Austrian citizens begin signing up to national poker site

Developed in cooperation with Svenska Spel using the Boss Media technology platform, the site began taking registrations from Austrian citizens this morning, but unlike the Swedish national site which is not allowed to offer any freerolls, the Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries operated site has no such problems.

As part of the launch, win2day.at is offering a four day 5,000 euros daily freeroll as well as a further 10,000 euros freeroll on Sunday. There will also be a total of 50,000 euros worth of freerolls on offer during February.

The site is also linking into Casinos Austria's conventional offline business by running satellites to the Casinos Austria Poker Tour (CAPT), which consists of six live tournaments running from February 24th to October 12th with a total prize pool of more that 5 million euros.

As a part of their policy on responsible gaming, win2day.at has placed an €800 per week deposit limit on all citizens and aside from its freerolls, the site offers no further bonuses. In terms of rake structure, Austria has followed the example of Sweden by setting it at 2.5%.

The site features a range of guides and videos to help newcomers familiarize themselves with the service, covering everything from initial download and deposit to how to play the game.

Michael Hallen, CEO of Boss Media told Gaming Intelligence Group, “We are very proud that Austria will launch their poker site today using Boss Media's software and there is a great sense of expectation. We have been given a big responsibility and everyone at Boss Media has been working hard alongside our colleagues at Win2day and Svenska Spel to make this launch successful, as successful as the launch of Svenska Spel two years ago.”

Given the lessons that Austria has learned from Sweden's experience, along with their ability to offer promotions, the site is expected in industry circles to perform even better that Svenska Spel's poker offering did at the time of its launch.