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Double Down

Double Down pulls in $128M in revenue (as real online gambling inches toward reality in NJ)

One of the companies that may be best positioned for the approval of online gambling is Double Down Interactive, the… Read More

Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012

It’s been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of… Read More

Q&A: Double Down CEO Greg Enell on growth, games, money and Facebook

Double Down Interactive, the Seattle-based maker of casino-style social games, started the year by announcing its acquisition by gambling technology… Read More

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse: Tech execs dance Gangnam Style

How do you know when an Internet meme has run its course? Executives do stuff like this at conferences. In… Read More

Q&A: Double Down’s Cooper DuBois on wearing many hats at a startup

Cooper DuBois wants you to step out of your real world and come into his for a few minutes a… Read More

Double Down boosts revenue for slot machine giant IGT

International Game Technology’s purchase of Seattle-based Double Down Interactive, a developer of casino-style Facebook games, is starting to pay dividends. In… Read More

Game company hires 100th employee, plans free ice cream social to celebrate

OK, we know it is tough to find solid, hard-working tech employees around Seattle. But a stunt today by Double… Read More

Casino giant IGT goes social, launches Vegas slot machine favorite on Facebook

International Game Technologies — which purchased Seattle social game maker Double Down Interactive for up to $500 million in January… Read More

Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year

From IPOs to M&A deals to big venture capital financing rounds, today’s featured category in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards… Read More

PopCap doubles down on Facebook games with grand opening of Lucky Gem Casino

This could get pretty interesting. PopCap Games this week launched a new series of casino-style games on Facebook in which… Read More

With Double Down off the table, Zynga looks for playing partners in Internet gambling

The virtual coins that players wager in casino-style games on Facebook may be getting a real monetary value, at least… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Mariachi and margaritas mark wild year for Double Down’s Walcott, Enell

Executives at Double Down Interactive hired a mariachi band to entertain staffers at a company meeting in September — a special… Read More

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