Big Fish Casino Donates to Help Support Wounded Service Members through Wounded Warrior Project®

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Fish announced today it donated to Wounded Warrior Project^®.  The donation will help support WWP's numerous programs, which are addressing the urgent needs of this generation's injured service members and their families.

More than 50,000 servicemen and women have been physically injured in the recent military conflicts. In addition to the physical wounds, it is estimated as many as 400,000 service members live with the invisible wounds of war including combat-related stress, major depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Another 320,000 are believed to have experienced a traumatic brain injury while on deployment.

The 20 WWP programs and services are uniquely structured to engage warriors, nurture their mind and bodies, and encourage economic empowerment, and are provided to warriors at absolutely no charge.

The Wounded Warrior Project has been chosen as the first charity to receive "Big Fish Casino's Impact Award." Each quarter the Big Fish Casino team plans to select one team member who has made a significant impact on the success of the team and product during that quarter.  The selected team member then chooses a charity to receive the "Big Fish Casino Impact Award."   The amount of the award is based on the quarterly success of Big Fish Casino, a top ten, top-grossing social mobile casino game and platform.

The first Impact Award granted was to the Wounded Warrior Project.  This worthy cause received a donation from Big Fish that represented a percentage of Big Fish Casino's success during the first quarter of 2014.  Our team member, who hails from a military family, wanted to support the  Wounded Warrior Project's commitment to serve veterans and their families.

"We feel passionate about giving back at Big Fish Casino, which is why we started the Impact Award program.  It is good for our employees and good for our community," said Carey DiJulio, general manager and vice president of Big Fish Casino. "The Wounded Warrior Project is a worthy cause, and our employee was excited to give back to those veterans who have given so much to support their families and country."

At Big Fish, we believe that to play is to live fully, and that everyone deserves to have fun.  Our company has delivered fun to millions of people around the world by distributing more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries. The Big Fish Casino app is Big Fish's most popular game. It combines classic casino favorites – slots, craps, blackjack, Texas Hold 'em poker, video poker and roulette -- with non-traditional social game mechanics, such as unique slot mini-games where individual players can trigger bonus rounds and scatters that pay out to the whole group.  Big Fish Casino is currently available on all mobile devices, PCs and on Facebook.

About Big Fish

Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world's largest producer and distributor of casual games, delivering fun to millions of people around the world.  Through its mobile and online distribution platforms, Big Fish has distributed more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries from a growing catalogue of 450+ unique mobile games and 3,500+ unique PC games. After successfully transitioning from a PC-centric to a mobile-centric company, Big Fish has emerged as a top grossing mobile publisher worldwide with a portfolio that includes the #1 mobile casino game, Big Fish Casino. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA, and Luxembourg.

About Wounded Warrior Project^®

Wounded Warrior Project is recognizing its ten-year anniversary, reflecting on a decade of service and reaffirming its commitment to serving injured veterans for their lifetime. The mission of Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. WWP currently serves more than 50,000 warriors and nearly 7,000 family members through its unique 20 programs and services.  WWP's purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. WWP is a national organization headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. To get involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.

Susan Lusty
Big Fish, VP of Corporate Communications
[email protected]
206-269-3672

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