Located in central Europe, Germany is made up of the
North German Plain, the Central German Uplands (Mittelgebirge), and the
Southern German Highlands. The Bavarian plateau in the southwest averages 1,600
ft (488 m) above sea level, but it reaches 9,721 ft (2,962 m) in the Zugspitze
Mountains, the highest point in the country. Germany's major rivers are the
Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine. Germany is about the size
of Montana.
FLUXX is Germany's leading specialist in the lucrative
gaming market. Whether as a service provider for lottery companies and
racecourses, as an expertise partner for major Internet players such as AOL,
Lycos and freenet or as a supplier of its own lottery and betting platforms
such as JAXX and Telewette, FLUXX is participating in the multi-billion gaming
market in many different ways. The necessary rights and licences and the
technical and market-relevant expertise place FLUXX in a position to be able to
arrange any form of gaming and gambling, along a variety of sales channels,
between the consumer and the state licence holders. In addition to
self-marketed services, FLUXX makes its products and services available to
other companies and organisations with extensive customer contacts. The shares
of FLUXX AG have been traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since September
1999. The operative functions of the subsidiaries JAXX, ANYBET and DSM are
based in Hamburg-Ottensen. The management holding company with the Management
Board and the employees of the Legal, Personnel, Finance and Business
Development Departments have their base in Altenholz, near Kiel.
Nine-Month Report: Sports Betting Generates
Continuing Growth At JAXX JAXX AG / Quarter Results
ALTENHOLZ, Germany - (November 5, 2009) - Nine-month report: Sports
betting generates continuing growth at JAXX:......................Subscribers
Weak Bookmaking Business
Impacts JAXX AG Q2 Results ALTENHOLZ, Germany (August 13,
2009) - Gaming specialist JAXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) published its half-year
financial report today. In addition to economic factors, seasonal factors in
particular had a negative impact on the sports betting
business....................Subscribers
JAXX AG Shareholders'
Meeting Elects New Supervisory Board ALTENHOLZ / KIEL,
Germany (May 14, 2009) - The shareholders of the gaming specialist JAXX AG
(ISIN DE000A0JRU67) elected the candidates proposed by the company to the
Supervisory Board at today's Shareholders' Meeting in Kiel................Subscribers
Gaming Company JAXX
Achieves Comfortably Positive EBIT In First Quarter
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (May 6, 2009) - JAXX AG today publishes its Interim
Report on the group's performance in the first quarter of
2009....................Subscribers
European Gaming Specialist JAXX Starts 2009 with Cautious
Optimism ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 31, 2009) - JAXX AG (ISIN
DE000A0JRU67) publishes its 2008 Annual Report today...............Subscribers
Changes on the Supervisory Board and Management Board of JAXX
AG ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 24, 2009) -- Goetz Graf von
Hardenberg will be surrendering office as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
JAXX AG with effect from April 6, 2009. The Management Board of JAXX AG today
submitted an application to the Local Court of Kiel pursuant to Section 104 of
German Stock Corporation Law for the size of the Supervisory Board to be
restored.............Subscribers
JAXX
AG Consolidated Result Reflects Impact of High Special Depreciation and
Impairment ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 24, 2009) -- Due to
high special depreciation and impairment of around EUR 15 million, which is
attributable to the effects of the State Treaty on gaming, JAXX AG posts an
IFRS consolidated loss of EUR 16.9 million for the past financial year of
2008..................Subscribers
Two
Billion Euros for JAXX's Birthday ALTENHOLZ / MADRID
(December 15, 2008) Next Monday, on December 22, 2008, the champagne
corks will already be popping in various parts of Europe, more than a week
before the New Year festivities................Subscribers
JAXX
AG Defies German Lottery Market With 81 Percent Growth
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (November 6, 2008) -- The gaming
specialist JAXX AG (formerly FLUXX AG; ISIN DE000A0JRU67) has today published
its report on the first nine months of the 2008 financial
year.................Subscribers
JAXX
Subsidiary DigiDis Steps Up Pace Of Growth In
Spain ALTENHOLZ / MADRID (October 29, 2008) The
Spanish lottery services provider DigiDis, in which JAXX AG holds a 70 percent
stake, is benefiting more than previously expected from the spread of online
lottery in Spain. New partnerships and sales channels are proving to be a
