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Zynga

What is it? Free games - poker, blackjack, sudoku and such - for Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites.

Who's bankrolling it? $29 million from various Kleiner Perkins and angel investor (and former MTV and AOL exec) Bob Pittman.

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