A cloud hangs over the future of an Australian pokie machine company boss whose bid for a gaming licence in the US has met hurdles after revelations he was the subject of a European corruption investigation.

The ABC revealed in June that Harald Neumann, chief executive of Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT), had been under investigation in Austria over an alleged scheme with far-right politicians to win favours for his former company Novomatic AG.

One of the world's biggest pokie manufacturers, AGT had not publicly disclosed Mr Neumann's role in the investigation.

It told the ABC at the time that "all (except for one) of the investigations involving Mr Harald Neumann and / or Novomatic AG have been dismissed".

But the company revealed on Thursday that it was considering Mr Neumann's futu

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