source of dynamic, profitable growth for the JAXX
subsidiary..................Subscribers
JAXX
AG: Convertible Bond Fully Placed ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(September 26, 2008) The gaming specialist JAXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67)
has succeeded in placing its 6.66% convertible bond, due in 2013, on the
capital market. A total of 161,830 debentures, which can each be converted into
10 JAXX shares, were issued at a unit price of EUR 26.00.................Subscribers
German Lottery Operator Issues Convertible Bond For Up To EUR
4.2 Million ALTENHOLZ, Germany (September 4, 2008) -- The
Management Board of JAXX AG, Altenholz, has with the approval of the
Supervisory Board decided to issue a convertible bond. The 2008/2013
convertible bond will be.................Subscribers
Victory in Federal Supreme Court: JAXX AG Prepares
Multi-Million Compensation Claim Against Lottery Cartel
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (August 14, 2008) -- The Federal Supreme
Court (BGH) has paved the way for substantial compensation claims against the
German lottery cartel in today's decision.........Subscribers
Supreme Court Rules Against State Lotteries, Cites EC Concerns
Over State Treaty KARLSRUHE, Germany (August 14, 2008) --
German state lottery operators cannot continue to block games offered by
commercial betting firms because doing so breaks competition rules, one of the
country's top courts ruled on Thursday...................Subscribers
JAXX
AG Profits From Rising Demand For Sports And Horse Betting
GERMANY (August 7, 2008) -- The gaming specialist JAXX AG (formerly FLUXX
AG; ISIN DE000A0JRU67) today has published its report on the first half of
2008..........Subscribers
New
UK Boss for German Online Lotteries/Gaming Operator UNITED
KINGDOM (July 28, 2008) -- German online casino operator Fluxx AG has announced
that Sean Keogh has replaced Mark Irvine as Managing Director for the
firms British operation, Jaxx UK Limited.....................Subscribers
EM
Boosts Betting Business for JAXX AG ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(July 11, 2008) -- The European Championship in football and the Hamburg Derby
Week, Germany's largest flat racing event, have broken all the records at JAXX
AG (formerly FLUXX AG....................Subscribers
JAXX
AG Sailing Under New Colours ALTENHOLZ, Germany (July 1,
2008) -- It is now official: the change of name from FLUXX AG to JAXX AG has
been entered on the Commercial Register. As from today...................Subscribers
FLUXX
AG becomes JAXX AG ALTENHOLZ, Germany (May 21, 2008) -- At
today's Shareholders' Meeting in Kiel the shareholders of the gaming specialist
FLUXX AG voted by a clear majority in favour of the change in the company's
name to "JAXX AG".............Subscribers
FLUXX
Doubles Quarterly Revenue ALTENHOLZ, Germany (May 15, 2008)
-- The gaming specialist FLUXX AG succeeded in improving both its revenue and
earnings in the first quarter of 2008.............Subscribers
FLUXX Aiming For Return
To Profitability In 2008 ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 27,
2008) -- The gaming specialist FLUXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) today presented its
accounts for 2007. According to the figures released today, the revenues of the
FLUXX Group in 2006 showed a .............Subscribers
JAXX Rides to the Rescue
of Bet and Game Customers The UK customers of the online
gaming company betandgame.com are being transferred to JAXX UK Ltd in a deal
that includes all current deposits and outstanding bets on more than 17,000
individual accounts..............Subscribers
FLUXX Perceives Tide
Turning In Gaming Market; EU Commission Gives Germany The Count
-- Commission initiates first stage of
infringement proceedings against Germany -- FLUXX welcomes
Commission's action and calls for change to German gaming policy
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (January 31, 2008) -- FLUXX welcomes Commission's action
and calls for change to German gaming policy The EU Commission today announced
that it was initiating legal proceedings against the Federal Republic of
Germany....................Subscribers
FLUXX AG Acquires
Majority in SPORTWETTEN.DE AG ALTENHOLZ, Germany (January
16, 2008) -- The gaming specialist FLUXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) has
successfully clinched the voluntary takeover bid to the share-holders of
SPORTWETTEN.DE AG (ISIN DE0005488514 und ISIN DE000A0EPT67), one of the biggest
agents for horse betting in Germany. After the extended deadline for acceptance
FLUXX AG now holds 59.6 percent of the shares in SPORTWETTEN.DE AG. FLUXX does
not exclude the possibility that it will increase its interest yet further
independently of the takeover bid...................Subscribers
Betting Companies to
