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| Chinese group buys Israeli gaming company Playtika for $4.4 billion |
| 2016-07-31 |
| A Chinese consortium has acquired Israeli social games company Playtika from Caesars Interactive Entertainment online games unit for $4.4 billion in cash, the companies have announced. Based in Herzliya, US company Caesars acquired Playtika in 2011, for about $170 million. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 The default for Pokemon GO (which collects all sorts in interesting info) is to give it full access to your Google Docs account... Unless you opt-OUT. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-07-31 19:43 |
| #3 Saw an interesting youtube about how Pokemon go could be used to get images inside buildings where Google Earth can't go. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-07-31 18:31 |
| #2 Playtika players use virtual currency that cannot be exchanged for real money but can spend money by purchasing items in the games. Easy instant first step to gaming+gambling+iPhone tracking/text monitoring+'touch consumers' marketing and sales. What's the population? Even with only 10% penetration cheap at $4B. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-07-31 16:23 |
| #1 $4.4B from $170M! Musta been reading about |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-31 13:00 |