In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Andres Figueira interviews Nancy MacIntyre, CEO of WorldWinner, a 25-year-old skill gaming platform that has paid out over $2 billion in prizes. WorldWinner operates in the rapidly growing real money gaming space, offering head-to-head and multiplayer tournaments across 30+ games including Wheel of Fortune, Scrabble, and Bingo. Through their proprietary fair matching system and strategic partnerships with companies like FanDuel, WorldWinner is expanding beyond traditional "soccer mom" demographics to capture younger, male gamers while maintaining their core value proposition of skill-based competition and guaranteed fairness.

• Transitioning from free-to-play marketing to deposit-focused acquisition strategies

• Building proprietary fair matching systems for skill-based tournaments

• Leveraging AI for creative development and customer relationship management

• Expanding demographic reach through strategic partnerships (FanDuel Face Off)

• Using player behavior metrics (games per player) to evaluate game success

• Creating seamless onboarding experiences that convert free players to paying customers