Take Legal Action Against German State Monopoly on Gambling
FRANKFURT, Germany (December 31, 2007) -- Online betting companies
including BWIN Interactive Entertainment AG and Fluxx AG are gearing up to file
a legal complaint against Germany's state monopoly on lotteries and most forms
of betting...........Subscribers
Germany to Ban Online
Gambling January 1 Under Accord by States BLOOMBERG
(December 27, 2007) -- Online gambling will be banned in Germany as of Jan. 1
after German states ratified an accord that preserves the country's state
monopoly for lotteries and most forms of betting.............Subscribers
Countdown to the "Fat
One": Spain Produces the Next Jackpot for FLUXX GERMANY
(December 20, 2007) -- With the German record-breaking jackpot for the 6 from
49 lottery still fresh in everyone's minds having brought FLUXX record
sales and record ticket totals the next "safe bet" for sales is already
looming large on the horizon for the Kiel-based gaming specialist: the Spanish
Christmas lottery.................Read the full
story at: Vol.41 No.13
FLUXX Announces New
Cooperation in UK GERMANY (December 13, 2007) -- Online
bookmaker JAXX UK, a 100 per cent subsidiary of FLUXX AG, has boosted its
presence in the UK market with a deal to become LYCOS UKs exclusive
betting and gaming partner.......................Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.12
German Online Gaming
Company Saved From Losses GERMANY (December 5, 2007) --
Fluxx, the German online gaming company, looks set to benefit from a record
jackpot of 43m euros by seeing turnover increase almost
tenfold.............Subscribers
Record Jackpot Helps
FLUXX Set New Sales Record ALTENHOLZ, Germany (December 4,
2007) -- The highest lottery jackpot ever known in Germany is bringing FLUXX AG
record-breaking sales...................Subscribers
FLUXX Out of the
Starting Blocks in UK ALTENHOLZ, Germany (November 9, 2007)
-- The FLUXX subsidiary JAXX UK Ltd. today officially launches its sports
betting service in the United Kingdom..............Subscribers
FLUXX AG Continues to
Enjoy Strong Revenue Growth of 42% in Q3 ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(November 8, 2007) -- The gaming specialist FLUXX AG posted revenue of
................Subscribers
Publication of the
Decision to Make a Takeover Offer ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(October 16, 2007) -- Publication of the decision to make a takeover offer in
accordance with..............Subscribers
FLUXX AG Planning
Takeover of SPORTWETTEN.DE AG ALTENHOLZ, Germany (October
16, 2007) -- The gaming specialist FLUXX AG (Prime Standard; ISIN DE000A0JRU67)
has today published its decision to submit a takeover bid to the
shareholders..................Subscribers
FLUXX AG Successfully
Places Convertible Bond ALTENHOLZ, Germany (October 11,
2007) -- FLUXX AG has succeeded in placing its 2007/2011 convertible bond in
full on the capital market.............Subscribers
FLUXX AG Issues
Convertible Bond for Up to 9.755 Million ALTENHOLZ,
Germany (September 20, 2007) -- The Management Board of FLUXX AG, Altenholz,
has with the approval of the Supervisory Board decided to issue a convertible
bond...............Subscribers
German Gaming Company
Begins Price War with National Lottery Operators ALTENHOLZ,
Germany (August 13, 2007) -- Fluxx is beginning its price war with the
national lottery operators with the
launch...............Subscribers
FLUXX Steps Up
Independence From German Market ALTENHOLZ, Germany (August
9, 2007) -- FLUXX AG today publishes its report on the first half of
2007................Subscribers
FLUXX Brings Sports
Betting to AOLs UK Portal ALTENHOLZ, Deutschland
(July 26, 2007) -- Extensive range of sports and horse betting products to
launch in August 2007 AOL, one of the largest internet and web services
companies in the UK, has agreed to an exclusive partnership with
FLUXX.................Subscribers
FLUXX AG Turns
Attention Towards Europe ALTENHOLZ, Germany (July 10, 2007)
-- The Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein was today authorised by his cabinet
to approve the ratification process of the controversial draft of the State
Treaty on gaming...............Subscribers
Federal Supreme Court
Declares Lottery Organisation to be Anti Competitive
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (June 22, 2006) -- In the ruling of May 8, 2007, which
has only been served today, the Federal Supreme Court reasserts the verdict
of.................Subscribers
Higher Regional Court of
Düsseldorf Confirms Competition Authority Ruling Against Lottery
Organisation ALTENHOLZ, Germany (June 8, 2007) -- The
Superior Cartel Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf today
rejected the lottery companies' appeal against the Federal Competition
Authority's ruling in every respect in connection with.............Subscribers
EU Commission Steps Up
