Is online gambling legal in Austria?

Your winnings are not taxed. Sites licensed in Malta and elsewhere still take Austrian players, but playing there with stakes paid from Austria can be fined up to EUR 7,500, and the courts treat those games as void, which is why players sue such sites for their losses. There is no national self-exclusion register, so you exclude yourself with each operator.

1. 1Gebührengesetz 1957, § 33 TP 17 (Wettgebühr)
2. 2GSpG, Glücksspielgesetz, BGBl. Nr. 620/1989, consolidated federal law (RIS), version of 23 October 2026
3. 3BMF: Konzessionäre und Ausspielbewilligte in Österreich

You must be 18 to gamble online in Austria, for online casino, sports betting and lottery alike.

The Income Tax Act lists seven types of income and none covers gambling or betting winnings, so nothing is withheld from your winnings, as of 23 October 2026. This holds for winnings from licensed operators and from sites abroad. The Act does not say whether systematic play can count as a business; the Finanzamt Österreich is the authority that would assess that.

Rate: 0% (winnings are not income)

The regulator's register lists 7 online licence holders in Austria (checked 5 Nov 2026, no change since 29 Oct 2026).

Always verify a casino holds a valid BMF / Finanzamt Österreich licence before depositing. Check the official register before signing up.

The official register of licensed sitesBMF / Finanzamt Österreich's website

Prominent operators in Austria

If a site isn't on the regulator's licensee register, ask the regulator before you play: an unlisted site is usually not licensed here (a register can lag behind a new licence). An unlicensed site is outside the regulator's supervision, so you cannot complain to the regulator about it.

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  Online casino: only win2day is licensed

  win2day.at, run by Österreichische Lotterien GmbH, is the only site licensed in Austria for online casino games, poker and lotteries; the Finance Ministry's list of concession holders shows it.

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  Sports betting: a permit from a Land

  Bookmakers are licensed by the Länder, not federally. Upper Austria and Tyrol publish lists of permitted bookmakers; the other Länder publish none. A Lower Austria internet bookmaker must show its company name and what its permit covers on its home page.

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  A Malta licence is not an Austrian licence

  Sites licensed in Malta or elsewhere that take Austrian players hold no Austrian concession; playing there with stakes paid from Austria can be fined.

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  Limits come built in on win2day

  Its game conditions cap deposits at EUR 250 a week if you are under 26 and EUR 1,680 a month from 26, and you set a daily time limit when you register.

What you can expect from a licensed site's offers in Austria. The rules operators must follow are on the operator page.

Official changes that affect players, newest first, each with the document it comes from. A change marked not yet in our report is confirmed in the official text but not yet worked into our research report and the answers on this page.

Our daily watch reads the official publishers we follow for Austria. A change is listed once it has been checked against the official document, by a person or, where marked, by our automated check. Dates are the official dates, not the day we found the change.

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   1. Contact the operator

   Raise it with the operator first. The law sets no complaints procedure; win2day's game conditions give 4 weeks to claim an uncredited win and three years for an uncollected balance, with Vienna courts and Austrian law.

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   2. No regulator or ADR route

   The Finanzamt Österreich supervises the concessionaire on its own motion and cannot order repayment to you; the Finance Ministry's whistleblower channel takes reports on unlicensed gambling but not complaints. No gambling ADR body is prescribed; the Schlichtung für Verbrauchergeschäfte takes consumer disputes outside other bodies' scope if both sides take part.

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   3. Go to court

   Against a site without an Austrian licence the route is a civil claim: the OGH holds the contract void, so stakes lost can be reclaimed. You must prove it was a game of chance, and if you played from abroad the Austrian Act may not apply.

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  It's legal for me to play on any site with a European (e.g., MGA) licence.
  Reality

  False. Only win2day.at holds the Austrian licence for online casino games. Playing on another site with stakes paid from Austria can be fined up to EUR 7,500, and the contract is void, which is why players sue such sites for their losses. You must prove it was a game of chance, and the Austrian Act may not apply if you played from abroad.

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  My gambling winnings might be taxed.
  Reality

  They are not: the Income Tax Act has no income type for gambling or betting winnings, whether you win on win2day or on a site abroad.

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  Every online sports betting site is illegal in Austria.
  Reality

  No. Betting with a bookmaker is not gambling under the federal Act: bookmakers licensed by one of the nine Länder may take your bets, and the bookmaker pays a 5% fee on your stake.