KakaoTalk denies plans to tap mobile casino market

KakaoTalk operator Daum Kakao Corp. denied plans to launch mobile casino games.

The clarification came after rumors that the messaging app, which boasts more than 100 million users, was planning to tap into the mobile casino market.

“Daum Kakao is not considering adopting casino content in the gaming platform,” the company said. “Although the introduction of casino games linked to social networking services is a trend in the global market, we have no plan to roll out such things,” a Duam Kakao official said.

KakaoTalk has 600 games connected to its platform and company said that although it is true that they are tapping into so-called web board games, they only include games like baduk, a popular board game in Asia and Korean card game Go-stop.