Casinos Austria operates Austria's twelve licensed casinos under an exclusive concession, and, through its sister company Österreichische Lotterien, the national lottery and the win2day online gaming platform, which holds Austria's sole online casino licence. The group, majority-owned by Allwyn (formerly Sazka) since 2020 with the Austrian state as a minority holder, runs casinos in Vienna, Baden, Salzburg, Innsbruck and other cities, and its international arm, Casinos Austria International, operates or manages casinos abroad. It is headquartered in Vienna and employs several thousand people across casinos, lotteries and online.
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