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Austria is an interesting location regarding its gambling laws, with almost all forms of gambling perfectly legal. However, only one operator has almost total control over gambling activities in the region, Casinos Austria. Read on for full details of the gambling situation in Austria.

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The legal situation regarding gambling in Austria is very player-friendly, with almost all forms of offline and online gambling legal in the country. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for licensing operators, with only 15 licences being issued.

Of those 15, 12 are held by Casinos Austria, a large corporation that runs all of the land-based casinos in the country. At the same time, the other three licences were issued to private corporations but later revoked for failure to comply with Austrian laws.

Austrians looking for games on which to gamble generally have no problem finding venues to entertain them, thanks to Casinos Austria's monopoly on almost all gambling activities. However, Austrian laws dictate that players must be protected while gambling, which is why many machines and online games have stakes and time limits.

While players enjoy a relatively easy time of it when it comes to gambling, prospective operators have a much more laborious experience. Companies hoping to acquire an Austrian gambling licence must fulfil certain conditions, such as locating their main office in Austria, serving only Austrian people and complying with the country's gambling tax laws.

So strict are these regulations that only one operator meets all the requirements, Casinos Austria. The only other operator licensed is the Austrian Lottery (win2day), but Casinos Austria also holds a stake in that company. Let's clarify the situation by looking at each type of gambling activity in turn.

Casino Games

Casinos Austria holds a monopoly on both offline and online gambling in the country. Currently, 12 land-based casinos operate in Austria, with half located within big cities and popular tourist destinations. In contrast, the other half are situated in more rural locations. Casinos Austria Casinos offer various games, including Blackjack, Roulette, Poker and slot machines. Each of Austria's nine provinces can set its laws regarding sports betting and Kleines Glücksspiel, or small-stakes gambling, such as slot machines.

There are numerous slot parlours across the country, each implementing player restrictions such as stake and time limits and a general shutting off of machines after 2 hours of gameplay as a cooling-off period.

Casinos Austria is also the only operator in the country to hold a licence as an online casino. The site offers various games, including online casino slots, Roulette, Blackjack and Poker. Online casino games can also be accessed on the Austrian Lottery website, win2day, and online lottery tickets.

Poker

Poker is enjoyed by many players in Austria, usually via one of Casinos Austria's casinos. However, in 2013, the Ministry of Finance declared that poker is a game of chance, resulting in poker clubs nationwide being forced to close by 2020. Many people enjoy playing poker online, with the Casinos Austria licensed online casino and the Austrian Lottery website, win2day, both offering poker games.

Austrians also have no trouble accessing one of the many offshore online gambling sites to play poker games, with Austrian laws focused more on preventing operators from accepting Austrian players rather than restricting them.

Bingo

Most bingo gameplay occurs via the Casinos Austria online casino or the Austrian Lottery website win2day, which Playtech powers. Players looking for more bingo variety have no problem finding various bingo onlinecasinos outside of Austria that offer online bingo games.

Lotteries

Austria's love of lottery games goes back to 1751 when the Genova Lottery was first launched and has been running ever since. Today, the Austrian Lottery is the sole holder of the country's only lotteries licence. The operator offers a range of online lottery games for real money, including draws, instant win games and various offline terminals for purchasing tickets. Although the Austrian Lottery is a separate company, Casinos Austria holds a stake in it, effectively extending Casinos Austria's monopoly on gambling in the country.

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Recent suggested changes to gambling laws in Austria could mean tighter controls, extending to social games, particularly those offering loot boxes. If loot boxes are deemed gambling, games that offer them could be subject to the same regulatory controls as existing gambling game operators.

Daily fantasy sports are not currently covered in Austria's gambling laws, while esports betting is permitted in some provinces and illegal in others.

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While the Glücksspielgesetz (GSpG) determines the legality of gambling at the country level, each of Austria's nine provinces is permitted to determine their legal stance on small-stakes gambling, as mentioned above, and sports betting, which federal law dictates is a game of skill.

Sports betting is legally permitted in all 9 of the country's provinces. Still, some apply certain restrictions such as total bet limits of €500, no betting between midnight and 6 a.m., and no betting on certain events such as criminal activities, death, injury and animal-related events. Styria and Vienna restrict live sports betting to only full-time, full-time, and goalscorer markets.

While many Austrians enjoy sports betting via the Casinos Austria website, the Austrian Lotteries website or the various Toto betting terminals across the country, there is little in the way of restrictions preventing punters from accessing a wider range of sports markets on the numerous sports betting websites accepting Austrians.

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The legal gambling age in Austria is 18 or over. This restriction applies to land-based casinos and the country's one licensed online casino, operated by Casinos Austria.

Tax Regulation

Austria's gambling tax regulation laws are some of the steepest in the world, with the amount of tax due varying depending on the gambling activities offered. For example, operators offering sports betting must pay a 2% tax on all stakes, while those offering online gambling or electronic lotteries face a 40% tax on gross gambling revenue. Luckily, the country places the onus on operators regarding taxes, with players able to enjoy their winnings entirely tax-free.

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Austria has a long history of gambling and, therefore, gambling laws, with the first law passed in 1696 that would allow criminal charges for unlawful gambling. Around the same time, a Viennese court started issuing licences for card and dice games.

The country's first Lottery, the Genova Lottery, was launched by a private company in 1751 and still runs. In 1773, the Austrian government took over the private company that owned the Genova Lottery to fund societal needs. In 1912, the Lottery was changed to allow more frequent draws, with a class lottery eliminating the need for all tickets to be sold before the numbers could be drawn.

Austria's first modern casinos were opened in Semmering and Baden in 1934. Still, just four years later, in 1938, all casinos were prohibited, with only those already in operation allowed to remain open. By 1950, the casino prohibition was overturned.

1967 saw the launch of Österreichische Spielbanken, today known as Casinos Austria, with the company taking over several already existing casinos. Blackjack arrived in Austrian casinos in 1970, with Vienna being the first location to host the new game. The country's main gambling law, Glücksspielgesetz (GSpG), was passed in 1989, with the first casino and Lottery licences being issued. By 1990, Casinos Austria held 12 of the 15 issued licences, opening casinos across the country, while the Austrian Lottery gained the only lottery licence.

The GSpG law was amended to allow casinos to operate daily except Christmas Eve from 2000. In 2003, Athe Austrian Lottery launched its range of online casino games via win2day. Poker was declared a game of chance in 2013, with poker clubs nationwide forced to close by 2020.

Plans were suggested 2017 to enable ISPs to block unlicensed gambling sites from operating in Austria. In 2021, the Ministry of Finance outlined plans to create a new regulatory body and implement greater player protection.

Key Facts

Austria's gambling laws are more about player protection than anything else, with just about all gambling activities legal in the country as long as they are accessed via either Casinos Austria or the Austrian Lottery's website. However, nothing stops Austrian players from accessing the wide range of online casinos outside the country for their online gambling entertainment.