
bwin Betting Group: From European Digital Pioneer to Global Gambling Ecosystem Builder Over Twenty Years
I. Disruptive Origins: The Austrian "Bet Code" in the Internet WaveIn 1997, when the global internet penetration was less than 1%, three Austrian tech geeks set up an online sports betting platform called "betandwin" in a garage in the suburbs of Vienna with less than 500,000 euros in seed funding.U