Casino and hotel help out farm for people with disabilities

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A farm that aims to offer mentally and physically disabled people the chance to work on the land has been given a 2,500 Euro boost from Casino Salzburg and the spa and wellness hotel Ebners Waldhof. The Mathiashof farm located at Ellmautal in Fuschl am See gives employment to 20 people with either mental or […]

Lawsuit over ‘€43mn jackpot’

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A Swiss man plans to sue Austrian casino bosses for being denied 43 million Euros after allegedly hitting the jackpot. Behar Merlaku said he won the money at a slot machine at a casino in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, last March. However, operator Casinos Austria refused a payout, claiming that technicians discovered a software error. The company […]

Unlucky robber’s casino heist flops

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A hapless robber fled empty-handed from a casino in Vienna after finding the owner had just paid all the gamblers their winnings, leaving the till empty.Police in Vienna-Donaustadt said today (Weds) the unidentified man, who is being sought, was armed with a knife in the incident which occurred at a small local casino yesterday. They […]

Rueful robber hands himself in

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A remorseful criminal who took part in a spectacular casino robbery has given himself up to police more than one year after the coup.Admir B. was member of a five-strong group who stole 47,000 Euros in cash from a casino in Graz in a robbery lasting just 30 seconds in November 2009.All four of the […]

Stabbing victim drives 40km to clinic

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An elderly Austrian drove 40 kilometres (km) to the nearest hospital after being stabbed outside a casino in the Czech Republic, it has emerged.The 63-year-old businessman from Vienna said today (Thurs) he was attacked by a masked man as he was cleaning snow and ice off his car at the car park of a casino […]