Tipbet – Closure Record

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OperatorTipbet LimitedModelSportsbook and casino, aimed mainly at German playersLicenceMalta, MGA/B2C/303/2015Overall statusLicence RevokedSuspended28 November 2023Revoked20 May 2024Last verified10 September 2026
Tipbet was a Malta-licensed sportsbook and casino aimed mainly at German players. The business behind it had been taking bets since 1995. Malta suspended its licence in November 2023 and cancelled it completely in May 2024. The site is reported to have stopped working in early 2025. Complaint records show disputes ranging from 63 euros to 60,000 euros.
1995Business started28 Nov 2023Licence suspended20 May 2024Licence cancelled11Logged complaints

01 · The site

An old betting business online

Tipbet was not a new brand thrown up overnight. The business behind it had been taking bets since 1995, originally in betting shops.

Its online arm held a Malta licence, numbered MGA/B2C/303/2015. It aimed mainly at German players and later added a Greek site as well.

That is a solid history. But age and a proper licence do not make a site safe.

02 · The shutdown

Suspended, then cancelled, then gone

This closure happened in three steps over more than a year.

On 28 November 2023 the Malta Gaming Authority suspended the licence. A suspension means the company must stop taking new business. The regulator then looks at it.

On 20 May 2024 the regulator cancelled the licence with immediate effect. That is final. The company was no longer allowed to run a gambling site under Malta rules.

The site itself is reported to have stopped working in early 2025, with one casino directory recording February 2025. We could only find that date in one place, so we grade it as unconfirmed.

The gap is worth noticing. For months after the licence was cancelled, the site was still there. A player looking at it during that time would have seen a working betting site.

03 · The money

Eleven complaints, from 63 euros to 60,000

A public complaints service holds eleven formal complaints against Tipbet.

The amounts run from 63 euros at the low end to 60,000 euros at the high end. The 60,000 euro case involved a payout the casino refused. That one is marked as resolved on the complaints file, which means the player got somewhere in the end.

The other complaints are the usual ones. Withdrawals that stalled. Arguments over identity checks.

We could not load the site on 10 September 2026. Our request was refused before any page came back. That could mean a country block, a block on automated visitors, or a dead site. We cannot tell which, so we will not claim one.

Anyone still owed money by Tipbet is in a hard spot. The Malta licence is gone. So the regulator has no live licence to act against. It is still worth writing to the Malta Gaming Authority, because it holds the enforcement file, but expect little.

A licence being suspended is a serious warning and it is published. If you see that a site licence has been suspended, take your money out that day. Tipbet ran for roughly another year after its suspension.

04 · The receipts

How we verified this record

Every claim on this page is graded by how firmly we could check it. Confirmed means we saw it in the operator’s own notice or in a document that cannot easily be faked. Observed means we saw it ourselves on the live site or domain on the date given. Unconfirmed means it has been reported but we could not prove it.

ConfirmedThe Malta Gaming Authority suspended the licence on 28 November 2023 and cancelled it on 20 May 2024Both actions appear in the regulator enforcement record and were reported by trade press at the time.
ConfirmedThe licence was MGA/B2C/303/2015, held by Tipbet LimitedGiven in the regulator record and in coverage of the cancellation.
ConfirmedA public complaints service holds eleven complaints, ranging from 63 euros to 60,000 eurosRead from that service published complaint file for the brand.
ConfirmedThe 60,000 euro refused payout complaint is marked resolvedShown on the same complaint file.
UnconfirmedThat the site stopped working in early 2025Only one casino directory records this, giving February 2025. We found no second source.
UnconfirmedWhat the address does todayOur request on 10 September 2026 was refused before any content came back.
UnconfirmedWhat happened to any balances left when the site stoppedNo notice, deadline or instruction to players has been found.
What we checked, and what we did not. We took the suspension and cancellation dates and the licence number from the Malta regulator enforcement record and from trade coverage published at the time. We read the public complaint file for the brand and counted the cases and the range of amounts ourselves rather than relying on a summary. We tried to load the address on 10 September 2026 and report the refusal without guessing at its cause. We deliberately did not rely on an automatically generated encyclopedia entry that offered a fuller timeline, because we could not trace its sources. We did not contact Tipbet Limited. Last independently checked: 10 September 2026.

05 · The questions

Tipbet – the questions still open

Q. When did Tipbet lose its licence?

It was suspended on 28 November 2023 and cancelled on 20 May 2024.

Q. When did the site actually stop?

Reported as early 2025, with one directory giving February 2025. We could not confirm that with a second source.

Q. Why was the licence cancelled?

The Malta regulator cancelled it with immediate effect following the earlier suspension. The public record does not set out the detail.

Q. Were players left owing money?

A public complaints service holds eleven complaints, from 63 euros to 60,000 euros. The largest one is marked as resolved.

Q. Can I still complain?

You can write to the Malta Gaming Authority, which holds the enforcement file. With the licence gone, there is no live licence for it to act against, so expect little.

Q. Was Tipbet a new company?

No. The business behind it had been taking bets since 1995.