There is a huge amount of people who are addicted to gambling in Styria. One of these is a 38-year-old father. He has huge debts and is now suing the manufacturer Novomatic who makes slot machines. There are 60,000 to 80,000 people addicted to gambling in Styria, said the head of the KPÖ, Claudia Klimt-Weithaler. […]
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Public transport users in Vienna are infuriated as several ticket machines have failed to accept their bank cards. Using bank cards to pay for tickets is currently impossible at an undisclosed number of machines at stations across the city, public transport agency Wiener Linien confirmed yesterday (Tues). The company explained that the error had to […]
Nespresso ‘to lay off hundreds’
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Hundreds of jobs at Nestle Austria are at risk, according to a report. The Kurier revealed today (Fri) that the globally operating foodstuff giant decided to shut the Austrian representation of its Nespresso subsidiary. The firm confirmed the closure of the facility in Vienna which has orchestrated its operations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), […]
Cashpoint crooks caught
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Police arrested two men suspected of channelling banknotes into manipulative devices at cash machines.The duo allegedly set up thin metal plates at cash machines at a cash terminal in Laaben in Lower Austria where they were arrested yesterday (Tues) to get hold of cash withdrawn by bank customers.It is unclear how much money […]
Serial vending machine thief nabbed
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A Romanian man suspected of stealing coffee machines worth tens of thousands of Euros in Austria has been arrested in his homeland.Daniel D. was caught in the city of Iasi in north-eastern Romania, according to the Romanian Times online newspaper. Austrian authorities issued a European arrest warrant on his name after finding out that he […]
By David Rogers Casinos Austria chief Karl Stoss has called for stronger controls on gambling.Stoss said yesterday (Mon) he wanted checks on uncontrolled growth of small gambling machines and highlighted that only 8,000 of the 18,000 to 20,000 such machines in Austria were actually legal since they were in the four provinces, Vienna, Lower Austria, […]