Zynga Bets On Social Casinos With Acquisition

By  |  June 20, 2013
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Zynga has purchased Spooky Cool Labs, a 40-person social games maker known for games like “The Wizard of Oz,” TechCrunch reports. 

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    With the acquisition, Zynga receives a number of professionals with experience in socalsocial and real-money gaming. Observers say Zynga, which executed a high-profile round of layoffs earlier this month, is looking to casino gaming to help it recapture favor with investors and consumers.

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    Spooky Cool Labs will stay in its Chicago office, and work with Zynga’s social casino gaming team in San Francisco.

    Read the full report here. 


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