The American group private equity and asset management The Blackstone Group LP is preparing to buy the Ukrainian-American developer and publisher of online games and social casino — Murka Ltd Murka and Entertainment Ltd.
That intention Blackstone Group has notified the Cyprus Commission for the protection of competition 8 March 2019, reports the publication AIN.UA.
According to the edition, the transaction was already confirmed. The company Murka information does not comment.
In Kiev, the Dnieper and Lviv offices Murka employs over 100 people. One of the major investors of the company is to Fund Noosphere, founded by max Polyakov.
Murka was founded in 2011 and is known for such brands social casino like Slots Journey, Slots Journey 2, TX Poker S&H Casino, Vegas Slots, Royal Fortune Slots, Bubbla Cadabra, Scatter, Slots and others.
Writes AIN, a key feature of the genre of social casino is its legality. In such casinos you can win real money. Publisher in social casino earns by selling in-game content and/or ads. According to various estimates, the volume of the global market for social casino in 2018 has brought publishers from $3.2 billion to a total of $3.46 billion only on mobile platforms.