Troy Zurawski: creating Vegas Strip magic with games informed by data
Troy Zurawski is CEO of Design Works Gaming. The company has developed social games for the UK and real-money products back in the US.
Design Works Gaming was founded in 2005 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It started as a land-based game provider for Vegas. The company has since expanded internationally and built games for Novomatic, Amatic and others. Last year it entered the real-money gaming market in Europe with launches with some of the biggest names in the UK. It is excited to be back in US tackling regulated, real money online casino for the first time. iReport.com: What do you think about the current gaming landscape? Share your thoughts.
Troy Zurawski is launching a new game studio in New Jersey. The company has a different story to the other game developers. Its game design team has 150 years of combined experience. For the New York launch, they selected 33 titles from a cross-section of high performers from land, social and European RMG.
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Design Works Gaming is launching in New Jersey with a first-of-its-kind dual pilot program. They are also planning launches in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Ontario. They want to be wherever online gaming is regulated in the US and Canada. The company has already gone through the same process with land-based, social and online in Europe.