M&A Deal Summary

GSN Games Acquires Idle Gaming

On March 30, 2015, GSN Games acquired digital media company Idle Gaming

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GSN Games’ 2nd transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is GSN Games’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is GSN Games’ 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-03-30
Target Idle Gaming
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) GSN Games
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Idle Gaming

San Francisco, California, United States
Idle Gaming, Inc. is a social casino game developer, whose titles include Fresh Deck Poker, Slots of Fun and Video Poker Tour.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

GSN Games

Santa Monica, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

GSN Games presents original and classic game programming and games via its cable network, the digital ad-supported network, Game Show Central, the GameShowNetwork.com website and its position as one of the leading social casino games companies in the world at GSN.com. Its cross-platform content also includes GSN Games’ portfolio of free mobile casual and social games. Game Show Enterprises, the production arm of the network, develops and produces hundreds of hours of original episodes, making Game Show Network the premiere destination for fun, family-friendly programming. Game Show Network is distributed throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers, and telcos. Game Show Network was founded in 1999 and is based in Santa Monica, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector: Digital Media 2 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition 2 of 4
State: California 2 of 2
Country: United States 2 of 2
Year: 2015 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-25 BASH Gaming

Foster City, California, United States

BASH Gaming is a developer of casino games for social and mobile platforms.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-15 Plumbee

London, United Kingdom

Plumbee is a developer of social casino games. Plumbee's Mirrorball Slots app, boasts more than 10 million downloads on Facebook and mobile devices.

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