The growth in the gaming market has never been as enormous as in 2020 with two lockdowns in Austria. All land-based casinos were closed. Many millions of euros were spent on entertainment on the Internet. Austrians love to have fun. At the same time, Casinos Austria got into a tailspin and the Austrian state gave up the majority of the gambling group without causing a stir. The majority owner is now a consortium from the Czech Republic. Suddenly there are even fewer efforts than before to defend the gambling monopoly against the EU.