Why we exist.
Digital platforms and transformation strategies in regulated markets are complex. High security requirements, strict rules, lots of stakeholders. That’s exactly why many steer clear. We don’t.
We started in October 2021 with 20 people. For a young company, that’s a statement. Our goal: no small agency jobs, but big tech projects that bring future-oriented business models to life digitally. And always being a company that keeps reinventing itself and never gets stuck in its ways.
What came of it.
We started out with one existing client and a start-up that had only just been founded: Emilia. Two big projects that let us show right away what we’re capable of.
Then came the harder part. Anyone putting serious budget into a strategic large-scale project rarely hands it to a company that’s only two years old and is also called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. No long list of references, no decades on the market. We did it anyway. With better ideas, the right solutions and a team that stands behind them with real commitment.
That’s how many companies in the state lottery sector came to trust us with a significant part of their digital future. Renowate and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot revolutionised digitally supported energy-efficient renovation of building projects. And LOTTO Schleswig-Holstein decided to make a completely fresh start in online lottery with us. Some projects went almost according to plan. Others demanded everything from us. And every single time, the result was something we’re proud of.
Today we have what we lacked at the start: references of our own and clients who celebrate success with our solutions. And that led to our biggest step forward yet in summer 2026: Absolot, our own platform for the German lottery market. Absolot brings together everything we’ve learned over the past five years. With AI as a native component, built in from the start.
How we work.
We know how it’s done because we’ve done it many times before. That experience goes into every project and every line of code.
At the same time, requirements change. And right now, they change constantly. When we started in 2021, AI at today’s level didn’t exist yet. The economy looked different, and so did the world. So we kept asking ourselves whether our strategy and our operating model still fit. We explored new industries, for example with Renowate, while strengthening our presence where we can build the most substance.
We feel the uncertainty that runs through the entire economy right now, too. In many places, things are tense, and this year we positioned ourselves so that we can always be a reliable partner, as a company and for our clients. It wasn’t always easy. But today we know exactly where our weaknesses were and where our strengths lie.
One of them: security. Lottery and insurance are about money, data and trust. That’s why we got ISO 27001 and ISAE certified back in 2023, and this year we were also audited by the WLA. For us, these certifications are part of who we are.
Who makes it possible.
Almost 80 people have helped build Whiskey Tango Foxtrot over these five years. Many are still with us today, others accompanied us for part of the way. All of them have left their mark: in code, in concepts, in client relationships. And at summer parties, hiking days, carnival and meetups that turned colleagues into a team.
We celebrated all of this with the whole team under the motto “What the Five?!”. With a look back at the projects that shaped us. At the people who were part of it. And at what carries us into the future.
High five? Sure. Slowing down? Not in year six.
Thank you to everyone who helped build this. To our clients and partners for their trust. And to our team, who show every day why this journey is worth it. Here’s to the next five!
