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eport ’08 | Casinos in Austria
GUEST RANKING 2008
Casino National Guests International Guests Total
Wien 205,849 158,314 364,163
Baden 286,854 35,346 322,200
Bregenz 110,495 197,994 308,489
Velden 189,494 62,323 251,817
Innsbruck 135,649 99,162 234,811
Linz 196,135 28,490 224,625
Salzburg 108,826 80,427 189,253
Graz 163,970 19,777 183,547
Seefeld 38,368 100,464 138,832
Kitzbühel 30,699 31,101 61,800
Kleinwalsertal 5,152 54,145 59,297
Bad Gastein 9,435 14,741 24,176
Total 1,480,926 882,084 2,363,010
CASINO GUESTS
2008 Percentage of Total
Total Guests 2,363,010
National Guests 1,480,926 63%
International Guests 882,084 37%
Female Guests 1,012,196 43%
First-time Guests 391,395 17%
GROSS GAMING REVENUES 2004-2008
(in millions EUR, in % compared to previous year)
2004 205.0 -5.9%
2005 201.0 -2.0%
2006 181.7 -9.6%
2007 193.5 +6.5%
2008 196.9 +1.75%
nomic crisis looming on the horizon, and it quickly
becomes clear why companies really have to play
on their strengths to stay in the running.
To do so, Casinos Austria hosts far more than just
superb tournaments like “Beat’em all” or the traditional
Casinos Austria Poker Tour: we also try to
provide our guests with a unique range of entertainment
options not available anywhere else. These include
specials like our popular Ladies Nights, our
extensive choice of dining opportunities or our unrivalled
event facilities for unforgettable functions,
parties and congresses. Not forgetting, of course,
the superb gaming on offer: as of 31 December
2008, Casinos Austria’s 12 domestic casinos were
home to more than 236 gaming tables – with a
choice of games ranging from French and American
Roulette, Blackjack and Poker to Punto Banco
– and all managed by our excellent team of company-trained,
international standard croupiers.
With so much entertainment on offer, Casinos Austria
once again confirmed its position as clear market
leader, welcoming 2.36 million guests in the reporting
year. Although this figure was down three
percent year-on-year, it still offers a clear indication
of who holds the winning hand in Austria.
Maintaining this situation is not only in our own interests,
but also in the interests of our individual
host regions. Over the last 40 years, our casinos
have firmly established themselves as major tourist
attractions and bring significant added value
to their host states. This comes in many shapes
and forms: from redevelopment contracts (such
At the turn of the year, Casino Kleinwalsertal was given a whole new look
as those recently awarded in Vienna, Salzburg or
Kleinwalsertal) and the direct benefit for the tourism
and leisure industries (who view a casino as
a valuable asset) to supply agreements with local
food producers (for whom our casino restaurants
and F&B services are important and reliable partners
and customers). In cooperation with the Österreichischen
Hoteliervereinigung (Austrian Hoteliers
Association) and the key Austrian tourism journal
Tourist Austria International (T.A.I.), Casinos Austria
also recently launched a new “Konjunkturmotor
Tourismus” (Tourism as Economic Driver) initiative.
Networked services, i.e. linking gaming operations
directly to a central server, are not just a key
element in Casinos Austria's security policy, they
also open up extended gaming possibilities, such
as the progressive Mega Austria Jackpot, which
provides added excitement to slot machine gaming.
One lucky winner hit this jackpot in Casino
Wien at the start of 2009, taking home a prize of
1.02 million euro!
Each in their own special way, the 12 Austrian casinos
are extraordinary places. Many of them are
located in luxurious palace buildings, and they
boast a broad range of different interior designs.
Casinos Austria invests a great deal of energy, time
and money to maintain this status. Our operations
in Baden, Linz and Innsbruck were totally renovated
and relaunched in 2007, and the idyllic Casino
Kleinwalsertal was given a whole new look at the
end of 2008 and beginning of 2009. Further redevelopment
projects are also already in the pipeline
for the coming year.
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GAMING MIX IN AUSTRIA
GROSS GAMING REVENUES 2008
MAJOR JACKPOT PAYOUTS 2008
Mega Austria Jackpot (in EUR)
Casinos in Austria | report ’08
French Roulette 6
American Roulette 71
Blackjack/Blackjack Imperial 57
Glücksrad (Wheel of Fortune) 2
Punto Banco/Baccara 5
Poker 58
Red Dog 1
Seven Eleven 1
Tropical Poker 15
Easy Poker 2
Easy Hold‘em 18
Total Live Gaming Tables 236
Slot Machines 1,846
Gross gaming revenues for the 12 Austrian casinos (in EUR)
Wien 43,656,209
Bregenz 32,404,212
Innsbruck 25,169,042
Velden 18,190,274
Linz 18,069,878
Baden 17,118,859
Graz 10,952,308
Salzburg 11,483,143
Seefeld 11,428,428
Kitzbühel 5,834,955
Kleinwalsertal 1,965,499
Bad Gastein 596,803
Total 196,869,610
Casino Velden 1,192,255 23.01.2008
Casino Kitzbühel 765,951 21.03.2008
Casino Wien 949,874 15.08.2008
Total 2,908,080
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