Slot machine giant IGT confirms two founders of its DoubleDown division have left two years after $500M deal (exclusive)

IGT, the world’s largest slot machine maker, confirmed that the founders of its DoubleDown Interactive division have left the company, GamesBeat has learned. That’s a big shake-up because IGT triggered the social casino gaming boom in January 2012 when it acquired DoubleDown for $500 million.

The founders, Greg Enell and Cooper DuBois, have left the company and it isn’t clear what they will do next. But they certainly will be remembered for triggering one of the biggest investment and acquisition booms in the history of gaming.

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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.