![]() Kim attributed the game's success to its adoption of American culture. The government awarded a $30 million-export trophy to the company in December and the benchmark casino game was chosen as one of Facebook Games of the Year 2013. ![]() Having no connections here, I decided to compete in the global market which has more potential," Kim, 38, said. "I was a software engineer in a local company, and I had no interaction with people in the Korean game industry. Ironically, the reason the company advanced to Facebook directly was because Kim had no contacts within the local game industry. It is the only game developed in Korea on the global social network service. The cash cow of the company was ranked the eighth-most profitable game on Facebook last month, earning 8.8 billion won ($8.1 million). The social casino game has drawn more than 15 million users from 220 countries over three years since its launch in May 2012. Kim Ga-ram, CEO of DoubleU Games, is well-known for his Facebook-based game DoubleU Casino. DoubleU Games CEO Kim Ga-ram, left, explains about the company's DoubleU Casino game to Korea Exchange (KRX) CEO Choi Kyoung-soo, center, and other officials at the game developer's office in Seoul last week.
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