VALLEY STREAM, N.Y., Sept. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Face Up Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTCBB:FUEG), a Reality Gaming Social Network company, today announced that it has appointed Alan Wiley as its Director of Leagues and Affiliates Marketing and Support Programs.
Alan, affectionately known as AJ, has spent the past six years with the World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League, (WPTAPL) and brings his vast experience to Face Up where he will directly oversee poker league play and will also work with the ever growing list of affiliates and relevant Affiliate Networks.
Among his significant previous positions, AJ has collaboratively worked with various companies such as the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour, Club WPT, WPT Boot Camp, WPT Invitational, Doyle Brunson, Blue Diamond, JLBG Health, Poker Whiz Wheel, Canadian Club, Daytona Poker Room, Poker VT, Ante-Up Magazine, WPT Magazine, Budweiser, P3 Promotions, Carnival Cruise Line, Southwestern Airlines, World Ventures, Tropicana Las Vegas, among many others.
Commenting on Mr. Wiley's vast experience and how he might help the company, Mr. Felix Elinson, the Company's CEO, stated, "AJ has been a driving force, innovative leader, and influential decision maker with WPTAPL. He created many programs that benefited investors, venue owners, staff, and league members. His understanding of both domestic and international distribution channels encompasses retail sales, wholesale, direct sales, day to day operations, and management in various markets across the United States of America, Canada, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Australia. We are naturally excited to have him on our team."
Face Up Gaming's proprietary platform (www.FaceUpGaming.com) is being used in creating a vast global gaming network consisting of games from every region of the globe, supporting native languages as well as cross language functionality. Logical additions to the platform include global staples in gaming such as Backgammon, Poker, Chess and Checkers and many others. Face Up Gaming is a legal non-wagering online gaming platform (www.FaceUpGaming.com).
Face Up Entertainment Group, Inc is committed to responsible game-play and is not a gambling site. "Our goal is to maintain the thrill of online games while keeping it safe for everyone. "Our social networking functionality provides the user base with the ability to grow their circle of friends beyond those they physically reach day to day. Our users sit down to play a game and more often than not leave making a connection with a stranger which is then maintained via our social network functionalities," stated Mr. Elinson.
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