Betting, Gaming & Licensing

Jun 2017

Significant reforms to Ireland’s outdated gambling laws have long been promised. Most notably, in July 2013 the Government published the draft scheme of the Gambling Control Bill (the Bill).

May 2017

In a recent decision by the Circuit Court in Ireland, it was held there is no legal guarantee under Irish law that gamblers will be paid their winnings as the...

Nov 2015

With the increased, Europe-wide focus on countering money laundering and terrorist financing in recent years, it is an anomaly that Irish anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws have not to...

Oct 2015

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (‘ASAI’), an independent self-regulatory body, published on 17 September the seventh edition of its Code of Standards for Advertising and Marketing, of which Section 10 now...

Jul 2015

In Sporting Index Limited v John O'Shea [2015] IEHC 407, the High Court allowed an appeal against an order of the Master of Irish High Court deeming enforceable a judgment, obtained in...

May 2015

Maire Conneely, Senior Associate in A&L Goodbody's Gaming & Betting Group, discusses how non-gaming jurisdictions develop to become respected gaming jurisdictions. She also addresses how industry contributes to ensure new...

Apr 2015

The Irish President signed Ireland’s Betting (Amendment) Act 2015 into law on 15 March. This Act introduces a licensing regime for remote bookmakers and betting intermediaries in Ireland, bringing both online...

Mar 2015

The Irish President has signed into law the Betting (Amendment) Act, 2015 (the "Act"). This new legislation will update and extend the regulatory regime in Ireland in relation to bookmakers licences,...