DoubleDown Interactive Tops One Million Users; Names Charles Harper VP Business Development.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 21, 2011

Double Down Interactive, LLC, publishers of DoubleDown Casino, today announced the hiring of Charles Harper, VP Business Development. The company also reached a major social gaming milestone by surpassing more than one million monthly users playing the Facebook game, DoubleDown Casino. The company continues to scale rapidly by leading two of the market's hottest sectors, social gaming and virtual currency.

With more than 14 years of experience in the gaming industry, and lauded for selling the first in-game advertisement online, Mr. Harper joins the DoubleDown Interactive team to help the social game developer maintain its steady growth and reach more prosperous achievements with its innovative offering and virtual currency business model.

"I can't think of a more strategic time to bring in someone the caliber of Charles Harper," said Greg Enell, CEO, Double Down Interactive. "Charles is a proven deal maker in the online and mobile gaming markets and is perfectly suited to secure the key partnerships that will enhance our product offering and expand our distribution across existing and new platforms."

Prior endeavors and appointments include trailblazing deals for some of the top names in gaming, including Real Networks where he helped launch RealArcade and managed their Business Development group across PC, Mobile and Social games; ScreenLife, where he was responsible for taking "Scene It?" to set top boxes, the Xbox and onto mobile devices; and WildTangent where he managed the custom games business group working with top brands, such as Nike, McDonalds, General Mills, Microsoft, Intel and Anheuser- Busch.

Charles Harper concluded, "This appointment is the best next step in my career. The skill and enthusiasm of the team here at Double Down Interactive creates a perfect environment for success."

The DoubleDown Casino is experiencing incredible growth in its user base and remains one of the stickiest and fastest-growing games on Facebook with more than 300,000 people playing each day.

About Double Down Interactive, LLC

Double Down Interactive, LLC, is the leading provider of "fun to play" casino games on the Internet. DoubleDown Interactive's flagship product is the wildly popular DoubleDown Casino[TM] found on Facebook. With 50 years of combined experience in online games, the leadership team and its supporting cast of programmers are committed to providing consumers an online casino experience that is unrivaled by anything else available online. Anyone can play at the DoubleDown Casino by visiting http://apps.facebook.com/doubledowncasino. DoubleDown Interactive is based in Seattle, WA.

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