PlaySpan named Gaming Category Winner at 2009 OnHollywood 100 Conference

August 25th, 2009 SC winner of $260M Powerball prize coming forwardCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The world will soon find out who bought the winning ticket in last week's $260 million Powerball drawing.

August 17th, 2009 Isle of Capri Casinos names Hausler senior VPST. LOUIS — Casino operator Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.

July 1st, 2009 Sector Snap: Casinos mixed on June Macau resultsNEW YORK — Shares of casino operators with Macau properties were mixed Wednesday on disappointing monthly gaming revenue results. June gaming revenue fell 17 percent compared with a year ago, according to media reports.

June 30th, 2009 Screamin' seafaring tale wins bad writing contestSAN JOSE, Calif. — A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest.

June 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Automobile manufacturer Hindustan Motors will launch the Bharat Stage Four (BS IV) version of its mini-truck Winner in the national capital shortly, a top company official said here Friday. "Our immediate priority is to launch the BS IV version of Winner in Delhi in seven to 10 days.

June 3rd, 2009 MGM to challenge report Ho 'unsuitable' partnerMACAU — A top MGM Mirage executive said Wednesday the gambling giant would challenge a recent U.S. regulatory report calling Pansy Ho, daughter of a famous Macau kingpin, an "unsuitable" business partner for its casino in the Chinese city.

June 3rd, 2009 MGM Mirage opposes report Ho 'unsuitable' partnerMACAU — A top MGM Mirage executive said Wednesday the gambling giant would challenge a recent U.S. regulatory report calling Pansy Ho, daughter of a famous Macau kingpin, an "unsuitable" business partner for its casino in the Chinese city.

June 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - CEAT is the winner of the Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Gold AwardT 2009 for Tyres category in India. The Reader's Digest Trusted Brand Survey was launched in 1999 and has been carried out annually for the past ten years.

May 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - 7Seas Technologies Limited, a Hyderabad-based independent IP-based games development company, today announced the launch of its new casual online game on Swine Flu - a pandemic that wrecked havoc across the globe killing hundreds of people in Mexico - Swine Flue Killer.The game is available in its online gaming portal www.onlinerealgames.com. To play this game, all a gamer needs to do is vaccinate as many patients as possible in time, kill the virus, save patients and become a Swine Flu Killer.

May 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpanT, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced that the company has been awarded a TiE50 Winner, a leader in innovation, ingenuity, and management excellence. The TiE50 award is presented by TiE at TiECon2009 to the top 50 start-ups from close to 1,200 nominees.

May 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpanT, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced that Founder and CEO Karl Mehta is a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award in the Northern California. According to Ernst and Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

April 24th, 2009 Macau casino operator Galaxy posts $1.5 bln lossMACAU — Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment said losses ballooned in 2008 after writing down the value of its gaming license and warned of a further delay to the opening of a massive hotel-resort project if the economy worsens. Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

April 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpan, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spare Change, the first and largest micropayments solution on social networks whose platform enables buyers and sellers to transact safely, easily and inexpensively. The acquisition further solidifies PlaySpan's global leadership position in monetization of social networks, online games and virtual worlds.

March 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpan, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced several key findings in a new consumer insights survey from users of its Ultimate Game Card (UGC) payment option. The Ultimate Game CardT is a stored value card that supports more than 300 multiplayer games and virtual worlds, with current availability in more than 21,000 retail stores in the U.S.

March 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - PlaySpan, the leader in monetization solutions for online games, virtual worlds, and social networks, today announced the publication of a free downloadable report that addresses market opportunities for developers and publishers to optimize revenue streams by including integrated microtransactions and pay-as-you-go revenue models. The report can be found at http://corp.playspan.com/pressroom.html.