Austria’s coalition negotiators consider a cooling-off period for online gambling licences
Austria’s governing-party negotiators were due to discuss whether the planned gambling law should bar some unlicensed operators from obtaining licences, according to press reports and sources cited in the coverage. The proposed restriction could apply to companies found to have breached Austrian gambling law in the previous five years; its duration and inclusion in the bill remained unsettled.
The proposal could affect which existing operators qualify for licences if Austria opens its online gambling market.