Zynga Slingo is a defunct social casino game developed by Zynga and released on Facebook in February 2012. It was Zynga's first licensed game and a partnership with classic gambling game Slingo.[1][2]

Zynga Slingo
Developer(s)Zynga
Platform(s)Facebook
Genre(s)social, casino, slots, bingo game
Mode(s)multiplayer

The game was available in 14 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Turkish, Danish, German, Swedish, and Norwegian.[3]

Zynga Slingo was shut down on August 27, 2013.

Gameplay

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Players clicked "spin" and matched numbers to fill a slingo card. They could increase their score by earning balls and coins. Players got a "slingo" by matching five numbers vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Players could wager their points — the whole loot or just a percentage — and flip the devil-vs-cherub coin to potentially win big or lose it all. Players could give other players power-ups or act as a Joker.[4]

They could also chat with one another in the chat panel.

Zynga added a "Play with Friends" button to the game, which eventually let players compete for high scores based on the same board.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Sara Lee, Zynga Slingo Review, DotMMO, March 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Mike Rose, Zynga launches first licensed game Zynga Slingo, Gamasutra, 15 February 2012.
  3. ^ Kate Freeman, Zynga Slingo Combines Past and Present in New Social Game, Mashable, 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ Larry Frum, 'Slingo' game comes to Facebook, CNN, 15 February 2012.
  5. ^ Hayley Tsukayama, Zynga adds Slingo to its stable of games, The Washington Post, 15 February 2012.
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