Facebook's first real-cash gambling app launched

A real-money bank app has been launched on Facebook - the amusing network's first.

Developed by London-based online bank abettor Gamesys, the Bingo Friendzy app allows users age-old 18 and over to comedy amateur for banknote prizes.

Facebook said alone its UK associates would be able to appearance the app.

The website's better gaming partner, Zynga, said it additionally planned to acquaint real-money bank versions of its amateur abutting year.

A Facebook backer fatigued Bingo Friendzy was not a collective venture, adage the bold had been developed absolutely by Gamesys.

"Real money gaming is a accepted and adapted action in the UK, and we are acceptance a accomplice to action their amateur to developed users on the Facebook belvedere in a safe and controlled manner," she told the BBC.

Facebook intends to use age-gating technology to ensure under-18s and "vulnerable people" are clumsy to admission the app.

The amusing arrangement about takes a 30% cut of affairs on its network, but would not affirm if that was the case with this title, adage it was "commercially acute information".

Spending limits

Gamesys, one of the better UK online bank companies, operates the Sun Bingo and Heart Bingo, as able-bodied as the UK's arch bingo-and-slots website Jackpotjoy.com.

In its columnist release, the aggregation said users would accept admission to self-help accoutrement to abate the accident of bank addiction, including the adeptness to set spending limits.

Facebook said the accommodation to barrage a real-cash bank app in the UK had been motivated by "a complete and actual adapted bank market".

Gamesys' bank activities are accountant and adapted by the government of Gibraltar, acceptance it to action titles in the UK.

In the United States the bearings with real-money online bank is added complicated - the law currently forbids banks and others alms acquittal processing casework to action casework targeted at US citizens.