Upcoming Gambling Regulation in Ireland

I read something about Malta bringing this to the EU to try to stop/change it because they felt it was against EU law. Did anything happen on the back of that?

Hey there,

I’m looking to potentially relocate to Ireland in the near future (EU national). As an online MTT grinder, this bill sounds scary. It had been very difficult getting any quality news about it, have you guys heard any news about whether poker will be excluded or not?

Thanks for your help

Not heard a thing, but if you're worried, relocate to the Northern Ireland side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. No live games at all on the NI side, but depending on where you choose, still be close to some live games in Ireland. This law won't affect playing online from there as NI is part of the United Kingdom.

Last article I read said it was meant to go into effect in October and poker is still included but it may be delayed to give the industry time to debate their case. I googled Irish gambling bill and think it was on poker news but not certain.

Not sure why there is even a debate tbh, the fact that poker is different and should have it's own regulations is obvious to anyone with a clue about the game. Look up the people who make up our new regulator and one will see why they are reluctant to change it. They have poker where they want it, gone.

NI is not in the EU, so he has no right to re-locate there.

The regulator is up and running and has issued some consulations, but they don't appear to be relevant to poker and have closed anyway.

Those with an interest could contact the regulator and ask if there were any plans for consultation on detailed rules, where the issue of poker could be brought up. (btw if that opportunity arises, don't say "omg I'll lose my income", because they dgaf. Concentrate on jobs of tournament operators, social benefits of small local poker play and tourism benefits of big events like the Irish Open.)

Yes, sorry, forgot about that. Only Irish nationals can, not all other EU nationals.

Thank you for your answers, lads! I will be keeping an eye on the thread with fingers crossed then, best of luck to you all

Now it's October, any updates on this?

Haven't seen any new info but the longer it takes there is a chance common sense could prevail.

There's always some gready pigs somewhere wanting a peice of the pie.

Irish players are now receiving notifications from platforms regarding the new gambling laws due at the beginning of July and there is no mention of the limits that scared the bejesus out of us,

Above is what is on the Gov side of things and AI confirms these measures.

If anyone familiar with these regulation changes could confirm this is accurate or not I would appreciate it.

Mainly the limits of a €10 stake and €3k prizepool, are they removed or in play?

Other than that the only disappointing aspect of the above if true is they cannot offer us loyalty rewards but whatever it could have been a shiteside worse. Thanks.

I think it's only sports/horse betting that is being licensed at the moment. Gaming, which unfortunately covers poker in the law as passed, starts the licensing process later this year. Live gaming (poker) is next year.

There is info about the timetable at the begining of this

https://grai-cms-production-bucket.s3.eu...

A big unknown is what companies eg Flutter, that will be licensed for sports betting, will do about remote gaming which they won't yet be licensed for. In any case they might just block Irish players as the market will be too small to offer compliant products.

As I said before, the problem is that the definitions and limits have been written in law and even if there is some workaround for live poker, it would need an operator to apply for an in person gaming license to run live tournaments.

Thanks for clearing that up, if I'm ever lucky enough to own a mansion I will only pay property tax for a ****ing bungalow, maybe they won't be able to tell the difference.

It now makes sense why I was only asked for verification on Bet365's sportsbook.

Apologies if I got anyone's hope up.

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I wonder if any Ambassadors or big profiles can offer insight into the situation. You'd think Fintan Gavin, JP Mccann, Fintan, Doke or Lappin would have a bit of intel that could help Irish players understand the implications.

This might be the only time ive seen an Irishman happy about Northern Ireland.

Because surely you can just relocate north and play under the uk regulations, regardless of what laws they implement ?

should be the case yeah. i guess we'll have to wait a few more months to find out what the story is. it's an absolute bummer, pretty distraught about it but still holding out some hope common sense prevails (lol politicians). is there any discord server to keep ourselves updated to this, or any interest in setting one up?