DGAP-News: ZEAL Network SE: ZEAL startet neue Soziallotterie 'freiheit+' zur Förderung von Bildungsprojekten

ZEAL launches new charity lottery "freiheit+" to support educational projects

• Main prize: EUR 5,000 per month for 15 years plus instant payment of EUR 250,000
• Cooperation with Stifterverband, SOS Children's Villages and DKJS
• 50 cents per field go to non-profit educational projects
• Chance to win main prize is 21x higher than with German lottery "Lotto 6aus49"

(Hamburg, 9 March 2020) ZEAL Network SE (Lotto24.de, Tipp24.com), Germany's leading online provider of state-licensed lottery products, has launched the new charity lottery "freiheit+" together with BildungsChancen gGmbH for the promotion of educational projects. Via the website Freiheitplus.de, participants have the chance to win a combined main prize every week of EUR 5,000 per month for 15 years plus an additional immediate payment of EUR 250,000. The non-profit organisation BildungsChancen gGmbH is owned by "Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft" (a joint initiative started by German companies and foundations to promote improvements in the fields of education, science and innovation), the "SOS Children's Villages Worldwide" and "Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung" (The German Children and Youth Foundation - DKJS). 50 cents of every lottery ticket field sold goes to non-profit educational projects.

"We are delighted to launch this exciting new lottery together with BildungsChancen," says Helmut Becker, CEO of ZEAL Network SE. "Not only the lucky winners will benefit from freiheit+ but also the numerous non-profit educational projects it supports."

Simple game principle and high chances

freiheit+ is a number lottery in which the player selects seven numbers between 1 and 35. If at least three numbers match the winning numbers, a prize is paid out. The probability of winning the main prize of freiheit+ is 21 times higher than with the German lottery "Lotto 6aus49" - every eighth ticket is also a prize. In a first step, the charity lottery will be offered via the lottery portal Tipp24.com and later also integrated into Lotto24.de. The draw takes place every Monday at 12:00 and the deadline for submitting tickets is 11:30.

About ZEAL Network SE:
ZEAL Network SE, Germany's leading online provider of state-licensed lottery products, is a Hamburg-based Group which mainly brokers customers' tickets to the state lottery companies through the brands Lotto24.de and Tipp24.com, for which it receives a commission. The offerings include among others "Lotto 6aus49", "Spiel 77", "Super 6", "EuroJackpot", "GlücksSpirale", lotto clubs, "Keno" and the "Deutsche Fernsehlotterie". Founded in Germany in 1999, it was initially set up as a lottery broker. In 2005, it was floated on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) and became one of the most successful initial public offerings (IPOs) in Germany at the time. In 2009, the Group changed its focus from lottery brokerage to the secondary lottery business. It moved its registered office to London and was renamed as ZEAL Network SE in November 2014. In May 2019, ZEAL completed the takeover of Lotto24 AG, returned its Tipp24 secondary lottery to the German brokerage business in October 2019 and relocated its registered office back to Germany in the same month.

About BildungsChancen gGmbH:
BildungsChancen gGmbH is the organiser of the new social lottery freiheit+ - the first German social lottery to focus specifically on promoting educational projects. The initiators of the lottery are "Stifterverband", "SOS Children's Villages Worldwide" and the "German Children and Youth Foundation - DKJS". The projects it sponsors aim to help people tap their personal potential, which in turn benefits society as a whole. The lottery generates the necessary funds from its revenues, which are then used to support educational projects of the three initiators, as well as selected projects of external initiatives.

Contact:

ZEAL Network SE
Frank Hoffmann
Investor Relations Manager
Tel: +49 (0)40 808141-123
E-mail: [email protected]

BildungsChancen gGmbH
Annalena K. Rey
Manager PR, Communication & Social Media
Tel: +49 (0)201 8401-349
E-mail: [email protected]

Stifterverband
Moritz Kralemann
Head of Communication and Marketing
Tel: +49 (0)30 322982-527
+49 (0)201 8401-158
Mobile: +49 (0)177 8401 158
E-mail: [email protected]