Industry | Bookmaking |
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Founded | 1991Beroun, Czech Republic | in
Headquarters | |
Key people | Vratislav Randa (chairperson) |
Website | tipsport |
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]
Tipsport has sponsored the Czech Extraliga and Slovak Extraliga, as well as two Tipsport Arenas: Tipsport Arena (built 1962) and Tipsport Arena (built 2005).
Berani Zlín is an ice hockey team in the Chance Liga. Their home arena is Trinity Bank Aréna Luďka Čajky in Zlín. They won the Extraliga in 2004 and 2014. They were formerly known as Aukro Berani Zlín, PSG Zlín, and HC Hamé Zlín, Now name is Berani Zlín and Their home stadium Is Trinity Bank Aréna Luďka Čajky (Zlín).
O2 Arena (formerly Sazka Arena, stylised as O2 arena) is a multi-purpose arena, in Prague, Czech Republic. It is home to HC Sparta Prague of the Czech Extraliga and is the second-largest ice hockey arena in Europe.
Sportovní hala Fortuna is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Prague, Czech Republic, whose naming rights are currently leased to Czech betting company Fortuna. The arena, located on the fairgrounds in Bubeneč in the neighbourhood of Holešovice, opened in 1962 as Sportovní hala and has a capacity of 13,150 for ice hockey games. Until 2015, it was the home arena of Czech Extraliga team HC Sparta Praha and between 2012 and 2014 KHL's team HC Lev Praha.
Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as well as two Spengler Cups, making it one of the most successful hockey clubs in Czech history. The team HC Sparta Praha plays its home games at O2 Arena, the largest arena in the country.
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Banes Motor České Budějovice is a professional men's ice hockey club, based in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. It is a member of the Czech Extraliga (ELH) after reforming when the original club, now known as Mountfield HK, moved to Hradec Králové over a sponsorship dispute. Home stadium of the team Banes Motor České Budějovice is Budvar Arena in České Budějovice.
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