ZEAL Network SE

WLS 2024 was a blast! Some of our colleagues from #teamzeal attended the prestigious World Lottery Association (WLA) event in #Paris last week. 🇫🇷 We were honored to use the conference to make new contacts and deepen existing ones, cultivate partnerships and present our products. As the market leader for online lotteries in Germany and as an associated member of the WLA, it is particularly important to us to make a contribution to the global lottery industry and the regulated gaming markets. 🛡️ Stay tuned for more! 🥳

We value our partnerships and attach great importance to exchanging ideas outside of existing projects and creating value for both sides. That's why we were delighted to invite DKMS Deutschland, the official charity partner of the first house raffle of our Traumhausverlosung, to host a registration event at our headquarters in Hamburg. 🙏 The entire #teamzeal had the opportunity to officially register as donors with DKMS and thus got the chance to save lives in the future. 🦸 Thanks to all colleagues who supported this great campaign and to our partners from DKMS for their support and great cooperation on an equal footing. 🫶🏻

In an interview with the FINANCE Magazin podcast, our CFO Sebastian Bielski explains how he threw his dream job as a musician overboard to join the financial sector. 💸↔️🎻   If you want to find out more about our CFO's beginnings in the financial sector, his career path and how he deals with stress, listen to the full episode under this link (recorded in German only): https://lnkd.in/eaV9dfVg

Did you know that some of our colleagues have really crazy job titles? At #teamzeal we think outside of the box and create exactly the roles we need to make our products as awesome as possible. 🦸 Our colleague Omid Nezam is Glam Manager for our Traumhausverlosung (aka Dream House Raffle). He makes sure that every house we raffle off is a real dream house with glam factor. In an interview with Annie Nürnberg, Omid reveals how he came to his role and what makes a true Glam Manager.  ✨ Check out the podcast via the link below (recorded in German): https://lnkd.in/eEgf8_VU

We are delighted to announce that our CTO Paul Dingwitz has been named “Most Impactful CTO to Watch 2024” by The Victory Magazine. 🏆   In the interview, Paul reveals which stages have particularly shaped his career and what the biggest challenges in his job are. He also reveals how he would like to tackle projects with a direct community impact in the future. 🦸♂️   Curious to find out more? - Check out the full interview at this link (pages 12/13): https://lnkd.in/e89RziSB

Three days full of socializing, business insights, breakout sessions and fun are behind us - that can only mean one thing: our Summer Event 2024 took place last week. ☀ This time our motto was “25 Years and Beyond” – because we are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. Together, we looked back on the highlights of 25 years of ZEAL and discussed our promising future, which we are building from a position of strength. But, not only the business is growing. We have hired more than 80 new colleagues since our summer event last year and welcomed them with open arms. 💙 Check our open positions if you want to be part next year! 🚀

Time is running, just like our sporty 🏃♀️ ZEALIEs 🏃♂️ did last week at the MOPO team relay race in Hamburg's Stadtpark. The weather was perfect, the runners were cheered on by colleagues and fortified with a BBQ afterwards. Would you like to take part next year and put your running skills to the test? Then check out our current jobs! 🚀

Lately, the advancing digitalization has brought numerous benefits to many companies, from more efficient work processes to completely new business models. Unfortunately, however, various benefits also come with risks, especially in terms of enterprise security. 🔐   In his guest article for GRC Viewpoint, our Director Enterprise Security, Helge Poel, explains why agile working environments might be considered a threat to enterprise security and why employee education should be the key priority for fighting security threats. 🛡️   Check out the full article via the link below. https://lnkd.in/gWQWzkZG

Our half-year results are out – and they are strong 💪   ZEAL has completed a strong first half of the year with double-digit growth across the board: revenue climbed by 40 percent to € 76.8 million! The number of new customers increased by 70 percent to 592 thousand. And our EBITDA was up 46 percent YoY to € 20.1 million.   Compared to the previous year, billings from lotteries increased by 23 percent to € 507.1 million, while revenue from lotteries jumped by 33 percent to € 68.0 million. The significant growth in our lottery business was mainly driven by the increase of monthly active users (MAU) and average billings per user (ABPU).   Our highlights for the first half-year of 2024 at a glance: ◾ Revenue on group level up by 40 % to € 76.8 million ◾ Lottery billings increase by 23 % to € 507.1 million ◾ Lottery revenue up 33 % to € 68.0 million ◾ 592,000 new registered customers (70 % YoY) ◾ EBITDA up by 46 % to € 20.1 million   Due to the good interim results, we confirm the forecast published on March 20, 2024.   Read the full report on our corporate website at: https://lnkd.in/g2SmBHrh

In an interview with Dr. Thomas Vöhringer-Kuhnt from Lead UX Podcast, our Team Lead Research, Dr. Michael Langmaack, reveals what good leadership has to do with hiking and how Henry Ford paved the way for customer-based, smart product development. 🥾 🎒   Listen to the full interview at the following link: https://lnkd.in/e8yQZSbv   What does good leadership mean to you? Tell us in the comments! ⤵️