Don't know what to make of the fact that they use the phrase "get you rich" liberally in their API docs. Check out how the financing works"<p>"In gambling, the house must have enough money on hand to cover all the bets currently in play.
This amount limits the number of current users and the amount they’re risking. Betable can
provide the house’s backing or you, the game creator can be the house. If Betable provides the
backing of the house, Betable does a 70% / 30% revenue share in favor of Betable because it is
taking all of the risk instead of the normal 50% / 50% split."<p>From <a href="http://beta.betable.com/documents/betable_api_spec_v10.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://beta.betable.com/documents/betable_api_spec_v10.pdf</a>
I don't think Zynga is really leaving money on the table - they don't have the licenses for the gambling they're talking about in this post, so the money isn't really ON the table.<p>Interesting article, but I am sure Zynga would need their own gambling license to make these games instead of using something like Betably.<p>Just my two cents.
I would say tricky, but if they could get away with this, it's a big win. A legal way to get money out of the games would be significantly more attractive for gamers than what they do now in black markets. We know it happens...
Has everyone already forgotten the recent implosion of poker? I'm sure smaller companies can get away with this by flying under the radar, but should the biggest player in the game go down this road it'd be a short lived trip.