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M&A Deal Summary

GSN Games Acquires WorldWinner

On June 21, 2007, GSN Games acquired digital media company WorldWinner from FUN Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GSN Games’ 1st transaction in the Digital Media sector.
  • This is GSN Games’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is GSN Games’ 1st transaction in Nevada.
Investment Fate
  • WorldWinner was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-06-21
Target WorldWinner
Sector Digital Media
Buyer(s) GSN Games
Sellers(s) FUN Technologies
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

WorldWinner

Henderson, Nevada, United States
WorldWinner provides online casual game competitions. The company offers arcade, card, sports, strategy, and word games. WorldWinner is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.

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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 1 of 5
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Nevada M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING 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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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

FUN Technologies

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Restaurants
Employees275
DESCRIPTION

FUN Technologies Inc. provides online and interactive casual and fantasy sports games, and sports information.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Digital Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Nevada M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-20 WorldWinner

Henderson, Nevada, United States

WorldWinner provides online casual game competitions. The company offers arcade, card, sports, strategy, and word games. WorldWinner is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.

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