Austria’s financial police said officers seized two operating illegal gambling machines during a police operation at a Vienna flat in the sixth district in mid-August. Officers also took €2,300 in gambling proceeds into official custody, and police arrested two people; the operation followed a tip about the flat.
The seizure shows enforcement action against illegal gambling machines in Vienna.
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Austria’s financial police seized nine slot machines and a betting terminal from an illegal gambling venue in Salzburg, according to the Finance Ministry. The operators were not present, investigations are continuing and the operator could face fines of up to €300,000.
Vienna police found illegal gambling machines in a private flat in Floridsdorf during an operation on Friday morning, according to reports. The machines were removed later that morning, and the people behind the operation had not been identified while investigations continued.
Austria’s financial police raided a suspected illegal poker venue in Vienna-Favoriten during lockdown, reportedly finding 20 players at two tables. Police seized €6,200 in cash and the financial police confiscated the tables; investigations were ongoing, and the event organiser had not been identified.
Vienna police, financial police and the city's rapid-response group inspected a basement in Favoriten on Friday evening over suspected illegal gambling. Authorities reported that they checked 29 people, arrested two under immigration rules and seized five gambling machines, three poker tables, a cash-changing machine and €5,000.
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.