Tipsport

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Tipsport
Industry Bookmaking
Founded1991;32 years ago (1991) in Beroun, Czech Republic
Headquarters
Beroun   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Key people
Vratislav Randa (chairperson)
Website tipsport.cz
The largest betting agency in the Czech Republic Jilemnice Ke Stadionu Tipsport.jpg
The largest betting agency in the Czech Republic

Tipsport is the largest betting agency in the Czech Republic. [1] The company was founded in 1991 in Beroun by a group of local businessmen led by Vratislav Randa, who is still a chairman of the board. [2] The first branch was opened in May 1991. By now, the company has almost 700 branches across the Czech Republic. [3] A real milestone for Tipsport was the license for internet betting in 2009. After more than 12 years, internet betting makes a 95% of all bets accepted by the company. [4] In 2017, when the new Czech gambling legislation was adopted, Tipsport opened an online casino named Vegas. [5]

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Sponsoring

Tipsport has sponsored the Czech Extraliga and Slovak Extraliga, as well as two Tipsport Arenas: Tipsport Arena (built 1962) and Tipsport Arena (built 2005).

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References

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  4. Zdravko Krstanov (20 August 2020). ""Tohle měl být rekordní rok celé dekády." Sázkové kanceláře se oklepávají z okurkové sezony". forbes.cz/.
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