HACKENSACK, N.J., Feb. 9, 2007 — Women's top casual game leader, Slingo, Inc. (http://www.slingo.com), was officially informed that their latest download, Slingo Quest(TM), won the 2006 People's Choice Zeeby Award for Best Card, Board or Mahjong Game. The Zeebys is the official award of the casual games industry and is sponsored by the Casual Games Association (CGA) and GameZebo.
The Zeeby was awarded via votes gathered from worldwide casual game enthusiasts for their favorite games through January 31, 2007. Slingo was ecstatic to learn that their exceptional hit Slingo Quest won The Zeeby for Best Card, Board or Mahjong Game of 2006. The awards ceremony took place yesterday, February 8, 2007, at the CGA Europe conference in The Netherlands. John Driscoll, Slingo's Director of International Business Development, was present to accept this special casual game award.
The Zeeby-winning Slingo Quest game was developed and published by long-time Slingo partner Funkitron. Slingo Quest continues to top sales charts since the game's official launch in October 2006. Slingo is grateful to their worldwide fan base for honoring them with such a prestigious award and is committed to developing more exciting titles in the future.
About Slingo, Inc.
Slingo, Inc. is a U.S.-based company which through visionary leadership and creative minds has effectively developed and licensed the intellectual property for the Slingo brand games. Over the past 10 years, as a leader in the growing "casual games" space, Slingo, Inc. has successfully licensed to partners worldwide for use with online game sites, downloadable games, instant lottery tickets, casino slot machines, casino table games, broadcast and cable television, mobile phone games, and other interactive mediums. Slingo, Inc.'s flagship game "Slingo" boasts over 3 billion games played because of its irresistible game play and community. Slingo.com is now one of the leading entertainment destinations for women on the Internet. Some of Slingo, Inc.'s partners are America Online, IGT, Funkitron, Oberthur Gaming Technologies, The United States Playing Card Company and TVcompass. People can play Slingo and other games, as well as join the social networking community, by going to http://www.slingo.com. For more information about Slingo, Inc., visit http://www.slingo.com or email Eric Lamendola at Email.
About Funkitron, Inc.
Funkitron, Inc. was one of the first game publishers to focus on the downloadable casual game market and was founded by game industry veteran Dave Walls in 2001. For the past 5 years, Funkitron has been known for creating high-quality, super-fun games that appeal to a broad audience and can be distributed digitally via online networks. The company has had much success with hits such as "SCRABBLE(R) Deluxe," "SCRABBLE(R) Blast," "Slingo(R) Deluxe," "Boggle(R) Supreme" and "Poker Superstars II (TM)". Funkitron's next great game is Slingo Quest, the sequel to Slingo Deluxe. For more information about Funkitron, visit http://www.funkitron.com or email Dave Walls at Email.