Zynga launches Wizard of Oz Slots for mobile

Zynga has launched a new mobile social casino game where you can travel through the Emerald City. The Wizard of Oz Slots is the latest game that the publisher has launched on mobile as it tries to get its mojo back in the social-casual gaming business.

This is a key launch for Zynga, as social casino games have become a $2.7 billion worldwide industry in a short few years thanks to rapid growth on Facebook and mobile. And the publisher lost money in its most recent quarter, as it tries to do a better job of making the transition from Facebook web games to mobile social games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.