorplayer in the worldof smartphone-based casino-stylegames.
But it does look like online gambling is going to become legal again in the US. And at a time when there is at least one US company, Zynga, that is able and willing to roll out casinostylegames to US customers.
Zynga is also applying for a gaming licence in Nevada, home of Las Vegas, in order to offer players a new suite of casino-style games on which they can bet real money, in conjunction with the online gambling firm Bwin.