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Tipico

Tipico Co. Ltd
Industry Gaming
Founded 2004
Headquarters Portomaso Business Tower, Malta
Key people
Joachim Baca, CEO
Products Sports betting, Casino, Games
Number of employees
6000
Website www.tipico.com (Tipico Website)

Tipico is an international provider of sports betting and casino games based in Saint Julian's in Malta. The company has branches in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Gibraltar and Colombia and Malta. All in all more than 6000 work for Tipico. CEO of Tipico is Joachim Baca.

Tipico Co. Ltd and Tipico Casino Ltd were founded in 2004 as international trading companies in the commercial register of the Malta Financial Services Authority. The company employs around 6000 people from 33 different nations. In addition to the online business, Tipico operates as franchise system in Germany, which employs approximately 1,100 people. Tipico is one of seven companies, which, according to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior, has been granted a license for sports betting on the first time. Since 2016 Tipico has a new majority shareholder with the financing company CVC Capital Partners. In the course of the sale, a new CEO was also appointed with the Austrian Joachim Baca.

In Germany, Tipico is a sponsor of the foodball league clubs Hamburger SV an RB Leipzig. In addition, Tipico has a partnership with FC Bayern basketball closed. In Austria Tipico sponsors the football league and RB Salzburg. Starting from the 2015/16 season there is also a sponsoring partnership with FC Bayern München. Tipico enters as a platinum partner and replaces bwin. Since January the first 2017 Tipico is also a partner of the Saxon Football Association.

Oliver Kahn has been a testimonial for Tipico since 2013 and has been advertising with the slogan "Your bet in safe hands" for the company. In 2014 the Austrian ex-team goalkeeper Michael Konsel becomes a Brand Ambassador of Tipico.

Tipico is a founding member of the German Sports Betting Association (DSWV). DSWV, established in autumn of 2014, based in Berlin, advocates the regulation of sports betting in Germany in a law-free manner and sees itself as a central point of contact for the general public, especially for politics, sport and the media. Tipico is also one of eight founders of the German Online Casinoverbands (DOCV). DOCV, founded in Kiel on July 25, 2016, is a consortium of companies licensed to trade in the EU and active in Germany, which are active in the development and operation of online casinos. The overriding goal is to work towards a viable and law-safe regulation for online casino offers in Germany. The association sees itself as a political language of the industry and represents the interests and concerns of its member companies towards politics, media and society. The other founders besides Tipico are bet-at-home.com, edict egaming, Mr. Green, OnlineCasino Germany, Prima Networks, Red Rhino and William Hill. Tipico is also member of the German Association of Telecommunications and Media (DVTM).

At an international level, Tipico is active in the Austrian Play Fair Code, the Association for the Protection of Integrity in Sports. The PlayFair Code carries out prevention trainings in the two Austrian pro-divisions. Tipico is founding member of Austrian association for betting and gambling (OVWG). OVWG, founded on September 29, 2016, is composed of national and international gambling companies active in Austria. The interest representation for online sports betting and gaming is aimed at a regulatory framework for the entire industry and nationwide, which creates legal certainty and is consistent with the requirements of the Union law. The association is also committed to the integrity of sport, to effective prevention of play, to the protection of minors and to a comprehensive prevention of crime.


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