iGaming Payment SolutionsEurope market brief · Verified 2026-07-31
iGaming payments in Austria
EPS (eps-Überweisung). Dominant rail family: instant bank transfers. Settles in EUR. 12 providers in our catalog carry a recorded rail here, 7 of them by direct acquiring.
12
Providers with a rail here
7
Reach it directly
3
Rails tracked
EUR
Settles in
Quick info
- Currency
- EUR
- Region
- Europe
- Betting
- regulated
- Casino
- state monopoly
- Dominant rail
- Instant bank
- Providers
- 12 (7 direct)
- Regulator
- BMF
The rule in Austria
Our own reading, not a summary of someone else's
Online casino is still a state monopoly through win2day, but Austria imposes no payment restrictions, so offshore MGA operators serve Austrians heavily and openly. That is about to change. The Finance Ministry's draft law, out for consultation until 15 July 2026, would keep lotteries monopolised while opening online casino to an uncapped number of licensees on five-year licenses extendable by ten, with win2day's own concession expiring in 2027. An independent gambling authority may not exist until 2030, so the Finance Ministry would run licensing in the interim.
How money actually moves
The rails players reach for, in the order that matters locally
- EPS (eps-Überweisung)dominant
instant bank transfer
Austria's bank online-transfer standard; default local rail at both win2day and offshore; direct EPS connectivity helps.
- Klarna / Sofortmajor
instant bank transfer
Pay-by-bank widely used at offshore casinos.
- paysafecardmajor
vouchers & cash
Austrian-origin prepaid, very high local adoption; deposit-only.
Which providers reach these rails
12 of the providers we track carry a recorded entry for this market
Direct acquiring
7A direct relationship with the local rail rather than a hop through someone else's.
| Provider | Rails named | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| PXP Financial | EPS, Sofort / Klarna, paysafecard | industry knowledge |
| Worldline | EPS, Klarna / Sofort, paysafecard | industry knowledge |
| Adyen | EPS | provider's own claim |
| emerchantpay | EPS, Sofort/Klarna | provider's own claim |
| Nuvei | EPS, Klarna / Sofort, paysafecard | provider's own claim |
| Paysafe | EPS, paysafecard | provider's own claim |
| Trust Payments | EPS | provider's own claim |
Aggregated or indirect
5The rail is reachable, but through an aggregator, a local PSP or a wallet rather than directly.
Evidence grades run from named clients through platform catalogs and industry knowledge down to a provider's own claim. A claim we could not corroborate is still shown, labelled as what it is. See our methodology.
What it costs to operate, and who enforces
A missing field means we have not verified one, not that none exists
License economics
Monopoly today (win2day, concession expires 2027); draft law in consultation to 15 Jul 2026 would open uncapped five-year licenses extendable by ten
Regulator
BMFBundesministerium für Finanzen (no independent gambling authority before 2030)
Markets that run on the same rail
Where a cashier built for this market mostly transfers, and where it does not