"Big Fish Casino" Hits #1 Top-Grossing Casino App Worldwide in March 2013, According to App Annie

SEATTLE, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Fish, the world's largest producer of casual games, announces today that its mobile-social, multiplayer casino game "Big Fish Casino" is currently the #1 top-grossing app in the Casino Genre worldwide, according to independent data provided by App Annie Intelligence.  As the dominant leader in real-time, synchronous mobile-social casino gameplay, Big Fish has seen "Big Fish Casino's" revenue triple over the past year. Continual gameplay expansion, including the first mobile-social casino app to launch with real-money betting in the UK, married with innovation in social and community features has garnered "Big Fish Casino" a loyal and highly engaged player base. With more than 10 million friendships within its social network, "Big Fish Casino" creates lasting connections with its players that keep "Big Fish Casino" players actively gaming, many of whom have been playing for over three years.

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Big Fish is also constantly expanding and iterating on its mobile-social, synchronous multiplayer Casino line of products. The company's Social Scatter™ Slots puts social interaction into the forefront of slots play, and has been a very popular addition to the game's slots lineup.  Last month, the company introduced "Big Fish Bingo", which leverages "Big Fish Casino's" mobile-social game platform and synchronous multiplayer design, making this bingo game a familiar, social and dynamic experience for the massive base of "Big Fish Casino" players. Next month, the company will be introducing the very first real-money multiplayer roulette game on mobile to "Big Fish Casino's" real-money betting line of products in the UK.  Roulette players will be able to play in the same virtual room and see each other's bets and spin of the wheel in real time, replicating the excitement and social atmosphere of a real roulette table.

"Over the last year, "Big Fish Casino" has more than tripled its revenue, passing up many high-profile competitors to become the top-grossing Casino app worldwide.  Our sophisticated real-time social interaction features, new and innovative games and gameplay, and the thrill of real-money gambling, create a fun, social gathering place where users can play their favorite casino games," said Carey DiJulio, Vice President and GM of Big Fish Casino Products. "'Big Fish Casino' is the closest digital Casino players can get to the buzz and excitement of playing these games in a real world casino."

"Big Fish Casino" is cross-platform and can be played on iOS, Android and PC. "Big Fish Bingo" is currently available on iOS.

About Big Fish

Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world's largest producer of casual games; dedicated to bringing engaging entertainment to everyone, anywhere, on any device. Through its proprietary, data-driven platform, millions of consumers seeking engaging entertainment easily discover and play PC and mobile games created by Big Fish's network of more than 600 development partners and its in-house Big Fish Games Studios.  The company has distributed more than 2 billion games from a growing catalog of 3,000+ unique PC games and 250+ unique mobile games, and offers cross-platform streaming games via the proprietary universal cloud gaming service, Big Fish Unlimited.  Big Fish's games are played in more than 150 countries on a wide variety of devices and support 13 languages.  The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA; Cork, Ireland; Vancouver, Canada; and Luxembourg.  

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