Criticism Of German State Treaty On Gaming ALTENHOLZ,
Germany (May 31, 2007) -- In a second statement of position the European
Commission has strongly criticised all key aspects of the draft State Treaty on
gaming proposed by the Federal German states................Subscribers
Fluxx Offers to Buy
Lottery Company Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(May 25, 2007) -- FLUXX intends to acquire a majority interest in Lotto
Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH............Read the full
story at: Vol.39 No.10
FLUXX and SCHLECKER
start Lottery Service at 11,000 Branches ALTENHOLZ, Germany
(May 10, 2007) -- FLUXX and the cut-price drugstore SCHLECKER today signed an
agreement on the installation of Lottery Service terminals in almost all
SCHLECKER stores in Germany.............Subscribers
FLUXX Achieves EBITDA
for Quarter of EUR 1.7 million ALTENHOLZ, Germany (may 8,
2007) -- FLUXX AG posted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortisation of EUR 1.7 million for the first quarter of
2007...............Subscribers
FLUXX Aiming to Break
Even in 2007 ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 29, 2007) -- FLUXX
AG presented its final accounts for 2006 at today's Annual Press Conference in
Hamburg............Subscribers
EU Commission Expresses
Strong Reservations About State Treaty On Gaming ALTENHOLZ,
Germany (March 23, 2007) -- In the course of the notification process the EU
Commission has expressed strong reservations about the lawfulness of the
planned State Treaty on gaming. In particular, it deems the............Subscribers
FLUXX AG Extends
Partnership with SCHLECKER ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 7,
2007) -- FLUXX AG is extending the partnership with the discount drugstore
SCHLECKER that has previously focused on the internet..............Read the Full Story at: Vol.38 No.11
FLUXX CEO Comments on
ECJ Ruling: "State Treaty on Gaming Can be Shelved"
ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 6, 2007) -- The Grand Chamber of the European
Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg today announced its ruling in the
Placanica case.............Subscribers
FLUXX AG Boosts Revenue
by 132% in 2006 ALTENHOLZ, Germany (March 2, 2007) -- FLUXX
AG increased its revenue for 2006 by 132 percent to............Subscribers
FLUXX subsidiary JAXX UK
Ltd. Granted British Sports Betting Licence ALTENHOLZ /
LONDON (February 6, 2007) -- The London-based JAXX UK Ltd., a subsidiary of
FLUXX AG established at the end of 2006, has been successful with its
application for a bookmaking licence for arranging sports betting in Great
Britain..........Subscribers
Commercial Lottery
Agents May Move Abroad Because Of Planned Monopoly Law
BERLIN, Germany (December 14, 2006) Fluxx A.G., a German commercial
lottery agent, has joined Tipp24 AG in
saying it may abandon its home market if the country's 16 states pass a new law
to uphold a monopoly on taking bets and effectively ban private
operators...........................Subscribers
German States Postpone
Plans for New Gambling Law; Signing of State Treaty on Gaming Fails to
Materialize ALTENHOLZ, Germany (December 13, 2006) -- The
Prime Ministers of the federal states meeting today in Berlin have not signed
the controversial, even tougher draft of the State Treaty on
gaming...............................Subscribers
Confirmation In Court:
Lottery In Bavarian Supermarkets Permitted GERMANY
(December 12, 2006) -- The commercial lottery agent JAXX today succeeded with
its action against the Free State of Bavaria before the Munich Administrative
Court. JAXX GmbH, a subsidiary of FLUXX AG and operator of the JAXX Lottery
Service, had applied to the Free State of Bavaria for clearance to install
lottery ticketing terminals in supermarkets.........................Subscribers
FLUXX Welcomes
Resolution by State Parliament in Kiel On Gaming State Treaty
GERMANY (November 29, 2006) -- The plan by the Prime Ministers of the
German federal states to ratify the controversial State Treaty on gaming as
early as December 13 is on the verge of collapse. With the support of all
parliamentary groupings, the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein today
passed a resolution to postpone the decision on the redrafting of the State
Treaty on gaming.............................Subscribers
FLUXX Subsidiary DigiDis
Wins Telefónica Spain as Client GERMANY (November 29,
2006) -- Telefónica Spain has agreed a long-term partnership with
DigiDis SL, Madrid, a subsidiary of FLUXX AG. The partnership centres on the
sale of state lottery products over the internet. For instance, a separate
lottery area went online last week on www.terra.es, the telecommmunications group's
internet portal................................Subscribers
Internet Lottery Company
Registers Losses Owing To Dispute with State Lottery Companies
