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Blue Crystal Labs unveils skill-based slot machine games for mobile

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Blue Crystal Labs, a startup created by former Zynga social-casino executive Jesse Janosov, is unveiling its skill-based social-casino game today. The whole point of doing a social-casino startup in this mature stage of the $3.4 billion industry is to prove that innovation is still possible in a sector dominated by giant companies.

Simon Slots combines the old sound memory game Simon with the spinning reel of a slot machine. You have to remember the sounds and symbols that light up when the reel stops spinning and then tap the symbols on the screen in the right order. Beyond the pure luck of slots, you have to show some actual skill.

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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.