Zynga is excited to announce that 4 new games are now available for play on Zynga.com. The 4 new games include Sports Casino (a RocketPlay game), Rubber Tacos (a Sava Transmedia game), Fashion Designer (a 50 Cubes game), and Mini Putt Park (a Majesco game).
The following was the official announcement that was released by Zynga on the Zynga Company Blog;
Zynga Platform Welcomes 4 New Games on Zynga.com And 9 New Partners
Submitted by Rob Dyer on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 18:16
It’s been six months since we announced the Zynga Platform, a social gaming platform and network designed to bring players the most social and fun gaming experience wherever they play, while shining a light on some of the most talented developers in the industry and their games. A lot has happened since then, but our mission of connecting the world through games has not changed.
Today, we have more than 10 Zynga games live on Zynga.com . FarmVille 2, which just launched yesterday, was the first game to launch on Facebook and Zynga.com simultaneously. We’re now excited to welcome – for the first time ever – four third party games to Zynga’s own destination for play. The partner games live on Zynga.com today are Sava Transmedia’s Rubber Tacos, RocketPlay’s Sports Casino, Majesco’s Mini Putt Park and 50 Cubes’Fashion Designer.
I’m also excited to share that we have added nine new partners to the Zynga Platform, bringing us to 24 total partners, across web and mobile. Our newest partners include Antic Entertainment, Big Bite Games, CrayonPixel, Eruptive Games, JamRT, The Method, Playnery, RocketPlay and TikGames.
Our hope for the Zynga Platform goes beyond exposing our partner games to the 306 million monthly active users on the Zynga network. We want to build a true destination for play that makes it easier for our players to discover new games from different genres, while also helping our partners launch, promote, scale and grow their games.
It’s not a simple process. We spend countless hours and months before we launch games like Rubber Tacosand Sports Casino on Zynga.com, making sure our partners are fully supported with analytics, best practices, features that amp up social engagement, tech support and the like. This behind-the-scenes incubation period matters immensely – it ensures a seamless, more engaging experience for our players and what we hope will be a more successful game for our partners.
We invite you to check out these new games on www.zynga.com and Facebook. But note that this is just the tip of the iceberg for the Zynga Platform and our players. We have a steadfast focus on bringing more great games from third party developers to players in the coming months– improving the social gaming ecosystem as whole – while giving more people a reason to put a little play in their day.
By Rob Dyer
RocketPlay made their official announcement a day earlier and read as follows;
RocketPlay Partners weith Zynga to Bring Social Sports-Betting to Facebook and Zynga.com
By Admin (Daniel Kahtan) on Sep 05, 2012
Sports Casino delivers engaging second-screen sports experience with live in-game betting
SAN FRANCISCO — Sept. 5, 2012 — RocketPlay, creators of groundbreaking social sports-betting games, today announced that it has launched Sports Casino, a social sports-betting title on Facebook and Zynga.com. Along with the game’s release, RocketPlay also announced its partnership with Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), the world’s leading provider of social game services, to bring Sports Casino to the 306 million monthly active players on Zynga’s network of games across Facebook and other platforms. Sports Casino is available to play at www.zynga.com and on Facebook.
“Sports Casino delivers an authentic virtual sports-betting experience to social gaming and sports fans,” said Mani Honigstein, CEO, RocketPlay. “We’re thrilled to launch with Zynga’s support, a company that has set the social gaming benchmark and will help us bring a great game to a wide range of players.”
Sports Casino players enjoy an authentic Las Vegas-style sportsbook experience, placing virtual bets on global sports with real-time odds while enjoying integrated casino games such as video poker, slots, and blackjack. Players can enjoy in-game, real-time betting while competing with their friends – a perfect second-screen complement to watching live sports on television. Sports Casino arrives just in time for action-packed betting on professional and college football, baseball, and international soccer.
The game appeals to the highly sought-after male gamer demographic on Facebook, particularly as social betting games continue to grow in popularity. Though the game currently uses only virtual currency, RocketPlay has developed Sports Casino to take advantage of the rising importance of real-money gambling in the social space as opportunities arise and legal restrictions are eased.
The Zynga Platform is a social gaming platform designed to give players the most social and fun gaming experience wherever they play, while helping third-party developers of all sizes launch, promote, scale and grow their games and business.
Following Sports Casino’s release, RocketPlay will continue to update the game with new features and sports, including hockey, basketball, and more.
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What makes these announcements interesting is that RocketPlay’s Sports Casino allows players to enjoy an authentic Las Vegas-style sportsbook experience. Players do so by placing virtual bets on global sports with real-time odds.
The following is a short preview of Sports Casino;
Once the game loads you will be greeted by a redheaded dame (I suppose she is supposed to be a cocktail waitress).
You are informed that you can bet on LIVE sporting events.
Once you choose a featured game you can begin to place some bets.
Check your Betting Slip to ensure that your bets were placed.
Wait for the betting to close and then watch the games.
Depending on your bets you may want to check back as the games progress or wait until the games are over to check your betting slips to see if you won.
Once you collect your winning you will see a trophy on your betting slip. In addition, you will also see how much you won. 
As you make bets and win some you will unlock more game events to bet on. The more you level up the more things you can bet on.
You also can play with your friends and earn badges. 
Now, don’t you wish you could be betting your ‘REAL’ home on these games? Zynga does!