GERMANY (November 10, 2006) -- Fluxx, the German company that sells lottery
tickets over the internet and via terminals in petrol stations and
supermarkets, registered a loss of 1.5m euros before interest and tax in the
third quarter, compared with a profit of 0.4m euros in the same period of last
year..........................Subscribers
Lottery Operator Grows
By 123% in Third Quarter GERMANY (November 9, 2006) -- The
gaming specialist FLUXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) today publishes the report on
the third quarter and the first nine months of 2006. The report reveals that
revenue rose by 123 percent in the third quarter, to EUR 11.8
million............................Subscribers
Lottery Company Announce
Profit Warning, Adjusts Earnings Forecast for 2006
ALTENHOLZ, Deutschland (November 6, 2006) -- With the approval of the
Supervisory Board, the Management Board of FLUXX AG (ISIN DE000A0JRU67) today
passed a supplementary budget of up to one million euros that was not
previously included in the plans for the 2006 financial
year...........................Subscribers
Higher District Court
Ruling Has Far-Reaching Consequences for the Future of Gaming in
Germany GERMANY (October 26, 2006) -- According to experts
in competition and European law, the ruling by the Higher Regional Court of
Düsseldorf will have far-reaching consequences for the future shape of the
German gaming market.........................Subscribers
Higher Regional Court of
Düsseldorf Confirms Federal Competition Authority Ruling on Lottery
Sales GERMANY (October 23, 2006) -- The Higher Regional
Court of Düsseldorf today confirmed the immediate enforcement of all key
aspects of the Federal Competition Authority's ruling from the end of
August..............................Subscribers
German Regional Leaders
Aim to Extend State Betting Monopoly GERMANY (October 20,
2006) -- Leaders of Germany's 16 regions agreed to propose an extension of the
state monopoly on betting to cover almost all forms of gambling and ban private
betting companies from operating...............................Subscribers
FLUXX and AOL to Market
JAXX Lottery Service at Supermarkets GERMANY (September 20,
2006) -- As well as Lotto-related information on how to play, the current size
of the jackpot and information on the protection of minors and the prevention
of addiction, the JAXX Lottery Service displays will in future also be carrying
advertising messages and image trailers...........................Read the full story at: Vol.36 No.12
Is
lottery addictive? GERMANY (September 5, 2006) -- The German
Lotto und Totoblock (DLTB) is contending the ruling of the Federal Competition
Authority of August 28, 2006, according to which they may not boycott
over-the-counter sales by commercial agents in supermarkets and filling
stations..............Subscribers
Federal Competition
Authority affirms FLUXX Position: Behaviour Of Lottery Organisations
Unlawful GERMANY (August 28, 2006) -- In its ruling
published today, the Federal Competition Authority rules the boycott of FLUXX
AG companies by the lottery companies to be illegal. The supreme authority on
competition law considers the lottery companies' attempts to block lottery
tickets placed at supermarkets and handled by FLUXX to be an intolerable
violation of both German and European competition
law..................................Subscribers
Federal Cartel Office
Rules Lottery Monopoly Infringes German and European Union Laws
BONN, Germany (August 28, 2006) - Germany's state lottery operators must
allow more competition from private companies after the Federal Cartel Office
ruled that their behavior infringed German and European Union
laws...................................Subscribers
German Lottery Company
FLUXX Boosts First-Half Revenue by 110% with Sports Betting
GERMANY (August 10, 2006) -- The SDAX-listed gaming specialist FLUXX AG
today publishes its report on the second quarter and first half of 2006. The
report reveals that revenue rose by............................Subscribers
Legal Position of Sports
Betting in Germany Remains Unclear GERMANY (August 7, 2006)
In a letter to shareholders last month German lottery company FLUXX AG
said that even after the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court at the end
of March, the legal position of sports betting in Germany remains
unclear............................Subscribers
Negotiations with
Lottery Companies Resumed GERMANY (August 7, 2006)
In a letter to shareholders last month German lottery company, FLUXX AG, said
that following the announcement that the lottery company in Schleswig-Holstein
intended to terminate the agreements on the electronic acceptance of lottery
tickets and the operation of the internet service.......................Subscribers

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