Austria Gambling Authority
Gambling is becoming increasingly popular in Austria today, even though the Austrian government has been trying counteracting gambling for some years now. Nevertheless, casinos, casinos and slot machines are as popular as sportsbooks and online casinos.
Austria’s government has long played both sides of this game, refusing to issue licenses to international gambling sites while still requiring them to ante up 40% of their Austrian revenue in taxes. Gambling in Austria Gambling, casinos and lotteries are regulated by the Law on Games of Chance (GSpG) and fall within the remit of the Ministry of Finance. Furthermore the Ministry of Finance is the responsible authority for the supervision of licensed companies. Austria Casinos. Austria is an online gaming jurisdiction that offers games of chance to Austrian residents. The authority responsible for the issuance of licenses is closely monitored by the European Commission. Because of the limited availability of Austrian gaming licenses, very few online casinos have an Austrian license.
Gambling in Austria, as in many other countries, has a rich history and is certainly not a new phenomenon. Already in the Middle Ages, people from the nobility to the common peasant played for money and objects. From dice games to the first beginnings of a card game. Even famous people supported and indulged in gambling, for example, Mozart was said to have regularly been involved in betting. Archduchess Maria Theresa also invested large sums of money in a series of gambling games in the 18th century. Let's take a closer look at the history of gambling in Austria:
Gambling - entertainment for the people
Gambling in Austria was already popular in the 17th century. The members of lower social strata, farmers or craftsmen, liked to spend their free time enjoying ball and dice games. On public holidays or fairs, public places were filled with people who either participated in gambling — stakes or no — or watched them.
However, with increasing popularity, gambling came into the rulers' field of vision. To counter unregulated gambling, Leopold I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, imposed a law in 1696, according to which all illegal gambling could be prosecuted. This law became the first Austrian gambling law. It was the beginning of a constant back-and-forth that would last for centuries - to the present day.
The state has a look.
But, of course, the powerful had also realized the people were entertained with gambling. And so the first licenses for organizing games of chance were issued - directly from the Viennese court. The licenses at that time usually referred to card and dice games, ball games were out of fashion. So there was a first privatization of gambling in Austria.
Nevertheless, gambling at that time was still regarded as a pastime of the rabble and common people and was accordingly frowned upon and despised by the nobility. That shook the poor luck knights but little. Especially in the capital city of Vienna, virtually in the immediate vicinity of the Habsburgs, gambling was never done without an end in sight.
A game in honor...
At the beginning of the 18th century, the nobility began paying more tribute to gambling. The richer classes also joined this trend. True to the motto: 'A card game in honor, nobody can deny.' Some card games were considered quite civilized and elegant - the crucial qualities for everything that was worthy of the nobility and higher layers worth.
With the advance of gambling in the nobility, the further course of history was written. Now that all members of society found joy in gambling, it made its way through the country: even beyond Vienna or Salzburg, they began to get to know and discover the old card and dice games more and more. In addition, regional variations were invented. Various types of card and dice games and combinations of these were created, the first board games soon followed.
The Viennese court, while he was content to only grant licenses about a century ago, indulged himself in gambling. Heaven-high tournaments became more and more regulars until they became an integral part of cultural life. This development was fueled by the active participation in those events by Archduchess Maria Theresa herself. The Regent's budget was of course quite large and so she did not hesitate to play high stakes.
The state earns
With the increasing commercialization and popularity of gambling in Vienna, it was no longer possible to deny the idea of earning in ways other than gambling. Entry fees and initially manageable profit taxes were imposed. In addition, previously illegal gambling variants were legalized and organized under state supervision. Here, too, plenty of profits flowed into the treasury.
Participation in such tournaments was considered a privilege and was therefore highly sought after in wealthy circles. The positive effect: Even cultural sites such as the Hofburgtheater in Vienna were saved by gambling revenue from the final bankruptcy. Likewise, the infrastructure and security of citizens were promoted with gambling winnings. Finally, the first state lottery was introduced, which was used for the partial financing of the state budget.
A turbulent 20th century
In the 20th century, there were many innovations for gamblers of the Alpine republic. Thus, in 1913, the first class lottery was introduced, which has survived to this day and in which perhaps you too have already tried your luck.
1934 was the year of the first casinos and casinos opened at Semmering and in Baden near Vienna. But luck — to stay in the picture — did not last long: as early as 1938, it was called ne va plus and the operation of all casinos, except for those in Baden, was prohibited. However, with the Second World War, the company was also, understandably, set here. After the end of the war, the ornate building initially served as the headquarters of the Russian occupiers. Only in the mid-1950s, the game operation was resumed. After further renovations, the Casino Baden was in the 1990s, finally, the largest casino in the whole of Europe and a mecca for friends of well-kept gambling. Meanwhile, Casinos Austria AG operates 12 casinos in Austria, including of course the house in Baden.
