International online gambling operators continue to dominate Austria’s online market, putting further pressure on the government to legislate these pesky interlopers into oblivion.

On Friday, Austrian media outlet Nachrichten published an interview with Andreas Kreutzer of the Kreutzer Fischer & Partner consultancy, who claim that the overall Austrian gambling market revenue hit €1.675b in 2017, up 4% from 2016’s total.

Kreutzer claims the land-based casino, slots hall and sports betting sector claimed €716m of this market revenue, up from €700m in 2016. The lottery business (both offline and online) claimed the second largest slice at €676m, a €20m improvement over 2016’s result.

Online gambling claimed 2017’s smallest share at €283m but this was 11% higher than the previous year, making the online sector Austria’s fastest growing segment, accounting for nearly half of the market’s overall growth.