https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Gaming corporation Casinos Austria has welcomed a government plan to ban poker games outside of casinos - but has lamented the fact that the ban won’t be introduced until 2020. https://www.thelocal.at/20150610/austria-to-ban-poker-gambling-outside-of-casinos Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:18:08 +0200 austria-to-ban-poker-gambling-outside-of-casinos A 21-year-old Viennese man has won the prestigious World Championship of Online Poker and pocketed $1.3 million (just over €1 million). https://www.thelocal.at/20141001/vienna-poker-player-wins-seven-figure-payday Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:27:00 +0200 vienna-poker-player-wins-seven-figure-payday An Austrian student competing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas just missed out on being part of the top ten final table, but consoled himself with 11th place, and earnings of US$565,193 (€415,800). https://www.thelocal.at/20140715/austrian-poker-player-earns-half-million-dollars Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:08:00 +0200 austrian-poker-player-earns-half-million-dollars A Vienna-based poker star who played in high-stakes games for hundreds of thousands of euros has been found dead in Slovenia. He reportedly went to the country to meet a group of players. https://www.thelocal.at/20140627/german-poker-millionaire-missing-in-slovenia Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:59:00 +0200 german-poker-millionaire-missing-in-slovenia