A weekly look at poker site traffic: Spotting the trends, the winners and the losers in the competition for market share. This week has been a good one for iPoker which is set to regain its spot in second place behind PokerStars. @pokernews.com

As PokerStars continues its fight for a New Jersey license, new issues emerge in Australia. Also, real money gambling for Zynga in the U.K. and industry news.. @pokerati.com

Zynga launched its real-money poker game in the United Kingdom this past Wednesday and immediately saw its stock price climb from $3.07 to $3.43. It’s at $3. @cardplayer.com

FromOnlinePokerReport.com for the week of April 8th… 3 STORIES TO WATCH THIS WEEK #1. Zyngais nowoffering real-money gamblingin the UK via the bwin.party poker and casino platforms. @pokerati.com

Announced yesterday in the Zynga blog by Chief Revenue Officer Barry Cottle, both ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino are now available in both download and web versions to players over the age of 18 in the United Kingdom. @pokerlistings.com

Here’s a quick little slice-of-life glimpse that, imho, is quite revealing … as two free-play online poker ops compete for my mobile attention. Zynga, whose marketing seems to be more and more about side-cleavage these days, is apparently hoping to entice me to their tables with an FYI that the ever lovely (and presumably unpaid).. @pokerati.com

PokerStars unveiled the limited beta launch of PokerStars.net for Facebook, an extension of its free-play dot.net site on the social media platform. The app, built in Flash, has new “gamification” features common to social free-play games, including experience points and levels, challenges and achievements, leader boards and virtual items. @pokernews.com

A computer botnet that operated throughout 2012 collected the login credentials and payment details of over 16,000 Facebook users, security researchers revealed earlier this week. @pokernews.com

Zynga has slashed 10 games from its online operations, according to Venture Beat. The moves come after the firm announced cost-cutting measures this past fall. @cardplayer.com

Struggling Zynga Inc. can take some solace in its “social” poker application being the highest-grossing game in the U.S. and U.K. for Apple’s iPhone in 2012, the Guardian reported. @cardplayer.com

Social gaming giant Zynga Inc. filed an application for a preliminary finding of suitability with Nevada gaming regulators [last] week as the San Francisco-based company looks to break into real money online gambling. @pokerati.com

Social gaming market leader Zynga has started the pre-license application process required to offer online poker in the state of Nevada. The company expects a decision from the Nevada Gaming Commission in 12 to 18 months. @pokernews.com

It’s a fascinating tale, I swear, how the WSOP and their new mobile online poker app won over my free-time play … and actually got me to pony up cash for playable chips — a conversion the game-greats at Zynga Texas Hold’em could never achieve with me. @pokerati.com

Facebook and Zynga entered into a new real-money gaming arrangement, and Rafael Nadal will make his online poker debut in December. In Case You Missed It.. @pokernews.com

Social game developer Zynga has restructured its agreement with social media platform Facebook which paves the way for the launch of real money games such as online poker to be.. @cardplayer.com

Reworked deal has implications for Zynga's plan to bring real money poker, slots and casino games to UK customers on bwin.party's platform. Facebook and Zynga have reworked their partnership, generally loosening the ties between the companies, but with one interesting new stipulation: If Zynga launches a real money game, it must “subsequently launch such games on the Facebook web site. @pokernews.com