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Austria’s financial police seize 1,400 illegal gambling machines

Enforcement & compliance

Austria’s financial police reportedly removed 1,400 illegal gambling machines from operation by the end of October, including 13 found in a Vienna raid. Finance Minister Gernot Blümel said investigators were working with the federal criminal police to identify those behind the activity; the case remained under investigation.

Operators face enforcement scrutiny as authorities investigate illegal gambling venues and their organisers.

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Austria’s financial police seize equipment at suspected illegal Vienna poker game

Austria’s Financial Police and police attended a private flat in Vienna’s 15th district in early October after a poker player alleged he had been cheated at a game there. Financial Police provisionally seized the poker table, cards and chips and said they would begin confiscation proceedings and seek administrative penalty proceedings against the organiser, who faces a possible fine of up to €30,000.

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