ZEAL Network

The ZEAL Network SE (formerly Tipp24 SE), headquartered in Hamburg, is an e-commerce group of companies that offers lottery products online. The brands of the ZEAL Group include Lotto24, Tipp24, Traumhausverlosung, 7days Performance, Redline Competitions, and UK Carp Competitions. Tipp24 was founded in 1999 by Jens Schumann and Marc Peters and was funded with venture capital. Since the beginning of 2000, the company has brokered participation in almost all state lotteries via the Internet. At the end of 2001, the break-even point and in 2003 billings of more than 100 million euros were reached for the first time. From 2004 onwards, cooperations were started with portals and partners such as gmx.de, MSN, Yahoo and web.de. The joint-stock company went public on October 12, 2005. Due to the German Inter-State Gambling Treaty (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag) which came into force on January 1, 2008, Tipp24 had to temporarily cease brokerage activities in Germany as of January 1, 2009 until the legal situation had been clarified. Tipp24 then expanded its business in other European countries. From January 2009 (until October 2019) gaming orders were placed with MyLotto24 Ltd. via the website tipp24.com, which was operated by Tipp24 Services Ltd., based in the United Kingdom.