AUSTRIA

CURRENCY: Austrian Schilling (AS).

EXCHANGE RATE: AS 12.60 = US$1.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: German.

POPULATION: 7,600,000.

CAPITAL: Vienna.

INTERNATIONAL CODE: TELEPHONE 43.

CURRENCY CONTROLS: The Austrian Schilling is convertible and freely imported and exported.

GAMING INFORMATION: There are 12 casinos operating in Austria plus one cardroom in Salzburg.The casinos are located in spas or tourist-oriented resort areas.The best known casinos are located in Badenbei-Wien, Bergenz, Salzburg (in the Hotel Winkler) and the fashionable resort town of Kitzbilhl in the Tyrol.The casino in Vienna is located in the elegant Palais Esterhazy.The newest casino is in Innsbruck.

The Austrian casinos offer international table games: French roulette, American roulette, baccarat, (chemin defer), blackjack (twenty-one), wheel of fortune, red dog, sic bo, European seven eleven, poker and slot machines.The entrance fee to the Austrian casinos is AS170 which must be paid at the reception.Included in the entrance fee are marked chips for AS 200 which can not be changed for cash.All the Austrian casinos are exclusively licensed and operated by Casinos Austria.Casinos Austria AG is a share-holding company.Two thirds of the shares of Casinos Austria AG are held by large Austrian companies which are directly or indirectly owned by the Federal Republic of Austria.Casinos Austria AG has more than 50 years of experience in the casino industry.About 35% of of the people playing in Austrian casinos are foreign tourists.