# Sean Ryan

> Sean Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of ZOOT (GetZoot), a New York-based social sweepstakes gaming platform that swaps casino slots for arcade-style games like Plinko, Mines, Crash and Dice played for cash prizes. A 30-year gaming and digital-media operator, he built and led Facebook's multi-billion-dollar games business for 11 years, ran the digital music service Listen.com/Rhapsody, and co-founded social casino studio Open Wager (maker of LuckyLand Slots), which sold to VGW in 2017. In June 2025 he raised $6 million in seed funding led by CoinFund with Griffin Gaming Partners to turn ZOOT's US sweepstakes business into a global, stablecoin-powered gaming network.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at ZOOT (GetZoot / Enigma Lake)
- **Organizations:** ZOOT (GetZoot / Enigma Lake Holdings), Open Wager, Facebook / Meta, Listen.com / Rhapsody, SegaSoft Networks
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Built and led Facebook's games platform into a multi-billion-dollar business over 11 years., Co-founded Open Wager / LuckyLand Slots, an early social sweepstakes pioneer acquired by VGW in 2017., Ran the digital music service Listen.com / Rhapsody as CEO.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Worked at SegaSoft Networks during the dial-up-to-broadband transition in early online gaming.
- **2000s** — Served as CEO of digital music service Listen.com / Rhapsody.
- **2011** — Joined Facebook to build and lead its games platform from inception.
- **2011-2022** — Led Facebook's multi-billion-dollar games business for roughly 11 years.
- **2017** — Open Wager, the social casino studio behind LuckyLand Slots that he co-founded, was acquired by VGW.
- **2024** — Co-founded ZOOT (Enigma Lake) with longtime colleague John Cahill; introduced the company publicly.
- **2025** — Raised $6M seed round led by CoinFund with Griffin Gaming Partners to expand globally with stablecoin payments.

## Achievements

- Built and led Facebook's games platform into a multi-billion-dollar business over 11 years.
- Co-founded Open Wager / LuckyLand Slots, an early social sweepstakes pioneer acquired by VGW in 2017.
- Ran the digital music service Listen.com / Rhapsody as CEO.
- Raised $6M seed funding for ZOOT in June 2025 led by CoinFund with Griffin Gaming Partners.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — ZOOT raised $6M in seed funding led by CoinFund with participation from Griffin Gaming Partners to accelerate stablecoin gaming integration and global expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://getzoot.us
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seandryan
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/seandaveyryan

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Last updated: 2026-06-21