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Irish Examiner

Mick Clifford: Don't bet the house on brave new gambling laws

When I was a lad of tender summers, there was a mysterious shop in town bearing the legend'Turf Accountant'. An accountant, I knew, counted money. So, I concluded, what went on behind the closed door and tinted window of the turf accountant was the totting up of how much money the local farmers made through extracting turf from the brown bogs out…

Law ・ 11 June 2022

European Gaming

Revolut App to Block Credit Card Payments to Irish Gambling Websites

Banking app Revolut has decided to block credit card payments made to gambling websites in Ireland. The decision was taken after an inquiry showed that betting firms in the country are taking advantage of credit card payments made through contactless apps such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut. Currently, direct credit card betting is banned in…

Gambling Sites ・ 27 January 2022

Gambling News

Gambling Companies in Ireland Can Use Apple, Google Tools to Block Credit Cards

Apple and Google, often blamed for their alleged complacency in facilitating gambling companies, may have been siding with consumers all along. The companies provided Irish betting apps with a reliable method to filter credit card payments for the purposes of gambling, the Irish Independent wrote, but at least one firm has opted out of this option,…

Payment Methods ・ 25 January 2022

Gambling Insider

Revolut to ban credit card deposits to gambling sites in Ireland

Banking app Revolut will block credit card payments to gambling sites in Ireland. The decision was taken after an inquiry showed that betting firms in the country are taking advantage of credit card payments made through contactless apps such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut. Currently, direct credit card betting is banned under Irish industry…

Gambling Sites ・ 21 January 2022

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Independent

Revolut app to block credit card payments to gambling websites

Banking app Revolut is to block credit card payments to gambling sites in Ireland, the Irish Independent can reveal. he move follows this newspaper's investigation showing that betting firms here are profiting from credit card payments made through contactless apps such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut. Direct credit card betting is banned in…

Gambling Sites ・ 21 January 2022

European Gaming

European Safer Gambling Week, 1-7 November 2021

Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe 1-7 November 2021 The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), and its partners, invite you to join us for the inaugural European Safer Gambling Week (ESGW) on 1-7 November 2021. The theme of this first ESGW is "Fostering a Stronger Culture of Safer Gambling in Europe". ESGW is an…

Law ・ 18 October 2021

World Casino News

Ireland's IBA updates Safer Gambling Code

In Ireland, a ban on the use of credit cards in retail shops and online for Irish patrons has been agreed to by bookmakers while also accepting a pre-watershed "whistle-to-whistle" advertising ban for live sport. The pair of initiatives are a part of an amended code of practice for safe gambling brought by the representative body of the country's…

Law ・ 30 August 2021

RTE

Paddy Power founder: Gambling a 'major social problem'

Stewart Kenny is a lifelong fan of gambling. He made one of his first bets on Richard Nixon resigning in 1974, and he's enjoyed a bet ever since - so much so that he made a career, one spanning four decades, in the betting industry. In 1988, he was one of the founders of Paddy Power. But now the 69-year-old sees things very differently. Ireland, he…

Sports ・ 08 July 2021

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