SkillJam Technologies
SkillJam, a subsidiary of FUN Technologies Inc, is the leading multi-channel provider of skill-gaming technology and solutions, and boasts more than 70 skill games across all gaming genres, including Puzzle, Arcade, Card and Tile, Word, Trivia and Multiplayer games. SkillJam develops and distributes skill-gaming solutions across online, mobile and iTV platforms, while providing a host of private-label gaming solutions for a broad network of partner destination sites in the US and abroad, including AOL Games, MSN Games and Real Networks. In 2005, SkillJam partnered with many more leading global brands, including GSN and Virgin Games.
SkillJam Technologies Corporation acquired WorldWinner.com, Inc (“WorldWinner”) in a $23 million transaction in 2006 that further consolidated the company’s leadership position in the fast-growing casual gaming market.
Based in Newton, Massachusetts, WorldWinner is a privately held company that specialises in online skill games. It hosts more than 10 million games and awards millions of dollars in prizes every month, with games in five categories: Card (Bridge, Spades), Word (Word Mojo), Arcade (SwapIt, Blockwerx), Strategy (Skillgammon, Cubis) and Sports (Pool, Polar Bowler). An average of 350,000 games is played on WorldWinner daily.