"I think poker has spread like wildfire. Obviously the ability to play online, to learn more about the game,you know, from the comfort of your own home definitely, probably increased it more than anything else."
VOA: special.2010.07.26
The Swedish monopoly, for instance, recently launched its own onlinepokergame: an astute commercial move, to be sure, but hardly the most obvious way to curb gambling addiction.
These are more about interaction than action: players either join their friends for an onlinegame of poker or Scrabble, or to create and show off virtual pets, farms and mob families.
Speculation has been running high that Zynga would move into online gambling particularly with its Zynga Pokergame and its recently announced Casino series of games.