Company history

Company history

2010

August
•  Betsson launches the Live Casino product in Turkey, Greece and Italy.

April
•  Betsson launches Betsson Euro Tables for poker with second poker partner Entraction in addition to existing Betsson Poker offered with partner Ongame Network.

2009

October
•  Betsson launched in Brazil.

June
•  Betsson Scratch gets a stylish ‘new look’ and launches 36 new exciting scratchcard games.

March
•  Betsson expands the existing loyalty program with improved poker section,The Poker Club.

2008

September
•  Betsson launched in Hungary.

May
•  Betsson launched in Holland.
•  Betsson challenges the Swedish state monopoly and opens the first non-governmentally operated land based betting shop in Sweden.

April
•  Betsson launched in Serbia.

January
•  Betsson launched in Peru.

2007

December
•  Betsson launches Games

October
•  Betsson launches betting on stocks and indexes with Betsson Trader.

July
•  Betsson.com launched in Spain, Italy and Greece.

May
•  Betsson.com launched in France.

April
•  Live-betting is launched in the Betsson Sportsbook.

March
•  Betsson launches bingo on the Swedish market.
•  Betsson launches a membership loyalty program that gives customers points by how much they play. 

2006

December
•  Betsson launches Turkish Poker in Turkey.

July
•  Betsson’s first scratch card is launched.

June
•  Betsson’s main offices move to Malta.

February
•  Betsson launches a self-developed betting platform – the Sportsbook.

January
•  Betsson, including the company’s online casinos has more than 400,000 registered customers.

2005

December
•  After an extensive review The Global Gambling and Gaming Group certifies Betsson as responsible gaming site. The certification means Betsson actively prevents and counteracts problem gambling.
•  Betsson acquires the group’s online casinos, CasinoEuro.com and CherryCasino.com

June
•  Betsson launches Mobile Poker, a Java applet making it possible to play poker on their mobile phone against the same players and in the same network as on the site.

May
•  Betsson launches traditional sports betting with a wide range of international sports

April
•  Betsson becomes a fully owned subsidiary company of Cherry, quoted on the Swedish stock exchange.

March
•  Betsson launches in Denmark with a big campaign
•  Language versions in Turkish and Icelandic are launched.
•  100 000 registered customers.

2004

October
•  Betsson launches in Norway with a big campaign.

July
•  Betsson Poker launches together with partner Ongame, the largest poker network in the world.

February
•  Betsson launches in Czech Republic.

2003

June
•  Betsson launches casino games. More then 20 world-class casino games become available on the site along with exciting tournaments and big Jackpots.
•  Language version in German is launched.
April
•  Language version in Finnish is launched.
March
•  Cherry becomes a shareholder.

2002

June
•  As one of the first sites in the world, Betsson launches Live betting in the Exchange.
May
•  Betsson launch – in English and Swedish
April
•  Betsson gets a bookmakers license in London

2001

•  In the beginning of 2001 the technical development of Betsson.com was initiated