Ireland gambling bill nears completion as senators request ad ban

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 7:20 PM
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  • Nicole Macedo, iGaming Business

A committee of senators debated Ireland’s Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 last week, raising concerns over gambling advertising and pushing the bill towards completion.

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The Republic of Ireland’s long-awaited Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 is in its final stages before being passed into law, after being debated by a committee in the Irish senate Seanad Éireann on 25 and 26 September.

The bill was first represented to the house on 2 December 2022 and sought to create a regulated online gambling market in Ireland with a new statutory authority to regulate the market called the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.

A national self-exclusion scheme and a social impact fund that will be supported by a mandatory levy are also to be established as part of the legislation.