DGAP-News: Tipp24 AG (english)

Dec 19, 2006 11:49 AM

Tipp24 AG: Tchibo and Tipp24 to sell lottery tickets together Tipp24 AG / Alliance/Miscellaneous 19.12.2006 Corporate news transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press release Tchibo and Tipp24 to sell lottery tickets together - Tchibo will be lottery agent for over 7 million customers - 12-week chance to win lottery with exclusive 'Lotto' product for EUR 19.99 (Hamburg, December 19, 2006) The Hamburg-based companies Tchibo GmbH and Tipp24 AG are to offer a lottery product exclusively for Tchibo customers as of December 29, 2006. The new product will be available at all of Tchibo's approx. 1,000 stores throughout Germany as well as via www.tchibo.de. The product will be offered at a price of EUR 19.99 and be valid for a period of 12 weeks. Players submit their ticket via the internet. Payment is to be made by means of a voucher code purchased in the store. Over seven million customers will have the chance to submit their ticket online at www.tipp24.de/tchibo. With six numbers for the individual pick and the automatically generated 144 win-optimized rows, customers will take part in the lottery draws of the state-run 'Lotto 6 out of 49'. They can also order the lottery voucher via the Tchibo home page or place their bets online at www.tchibo.de and pay by convenient direct debit or credit card. 'Tipp24.de has developed a new lottery product exclusively for Tchibo. We are happy to have implemented another innovative idea with a strong partner which enables us to pool the product expertise and reach of Tchibo and Tipp24.de,' says Christina Wreth, Head of Marketing at Tipp24 AG. Photo material/screenshots on request. About Tipp24 AG: Tipp24 was established in 1999 and is now the market leader for lottery products in the Internet on the basis of billings. The company has succeeded in achieving impressive growth rates right from the start. Almost all state lottery products are supplied. It only takes a few mouse clicks to buy a lottery ticket - round the clock, quickly and anonymously. The ticket receipt is kept safely, winners are notified about their prizes automatically by text message and e-mail and prizes are credited automatically. No extra charge is made for this service. Subsidiaries of Tipp24 (www.tipp24.de) are Ventura24 in Spain (www.ventura24.es) and Puntogioco24 (www.puntogioco24.it) in Italy. Press Contact Tipp24 AG Andrea Fratini Head of Media and Public Relations Tel.: +49 (0)40 32 55 33 - 660 E-mail: presse@tipp24.de Internet: www.tipp24.de/presse/ DGAP 19.12.2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Tipp24 AG Straßenbahnring 11-13 20251 Hamburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)40 325533-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 325533-77 E-mail: office@tipp24.de WWW: www.tipp24-ag.de ISIN: DE0007847147 WKN: 784714 Indices: Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weitere Informationen: www.dpa-AFX.de