Austria's online gambling monopoly is set to fall, why this strengthens the position of affected players
The new draft of the Austrian Gambling Act reverses a decades-old line: the monopoly on online gambling is to fall, and from 2029 several operators are to be able to obtain an Austrian licence. The decisive point for anyone who has lost money in online casinos is in the fine print. Operators that previously operated illegally without a concession and now want a licence must first satisfy the judgments from player claims. A practitioner's perspective.