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Greece – AbZorba hits the heights with Blackjack Live for Tango

By Phil - 19 August 2013

Mobile social casino games publisher AbZorba Games has seen its popular game, ‘Blackjack Live for Tango’, hit the number one spot for casino games in the US iTunes App Store.

AbZorba, a founder member of the Social Gaming Association (SGA), has seen the blackjack game claim the top spot just weeks after its release on the Tango platform, showing the strength of AbZorba’s branded game distribution.

“Attaining a #1 spot for any app developer is a milestone that is important and highly coveted, with Tango powering our Blackjack we achieved it,” Andrew Hughes, CEO and Co-Founder of AbZorba, said.

AbZorba offers its game suite and social experience to white label partners and with almost 2 million installs is in a unique position and prepared to share its mobile casino expertise with partners.

“By partnering with AbZorba, Tango’s branded game reached the #1 Casino app within weeks. This highlights how effective our games are when a larger well-known brand partners with world class multiplayer games from AbZorba Games,” Mr. Hughes said.

“We are thrilled to see the power of the Tango messaging and entertainment platform propel Blackjack Live for Tango to the top spot in the US iTunes free app store,” said Renato Iwersen, VP Strategic Partnerships, Tango. “Our 140 million members are responding extremely well to having fun and compelling content to play with their friends and family.”

‘Blackjack Live for Tango’ is the first mobile social casino game to be released under the strategic mobile entertainment partnership which AbZorba signed with messaging and entertainment platform Tango.

“We are extremely excited about the partnership with Tango as they are championing the gaming distribution 2.0 concept where their messaging network is greatly enhanced by gaming content – it’s a win-win-win for us, Tango and our gamers,” Mr. Hughes added.