Expekt

According to the Expekt.com site

Expeckt Limited was created in 1999 in London by Christian Haupt and Conny Gesar. The founders of Expekt.com made profitable their great knowledge of the information technology and financial world to create the site and its services. The site was initially presented in English and Swedish. The company was domiciled in London until the end of the year 2000 before being moved in Malta where is the current seat. Like many bookmakers such Unibet, Betclic, Sportingbet…

The year 2000 was remembered by a considerable growth of our customers, sales turnover and our presence on the European market. During this year, the sales turnover knew an increase of 40 to 70% per month. During the years 2001 and the 2002 growth was maintained on the same level. Expeckt.com was essential quickly like a bookmaker of foreground in Scandinavia by proposing services serious and more competing than those of the companies being the subject of a monopoly of state. During the year 2002, Expeckt.com confirmed its role of leader on the market by proposing services headlight as the program of affiliated member and fidelity as well as the service of bets on line, while leaving to the conquest the Asian market.

In 2003, Expeckt.com, become one of the first companies of bets in Europe, launched a service of casino and poker, thus associating geographical expansion and widening of its line of goods. Expeckt.com acquired of the bookmaker die Wette, obtaining an Austrian license of bets at the same time. Encouraged by the success of its establishment in Poland, Expeckt.com continued its expansion in Croatia and Russia.

The year 2004 saw a considerable growth of the services of casino and poker. Expeckt.com succeeds in benefitting from its dominant position in Scandinavia by proposing a service of poker and gravitational and reliable casino. Expeckt.com animated the very first national tournaments of poker on line in all the Scandinavian countries as well as the Scandinavian championships (“Nordic Championships”). In 2004 Expekt.com also knew a continuous and stable growth on the Mediterranean markets and of Central Europe.

Sales turnover (put):

2001 - 50 M 2002 - 80 M (+ 60%)
2003 - 330 M (+ 312%)
2004 - 1 370 M (+ 315%)

Nb of customers:

end-2002 - 100 000
end-2003 - 161 000 (+ 61%)
end-2004 - 383.000 (+ 138%)