Facebook Gets Official With WSOP Poker Game
July 29th, 2010
Ever wanted to play poker with no upside? Facebook has you covered.
Poker is big business on social networking sites these days. (Just ask Zynga!) Now Facebook is getting as official as a site can get without actually sitting down at the felt thanks to a new World Series of Poker play-money poker game.
The new WSOP experience online comes thanks to Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment’s new partnership with Playdom, owners of the Poker Palace social game. Poker Palace is being rebranded and updated to provide Facebook users with the feel of actually being at the WSOP, but without all the body odor and broke poker players hanging around the hall begging for stakes.
“We are very excited to bring the thrill and excitement of the World Series of Poker to the social gaming space with Playdom,” said WSOP Vice President Craig Abrahams. “We will immediately start to work on enhancing the game, bringing unique WSOP promotions and sweepstakes into the offering and ensuring that the battle for WSOP virtual championship bracelets can become a Facebook-friendly endeavor.”
There’s no real money to be won in the new WSOP game, since Facebook doesn’t let its users gamble. But according to Harrah’s, the game will allow players to win virtual WSOP bracelets, as well as offering up opportunities to enter sweepstakes that award prizes including trips to Las Vegas and seats to live WSOP events. Just remember when you lose that it’s because your virtual opponents can’t virtually spell virtual poker. If it weren’t for virtual luck, you’d virtually win every virtual time.
