Facebook is a social media phenomenon. It is a giant. It is a Titan. Since it’s relatively unheralded birth in 2004, it has exploded onto the world. It doesn’t matter where you are. Be it the plushest bars in Monte Carlo or the shantiest of shantytowns in the favelas of Rio de Janerio, Facebook will be found.

The site has over a billion users and its demographic ranges from children to grandparents of those very children. The site has contained a wide range of games that can be played socially and these have included poker although it’s not as popular as the one from Betfair Download Casino. Originally, no money was at stake and people could play without fear of financial reprisal. But a billion people are a marketing wet dream of monumental proportions. It was only a matter of time before that untapped power began receiving some mallets over the head.

Facebook are already offering real money bingo and slot games and there are further plans to increase this offering to include further casino games that include poker, just like Betfair Casino Games does. On one hand this is seen as big business, but on the other there is a morale standpoint to consider. Are Facebook breeding the next generation of gamblers? Is this a problem or is this just evolution. Just because you are a gambler, does not mean you need the word “problem” stenciled in front of it. But does it really matter? Is Facebook going to get slammed no matter what?

Facebook are sure to make the casino games as secure as possible. But children are still going to be exposed to it at a much higher frequency than they would if it remained in an online casino. Children see Facebook as something cool, something that they can share with their parents and exist on the same plain.

Will they think the same about gambling?