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AbZorba Games® Expands Tango Partnership with Poker for Tango Release The leading mobile social casino studio completes its suite of cobranded games with Tango 5 March 2014, Athens, Greece (Press Release) Mobile social casino games publisher AbZorba Games® has expanded its partnership with messaging and entertainment platform Tango to include a new branded multiplayer Poker game. The addition of Poker for Tango means the popular messaging platform now has AbZorba’s full portfolio of multiplayer social casino games on Android and iOS, alongside Roulette Live for Tango, Slots for Tango and the hugely successful Blackjack Live for Tango. Blackjack Live for Tango was the first release to follow the strategic mobile entertainment partnership between AbZorba and Tango, and hit #1 in the US iTunes App Store for casino games last year. Live Roulette also attained #4. AbZorba, a founder member of the International Social Games Association (ISGA), expects the release to further demonstrate the strength of the multiplayer social casino genre on overthetop (OTT) networks. “The addition of Poker for Tango completes a ‘Full House’ of cobranded game titles from us and demonstrates Tango’s faith in the strength of AbZorba’s game technology and know how,” Andrew Hughes, AbZorba Games CEO and cofounder, said. “Now is a huge time for the OTT space, following the sale of WhatsApp. We are determined to show the value that multiplayer social casino games can provide in helping Tango monetise their service,” he added. We are excited to add Poker to Tango’s collection of AbZorba’s multiplayer casino games, now we have 100% of their portfolio “ says VP Partnerships Renato Iwesen. “AbZorba is our model partner with already three very successful games on our platform reaching the coveted #1 and #4 in iTunes Casino Games together.”

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 AbZorba  Games®  Expands  Tango  Partnership  with    

Poker  for  Tango  Release    

The  leading  mobile  social  casino  studio  completes  its  suite  of  co-­‐branded  games  with  Tango    

 5  March  2014,  Athens,  Greece  (Press  Release)  -­‐-­‐  Mobile  social  casino  games  publisher  AbZorba  Games®  has  expanded  its  partnership  with  messaging  and  entertainment  platform  Tango  to  include  a  new  branded  multiplayer  Poker  game.    The  addition  of  Poker  for  Tango  means  the  popular  messaging  platform  now  has  AbZorba’s  full  portfolio  of  multiplayer  social  casino  games  on  Android  and  iOS,  alongside  Roulette  Live  for  Tango,  Slots  for  Tango  and  the  hugely  successful  Blackjack  Live  for  Tango.    Blackjack  Live  for  Tango  was  the  first  release  to  follow  the  strategic  mobile  entertainment  partnership  between  AbZorba  and  Tango,  and  hit  #1  in  the  US  iTunes  App  Store  for  casino  games  last  year.  Live  Roulette  also  attained  #4.      AbZorba,  a  founder  member  of  the  International  Social  Games  Association  (ISGA),  expects  the  release  to  further  demonstrate  the  strength  of  the  multiplayer  social  casino  genre  on  over-­‐the-­‐top  (OTT)  networks.    “The  addition  of  Poker  for  Tango  completes  a  ‘Full  House’  of  co-­‐branded  game  titles  from  us  and  demonstrates  Tango’s  faith  in  the  strength  of  AbZorba’s  game  technology  and  know  how,”  Andrew  Hughes,  AbZorba  Games  CEO  and  co-­‐founder,  said.    “Now  is  a  huge  time  for  the  OTT  space,  following  the  sale  of  WhatsApp.  We  are  determined  to  show  the  value  that  multiplayer  social  casino  games  can  provide  in  helping  Tango  monetise  their  service,”  he  added.      “We  are  excited  to  add  Poker  to  Tango’s  collection  of  AbZorba’s  multiplayer  casino  games,  now  we  have  100%  of  their  portfolio  “  says  VP  Partnerships  Renato  Iwesen.  “AbZorba  is  our  model  partner  with  already  three  very  successful  games  on  our  platform  reaching  the  coveted  #1  and  #4  in  iTunes  Casino  Games  together.”    

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Poker  for  Tango  is  available  for  download  from  the  iTunes  App  Store  for  iPhone  and  iPad,  or  from  the  Google  Play  Store.  

 

 

 

About  AbZorba  Games  

A  leading  global  publisher  of  mobile  social  casino  games,  AbZorba  Games™  has  established  itself  as  one  of  the  top  innovators  in  its  field  of  mobile  casino  games  for  entertainment  since  2011.  AbZorba  also  independently  operates  Live  Mobile  Hub  of  Fun™  producing  Live  Blackjack21™,  Live  Roulette™,  Live  Poker™  and  Hot2Slot®  on  Android  and  iOS.  

Founded  in  Athens,  Greece  in  2011  and  established  as  a  US  Delaware  LLC,  is  part  of  the  Startech  Group.  

The  co-­‐founders  CEO,  Andrew  Hughes,  and  CTO  Manos  Moschous  have  worked  on  several  projects  together  in  the  mobile  space.  Andrew  is  a  British  start-­‐up  entrepreneur,  a  co-­‐founder  of  the  International  Social  Gaming  Association  (ISGA)  and  a  strong  advocate  of  responsible  gaming  codes  of  practice.  

For  more  information  on  AbZorba  Games  visit  AbZorba  Games.  

About  Tango  

Tango,  an  all-­‐in-­‐one  messaging  and  entertainment  platform  with  more  than  190  million  users,  enables  people  to  connect  with  friends  and  family  in  a  way  that  is  easy,  spontaneous  and  fun.  Tango  allows  users  to  send  free  text  messages,  play  games,  and  make  free  phone  and  video  calls.  Tango  works  on  iPhone,  iPad,  iPod  touch,  hundreds  of  Android  phones,  Blackberry,  Kindle  Fire  and  Windows  Phone  7,  as  well  as,  tablets  and  PCs  and  provides  high  quality  experience  over  3G,  4G  and  Wi-­‐Fi.  Founded  in  September  2009,  Tango  is  based  in  Mountain  View,  California.  For  more  information,  visit  www.tango.me.  

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