Deal aims to expand Tipico’s casino content lineup with PopOK Gaming’s portfolio in one of Europe’s most regulated markets.

PopOK Gaming has announced a strategic cooperation with Tipico in Germany, with the companies planning to broaden Tipico’s casino content offering for players in the market.

The companies positioned the agreement as a move to expand PopOK Gaming’s reach in Germany while adding to Tipico’s portfolio. No launch timeline, game list, or commercial terms were disclosed.

Karen Gulkanyan, CEO of PopOK Gaming, said: “We don’t treat partnerships as boxes to tick. Working with Tipico is important to us because of who they are in the German market and the standards they operate by. Germany is not an easy environment, and that’s exactly why this cooperation matters. It reflects years of steady work behind the scenes and marks a point where PopOK Gaming is ready to operate alongside the most established names in Europe.”

The announcement frames Germany as a highly structured and demanding gaming jurisdiction, with Tipico bringing local market experience and operational scale and PopOK Gaming supplying game development capabilities. The companies said the cooperation is intended to support further growth and partnerships across regulated European markets.

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Digicode will participate in iGaming Germany 2026 on May 21–22 in Munich, where it plans to showcase its Diger Suite, a modular software ecosystem aimed at supporting compliant iGaming platform builds and scaling.

The event, hosted at Novotel Muenchen Messe, is positioned around the practical application of German gaming regulations. Digicode said it will focus discussions on operator challenges when scaling systems under strict requirements, including payment orchestration and player management.

At the conference, Digicode will present Diger Suite capabilities across reporting, data flow management, and system transparency, which the company says are designed to keep platforms audit-ready. Digicode said technical experts will be available to demonstrate how structured platform architecture can reduce operational friction in regulated environments.

“When we talk to operators in the German market, the conversation is increasingly shifting toward efficiency and long-term sustainability,” said Alex Karichensky, CEO of Digicode Europe. “It is not just about meeting a checklist; it’s about making sure your technology doesn’t break or slow down every time a new reporting requirement comes along. We want to show how we handle those practical, day-to-day technical pressures.”

Digicode said its team will also engage with stakeholders on AI integration into product development, legacy modernization, and a shift from traditional SaaS and revenue-share models toward full platform ownership—an approach it says can reduce long-term vendor dependence and speed response to regulatory changes.

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ZEAL Network SE reported higher first-quarter 2026 revenue despite what it described as a weak jackpot environment, while profitability softened as the company increased investment. Revenue rose 6% year-on-year to €54.3 million (2025: €51.1 million). EBITDA fell to €15.5 million from €17.7 million.

“The first quarter of 2026 shows that we are consistently executing our strategy even in a weak jackpot environment: our core business is growing, and we have continued to invest in diversifying our business model,” says Andrea Behrendt, CFO of ZEAL. “Through targeted investments in new charity lotteries such as the Dream Car Raffle, we are laying the foundation for sustainable growth that is less dependent on jackpot cycles. The slightly lower EBITDA compared to the previous year is primarily a reflection of these measures.”

In the core lottery segment, ZEAL said average monthly active users increased 5% to 1,575 thousand (2025: 1,507 thousand), while new registrations climbed 11% to 274 thousand (2025: 247 thousand). Lottery billings edged up 1% to €268.0 million (2025: €264.7 million). The lottery gross margin improved to 17.8% (2025: 17.1%), with lottery revenue up 5% to €48.7 million (2025: €46.3 million).

ZEAL also used Q1 to prepare a new in-house charity lottery product. The company said it launched the Traumautoverlosung (English name: Dream Car Raffle) on 14 April 2026, its third charity lottery in Germany after freiheit+ and the Dream House Raffle.

In Games, ZEAL reported revenue up 14% to €3.9 million (2025: €3.4 million) after expanding its B2C portfolio to more than 740 titles. ZEAL said higher marketing costs (+13%) and personnel expenses (+21%) reflected continued investment in scaling charity lotteries and Games alongside the core lottery business.

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