Milestones in our history
1980 - 1989
- Early 1980ies: Due to a drain of Austrian gaming capital to other countries, the introduction of a lotto game in Austria became a central issue. Othmar Haushofer. the Director General in the Federal Ministry of Finance in charge of the gaming sector, identified the problem.
- 1983: Herbert Salcher, Minister of Finance at the time, commissioned Leo Wallner and Kurt Nösslinger to prepare a plan for re-organising the Austrian gaming market.
- 2 July 1985: Toto-Lotto-Projektierungsgesellschaft m.b.H. was formed and the first employees were recruited.
- 6 June 1986: Amendment of the Games of Chance Act creating the legal basis for lotto, football pools and supplementary games.
- 11 June 1986: Toto-Lotto-Projektierungsgesellschaft m.b.H. obtained the license to run lotto, football pools and supplementary games.
- 2 July 1986: Lotto Toto Gesellschaft m.b.H. was formed.
- 1 September 1986: Lotto "6 out of 45" was launched and the football pools were taken over from the Austrian Gaming Monopoly Administration.
- 13 March 1988: Introduction of the goal bet
- 26 September 1988: Introduction of the Joker option
- 21 December 1989: The amended Games of Chance Act became the basis for the re-organisation of the gaming market.
- 22 December 1989: Lotto Toto Gesellschaft m.b.H. obtained the license to run break-open tickets, lotto 1-90 and the Austrian Class Lottery.
1990 - 1999
- 1 January 1990: The management of break-open tickets and lotto 1-90 was taken over from the Austrian Gaming Monopoly Administration.
- 1 May 1990: The management of the Austrian Class Lottery was taken over Austrian Gaming Monopoly Administration.
- 26 May 1990: The second winning option for break-open tickets was introduced.
- 3 October 1991: The company was renamed "Österreichische Lotterien Gesellschaft m.b.H.".
- 21 December 1992: All retailers of the Austrian Lotteries were equipped with online terminals area-wide.
- February 1994: The company's new corporate headquarters at Rennweg 44 in the third district of Vienna was inaugurated.
- 27 February 1995: Introduction of scratch-off tickets
- 3 September 1997: Introduction of the second draw (the Wednesday draw) in lotto "6 out of 45" and Joker
- 14 December 1998: Electronic lotteries on the Internet were launched via WebClub.at
- 8 November 1999: Introduction of Bingo
- December 1999: All retailers were equipped with "KeWin", the new online terminal.
2000 - 2010
- 30 July 2000: The back-up computer centre and warehouse of the Austrian Lotteries was opened on the Civitas Nova grounds at Wiener Neustadt.
- 25 January 2001: Introduction of lotto "6 out of 45" and Joker to be played via WAP cellphone.
- 17 September 2001: Introduction of lotto "6 out of 45" and Joker to be played on the Internet at WebClub.at .
- 19 February 2003: Launch of win2day.at - the games platform of the Austrian Lotteries and Casinos Austria
- 3 March 2003: Introduction of ToiToiToi
- 21 May 2004: Introduction of the video lottery terminals set up at the first WINWIN location (Mayrhofen in Tirol)
- 17 June 2004: Introduction of lotto "6 out of 45" and Joker to be played via texting
- 2 October 2004: Introduction of EuroMillionen
- 1 January 2005: The amendment to the Games of Chance Act of 10 December 2004 took effect. Due to this amendment, 3% of the annual sales proceeds of the Austrian Lotteries are earmarked for the promotion of sports. The annual minimum is now 40 million euro whereas the maximum threshold was dropped so that funding in support of sports from the budget is increased further.
- 22 December 2005: Formation of ÖLG Holding Ges.m.b.H.
- 1 September 2006: 20 Years Lotto "6 out of 45"
- 8 February 2007: The first EuroMillionen superdraw
- 7 February 2008: Opening of the poker room on win2day.at
- 16 May 2008: A man from Carinthia wins the EuroMillionen Europot, winning the highest prize in the history of gaming in Austria (55,609,411 euro)
- 25 May 2008: The first ever quintuple jackpot in lotto
- 24 December 2008: Scratch-Off Ticket introduction in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation)
- 14 September 2009: Lotto “6 out of 40” was launched in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation)
- 23 October 2009: 60th anniversary of Toto and the Austrian Sports Promotion
- 8 September 2010: Relaunch Lotto "6 out of 45" with an increased chance of winning
