TonyBet is an international online

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company providing

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, live betting and live gaming services. The TonyBet website offers a live gaming service allowing the players to place

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and other games live. Established in 2011 TonyBet now operates by the UK and Estonian gaming licenses allowing the company to provide its services to the UK and Estonian market. On September 8, 2016, TonyBet business in Lithuania was acquired by Swedish company

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, who agreed to pay €6 million for the company. On November 3, 2022, TonyBet acquired an iGaming license in Estonia under the name of TonyBet OÜ and is no longer a part of Betsson Group.

Products

The company's online gaming supply features a wide range of products including live and pre-match sports betting as well as money lines on some of the biggest entertainment and political events like the

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s, and even the end of the world. TonyBet also offers live casino and

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gaming services provided by the biggest online casino developers

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and NET/ENT. The website also runs Live Games giving the player a chance to bet on poker, casino, and lottery game outcomes. The TonyBet online poker application offers the game of Open Face Chinese poker. In June 2021, TonyBet announced its platform and content deal with Leander. The deal saw TonyBet add a roster of technology and content launched on the platform. This included many online games to add to Tonybets online product portfolio. In November 2022, TonyBet obtained a license to operate in the Dutch market and later joined Keurmerk Verantwoorde Affiliates (KVA) to align with local affiliate standards. In February 2025, the Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) issued a warning to TonyBet for not providing 24/7 customer support in Dutch, a requirement for licensed operators in the Netherlands.

Sponsorships

TonyBet controversially became a sponsor of the

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in 2010, controversially because TonyBet provides betting on basketball games and because in Lithuania gambling advertising is banned nationwide. According to TonyBet, in 2013 it became the main sponsor for the team in a four-year deal, and also was sponsoring some of the leading

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s of Lithuania and Estonia, an Estonian football club, and Lithuanian and Estonian volleyball associations. TonyBet is one of the main sponsors of the Juta Racing team of the

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. The company and the team signed a sponsorship deal before Juta Racing's debut season in the circuit in 2015.

Open Face Chinese Poker

In December 2013 TonyBet launched its own online

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application allowing its clients to play the game for real money. The software offers cash games,

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and

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s played in a number of different game variations including Pineapple, Turbo, 2–7 Pineapple and Progressive Fantasy. In December 2014 TonyBet hosted the first-ever live Open Face Chinese Poker World Championship as part of the Prague Poker Festival. * The US chess master

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won the €10,000 buy-in

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event * The €1,000 buy-in Main Event attracted the record-breaking audience of 132 players and became the biggest live Open Face Chinese poker tournament in history. The Norwegian poker pro Mikal Blomlie became the first-ever Open Face Chinese poker World Champion.

References

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