Online gambling has also established itself in Austria since the turn of the millennium. With roulette online, gamblers in the Alpine republic have access to a portal where they can play lotto and Toto games but can also win poker or other virtual casino games with much luck and a little bit of skill.
| Industry | Gambling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Tipico Tower, St. Julian's, Malta |
| Joachim Baca, CEO | |
| Products | Sports betting, Casino, Games |
Number of employees | 6,000 |
| Website | www.tipico.com |
Tipico is an international provider of sports betting and casino games, headquartered in St. Julian's, Malta. Tipico holds, among other licenses, a German sports betting concession from the Darmstadt Regional Council as well as other gambling licenses from the Malta Gaming Authority. The company also has branches in Germany, Austria, Croatia, Gibraltar, Colombia and the US. More than 1,800 people work for Tipico Group, with more than 6,000 in the whole Franchise network. CEO of Tipico is Joachim Baca.
Company[edit]
Tipico Co. Ltd. and Tipico Casino Ltd. were founded in 2004 as international trading companies in the commercial register of the Malta Financial Services Authority. The company group employs more than 1,800 people from 57 different nations and more than 6,000 in the whole Franchise network. In addition to the online business, Tipico operates as franchise system in Germany and Austria more than 1,250 sports betting shops. Tipico is the market leader in Germany with a market share of over 50 percent and is the sixth largest betting provider in the world.[1] Tipico is one of seven companies, which, according to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior, has been granted a license for sports betting on the first time.[2] Since 2016 Tipico has a new majority shareholder with the financing company CVC Capital Partners. In the course of the sale, a new CEO was also appointed with the Austrian Joachim Baca.[3] On the 9th of October 2020, Tipico was granted a German sports betting concession by the Darmstadt Regional Council as part of the very first concession grant.[4]
Sponsorship[edit]
In Germany, Tipico was a sponsor of the football league club Hamburger SV. In addition, Tipico has a partnership with the Austrian Bundesliga.[5] Starting from the 2015/16 season there is also a sponsoring partnership with FC Bayern Munich.[6] Since January 2018, Tipico is official partner of the German Football League (DFL). Including the 2020/21 season, Tipico may use the symbols of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga in their communication.[7]
Brand Ambassador[edit]
Oliver Kahn has been a testimonial for Tipico since 2013 and has been advertising with the slogan 'Your bet in safe hands' for the company. Since the start of the second half of the season 2019/20,the betting provider has advertised with the slogan Tipico - Das Original.[8]
Player Protection[edit]
According to Tipico, security and player protection are part of the product promise. The provider focuses on the early identification of risky gaming behavior based on scientific models. Derived from this, targeted interventions allow Tipico to offer each customer the level of protection she or he needs to enjoy the respective offers safely. The betting provider has a full-time customer service team, customer protection team and cooperates with external partners from science and the aid and consulting sectors. These include the gambler clinic of the IAP TU Dresden, the Department of Addiction Research at the University of Lucerne, the Gambling Addiction Aid, the online advice centre Gambling Therapy and the Glücksfall e.V. association.[9][10] Furthermore, Tipico has a mandatory player protection concept and the player protection website www.risk-in-safe-hands.com.
Tipico states that it supports the Early Warning System (EWS) of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and informs associations and organisers whenever the company registers suspicious betting activities. In addition, the company cooperates with the integrity department of Sportradar, with Betgenius, with the International Olympics Committee and with the Tennis Integrity Unit of the International Tennis Federation.[11]
Memberships[edit]
Tipico is a founding member of the German Sports Betting Association (DSWV). DSWV, established in autumn of 2014, based in Berlin, advocates the regulation of sports betting in Germany in a law-free manner and sees itself as a central point of contact for the general public, especially for politics, sport and the media.
At an international level, Tipico is active in the Austrian Play Fair Code, the Association for the Protection of Integrity in Sports. The PlayFair Code carries out prevention trainings in the two Austrian pro-divisions. Tipico is also a member of the Austrian Bookmaker Association (OBMV). The members of the OBMV work together to create a foundation on which bookmakers can operate in a secure legal and economic environment. The OBMV pursues no self-economic interests and is politically and confessionally neutral. In addition, Tipico holds a membership of the Malta Chamber of Commerce. The community of interests represents companies from a wide variety of sectors in Malta and aims to create the best competitive and regulatory environment for its members.
References[edit]
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- ^'Glücksspielstaatsvertrag: Schleswig-Holstein beendet seinen Alleingang'. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^'CVC kauft Tipico - Joachim Baca neuer CEO'. Tipico Sportwetten (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^Harrison, Robin (2020-10-13). 'German operators relieved by legal certainty'. iGaming Business. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ÖFBL (2020-02-11). 'Mit Tipico in die Bundesliga-Saison 2020/21'. ÖFBL (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^'FC Bayern schließt neuen Millionen-Deal'. https://www.tz.de (in German). 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2017-01-25.External link in
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- ^Rentz, Ingo (2020-01-28). 'Tipico will echter Fan-Leidenschaft ein Denkmal setzen'. HORIZONT (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^Tipico Group. 'Consumer Protection'. Tipico Group. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^'Tipico schreibt Spielerschutz groß & bietet Informationen'. Sportwette.net (in German). 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^Tipico Group. 'Integrity'. Tipico Group. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
