Who owns WHOW Games?
WHOW Games is owned by DoubleDown Interactive (South Korea, NASDAQ: DDI), which has owned the brand since 14 July 2025.[1]
Evidence: DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-31, SEC EDGAR, 31 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Hamburg
- Category
- Technology › Game makers & platforms › Game publishers & studios
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: DDI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About WHOW Games
WHOW Games is a social casino developer headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, whose proprietary brands are mainly MyJackpot and Lounge777. DoubleDown Interactive closed its purchase on 14 July 2025 for total cash consideration of €55.0 million, about $64.3 million, to gain expertise in the European market and a route into Germany in particular.
Ownership timeline of WHOW Games
- 2025 – present DoubleDown Interactive [1] verified
Where WHOW Games sits in DoubleDown Interactive
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by DoubleDown Interactive
DoubleDown Interactive controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in technology.
Also in technology
Other brands in game publishers & studios, and who owns them
The 11 brands in game publishers & studios on Brandtree belong to 4 owners. The largest is PLAYSTUDIOS, with 4; DoubleDown Interactive has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Brainium | PLAYSTUDIOS | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KartKraft | Motorsport Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Snail Games USA | Snail | 🇺🇸 United States |
| myVEGAS | PLAYSTUDIOS | 🇺🇸 United States |
| POP! Slots | PLAYSTUDIOS | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Win Zone | PLAYSTUDIOS | 🇺🇸 United States |
| rFactor 2 | Motorsport Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Studio 397 | Motorsport Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: DoubleDown Interactive
DoubleDown Interactive is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2008. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: DDI.
DoubleDown Interactive is a Seoul-based developer, publisher and operator of social casino and online casino games, established in 2008 as The8Games. Its 20-F for 2025 says it runs two lines of business, free-to-play social casino games and European iGaming, and that its controlling shareholder DoubleU Games holds about 67.1% of its shares. SuprNation supplied about 17% of 2025 revenue.
DoubleDown Interactive: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇪 WHOW Games and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, WHOW Games among them.
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- ABOUT YOU — Zalando 🇩🇪
- ADS-TEC Energy — ADS-TEC Energy 🇮🇪
- AEG — Electrolux 🇸🇪
- ALCINA — Dr. Wolff Group 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of WHOW Games?
The parent company of WHOW Games is DoubleDown Interactive, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is WHOW Games German or South Korean?
WHOW Games originated in Germany, but it is owned today by DoubleDown Interactive, which is headquartered in South Korea. So WHOW Games is a German-origin brand under South Korean ownership.
Since when has DoubleDown Interactive owned WHOW Games?
DoubleDown Interactive has owned WHOW Games since 14 July 2025.
Is WHOW Games still owned by DoubleDown Interactive?
Yes. As of 19 October 2026, WHOW Games is still owned by DoubleDown Interactive. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-31 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 19 October 2026.
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