Milestones in the history of Casinos Austria AG

1968 - 1979

1968
Österreichische Spielbanken AG starts operations in

• Baden
• Bad Gastein
• Kitzbühel
• Salzburg
• Seeboden (closed during the year)
• Velden
• Wien

The General Director, Dr. Leo Wallner, has overall responsibility for the company.
Sponsorship for Wiener Festwochen starts

1980 - 1989

1980
Casinos Austria becomes partner of the Bregenzer Festspiele

1981
Casino premiere as part of Vienna Opera Ball

1982
Opening Casino Linz

1981-1982
World Championship Casino in Schladming

1990 - 1999

1990
First European Poker Championship at Casino Baden
Debut of Red Dog card game at Velden and Vienna

1990-1991
World Championship casino in Saalbach

1991
Sic bo dice game introduced at Casino Velden

1992
Opening Casino Innsbruck
Mystery Jackpot introduced at Casino Velden
Establishment of Congress Casino Baden GmbH (CCB)

2000 - 2009

2000
Casinos open every day of the year except Christmas Eve
Introduction of Easy Black Jack, a simplified variation of Black Jack 

2001
Introduction of Easy Poker, a form of poker with attractive betting and winning opportunities
Introduction of WebClub.at on the Internet featuring four games

2002
Renovation and rebuilding of the Jackpot Casino in Bregenz
Joker Wheel, the first interactive Wheel of Fortune, is introduced as a world premier at Casino Baden

2003
Casinos Austria celebrates the 35th anniversary since its founding as Österreichische Spielbanken AG
Renovation and rebuilding of the Jackpot Casinos in Linz and Vienna
Casinos Austria has seven casino games on win2day.at – European Seven Eleven, French Roulette, American Roulette, Black Jack, Draw Poker, Chicken Slot und Lucky Monsters
Frames for success – the new event cooperation between Casinos Austria, Congress Casino Baden and Studio 44 of the Austrian Lotteries is introduced

2004
The first outlet with video lottery terminals opens in Mayrhofen; Lienz and Ebreichsdorf follow
Casino Velden builds an event centre and underground garage
Casinos Austria receives the only casino license for the EU capital Brussels; the new casinos in Lower Saxony are adapted
Casino Graz turns 20
Casinos Salzburg and Baden celebrate seventy years
The new Paroli! game is introduced in all twelve casinos
CARD is sold to Shufflemaster
The new subsidiary CAGAST indulges guests in culinary delicacies

2005
Josef Leutgeb, a specialist in finance and Managing Director of Casinos Austria International since 1997, becomes the fourth member of the Managing Board

2006
Easy Roulette, a mix of Classic Roulette and slot machine, is introduced in the casinos
Poker boom in the casinos
The company is restructured
Paul Herzfeld becomes Deputy Director General (until May 2011)

2007
Dr. Karl Stoss becomes Director of the Managing Board (from May 2007 Director General)
Dietmar Hoscher becomes Director of the Managing Board
Grand Casino Baden reopens in November after a complete facelift

2010 - 2015

2010
Since 1 January 2010 Mag. Bettina Glatz-Kremsner has been a member of the Management Board of Casinos Austria AG in charge of the financial agenda
Casinos Austria honours its 75th Million guest on September 23rd

2011
A new innovation - Astro Roulette - starts on March 12th at Casino Linz
WINWIN opens a new Outlet in Krems
Casino Wien celebrates its 50th Birthday

2016 - today

2016
Opening Casino Zell am See
WINWIN opens its 16th location in Austria
Highest roulette win in the company's history at Casino Baden (1.140.000 Euro)
Casino Salzburg in Schloss Klessheim reopens after renovation
21 September 2016: Casinos Austria celebrates 90 million guests

2017
01 June 2017: Dr. Alexander Labak joined the management board of Casinos Austria
01 July 2017: Dr. Alexander Labak takes over the position of director general at Casinos Austria and of chairman at the Austrian Lotteries from Dr. Karl Stoss