PR_ Superdata report confirms Akamon’s dominance of Social Casino market in LatAm and Spain
1. Superdata Report Confirms Akamon’s
Dominance of Social Casino Market in
LatAm and Spain
The company’s market share, its portfolio of games and its multi-platform
distribution reinforce its leadership in these regions.
Barcelona, 9 July 2014. Akamon Entertaiment, the social gaming company specializing in
traditional and casino games operating in Southern Europe and Latin America, confirms its
leadership in the Latin markets in terms of market share, games platform distribution and
product offering; according to data provided by the latest report from Superdata of the social
casino industry in Latin America and Spain.
Akamon’sdominance initsmarketsof operation isconfirmed afterSuperdatahasestimated the
Latin regions at USD $95.83 million. Given that the company it is on track to reach USD $20
million in gross revenue in 2014, it can expect to capture over 20% market share in the social
casino market in Latin America and Spain.
In termsof game distribution,the Superdatareport identifies the regions of LatAm and Spain as
an opportunity for the social gaming industry in terms of mobile strategy. While worldwide
mobile usage forSocial Casinois at47% (accordingto EilersResearch), 75% LatAm users are still
usingdesktopandlaptopformostof theirgame play.Thisdata confirmmobile as a phenomenal
upside for Akamon in the next 2 years in this region and the consistence of Akamon´s current
platform distribution numbers with the market as a whole.
As forproduct offering, the Superdatareportalsoapproves the company’s game strategy,which
has beenspotonfor the region: Bingo,whichis Akamon’s top performing game, is the favorite
game for 38% of Latin-American and Spanish users.
Akamon recognition among the reference Social Casino companies in LatAm and Spain comes
along with solid EBITDA margins on sales. Since its foundation in July 2011, the company has
managedto report double digitEBITDA marginonnetsalesforfirsttime this June. VicençMartí,
Akamon CEO, is convinced about “this range of EBITDA margins is sustainable in the long run
despitethe top line growthopportunity ahead,according to Superdata research”. Moreover, he
feelspositive about “Akamon’s unique leadership position, its portfolio of games and its multi-
platform distribution are a solid baseline for securing further market share in the spectacular
growth of the region lying ahead”.
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About Akamon
Akamon Entertainment is an online social gaming company specializing in traditional and
casino games, operating in Southern Europe and Latin America via local portals, those of
partnersthat are leadersinthe online field,Facebook,andmobiledevices.The company, which
has its own development team and offices in Barcelona, Valencia and Tel Aviv has been
internationally recognized as one of the 7 fastest growing Tech companies in Europe by The
NextWebat Tech5ranking2014 andhas beenalsoidentifiedbythe gaming industry as one of
the bestemerginggamingcompanieswiththe prize “Who’sGot Game” in Games Beat 2012 and
the “Rising Star” prize at EGR operators awards in November 2012 where it was also awarded
“Social Bingo Product of the Year”.
Akamon's extensive portfolio consists of 40 casino and local traditional games, such as Tute,
Tarot, Roulette,Buraco,Parcheesi,Bingo,PokerandDominoes.Allthe gamesincorporate social
features and give players the opportunity to be a part of a global gaming community of more
than 22 million registered users, whereby they are online together and share their gaming
experience,whetheritbe viaAkamon'sinternational portals,those of its partners, Facebook or
mobile devices.
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For more informationvisit http://akamon.com orcontactwith:
AnnaMonreal Pi– 902 808 902 anna.monreal@akamon.com / Twitter:@AkamonEnt