chgriffin

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I'm Joining Betable, to Disrupt Gambling(medium.com)
10 points by chgriffin 11y ago|0 comments
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by chgriffin 14y ago
Yes, you can use it
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by chgriffin 15y ago
Yeah, WTF?
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by chgriffin 15y ago
And Facebook's wall
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Exposing Social Gaming's Hidden Lever(blog.betable.com)
55 points by chgriffin 15y ago|25 comments
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The Game Innovator's Dilemma(blog.betable.com)
41 points by chgriffin 15y ago|7 comments
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Why Audio Matters: Hacking Gamers' Memories(blog.betable.com)
50 points by chgriffin 15y ago|33 comments
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by chgriffin 15y ago
And you would be wrong if it weren't for your parenthetical hedge. Using Betable, it's completely legal for any developer to offer real money gambling in their games to any players who are not in the US and a few other minor jurisdictions
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by chgriffin 15y ago
@MostAwesomeDude I think you pointed out a major issue with social games in general, which is that across the industry, free-to-pay conversion rates are only about 2% and player only generate about $1 ARPU/month, meaning, to turn your game
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by chgriffin 15y ago
Strange to me that people are talking about better ways to serve ads in games and apps instead of alternative revenue streams to ads. Ads suck no matter how you position them in your app.
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by chgriffin 15y ago
Yep, that's why I know so much about the space :)
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by chgriffin 15y ago
I don't think they forgot that. There is a big world outside of the US that CAN gamble and bet LEGALLY online. Using Betable ( http://developers.betable.com/developers/signin ), game devs can reach the massive Ex-US audience (remember, 60
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by chgriffin 15y ago
Now, they could piggy-back on Betable's licenses and legally offer a casino in Second Life.
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by chgriffin 15y ago
The legal issues are solved by Betable ( http://developers.betable.com/developers/signin ). Betable already has gambling licenses which have been issued to them by the UK Gambling Commission ( http://bit.ly/mSX3kN ). They act as the backe
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by chgriffin 15y ago
Real-money gambling historically generates over 100X more ARPU than typical social gaming revenue streams, so even with that rev split, game developers stand to make much more money than they currently do. Also, unlike other platforms that