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Gambling Protection Measures

With effect from 1 December 2010, under the terms of Section 1 (4) of the Gambling Act (GSpG), a Staff Unit was established at the Federal Ministry of Finance for preventing addiction and offering addiction advice (Staff Unit for Addiction Prevention and Counselling). This Staff Unit is dedicated to highlighting the importance of gambling protection and preventive measures under Austrian gambling law and also provides technical support to the Austrian Gambling Regulatory Authority.

The objectives of the Staff Unit for Addiction Prevention and Counselling are the following:

• Creation of an improved data inventory relating to treatment and advice for patients through gambling addiction facilities in Austria;
• Support for gambling addiction research;
• Educating and informing people of the risks involved in gambling;
• Better coordination of the work of the individual gambling protection facilities;
• Generating and presenting best-practice models of collaboration between gambling licence and permit holders and independent gambling protection facilities;
• Generation of common quality standards for approval of gambling protection facilities within the meaning of the Gambling Act as well as generation of an approval procedure for such gambling protection facilities.
• Evaluation of the 2010 Gambling Act Amendment in 2014;
• Technical assessment of gambling protection concepts of federal licence holders.

In addition, the Staff Unit for Addiction Prevention and Counselling will seek collaboration with those other federal ministries and provinces which continue to share responsibility for gambling protection. 

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