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Betable’s disruptive tactics cause a smackdown debate among online casino game makers

social casino game debate

Betable has blasted a hole in the barriers between the social casino game and online gambling business. That was clear from a discussion about the San Francisco startup at the recent Social Casino Summit in San Francisco, where rivals and partners highlighted some of the hopes and fears about the disruption of the online gambling business and the potential for increased regulation of social games that may happen as a result.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.