Allwyn believes the Austrian Finance Ministry should reconsider its timeline for ending the state monopoly in the country’s online gambling sector.
The draft Federal Act in question is provisionally set to enter into force on 1 January 2027, with the first new concessionaires able to go live from 1 October that same year, though it currently sits with the European Commission (EC) for review as part of the European Union’s Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) procedure.
This triggers a three-month standstill period while it drafts and issues comments or suggested amendments.
Allwyn has written to the EC, requesting that it considers its arguments and expounding in great detail its concerns that the current plans leave insufficient time to build the necessary supervisory infrastructure for a market opening next autumn.
