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Flutter Entertainment is urging the Irish Government to retain the country's existing 2% betting duty as policymakers consider potential changes to gambling taxation, warning that a higher rate could place additional pressure on the regulated betting industry and encourage more customers towards unlicensed operators. Ireland currently applies a 2% duty to bets placed with bookmakers both in physical betting shops and through remote channels. Betting exchanges are subject to a

Ireland is preparing to introduce a significantly tougher anti-money laundering framework for the gambling industry as part of the country's first National Anti-Money Laundering, Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing Strategy. The reforms are designed to reduce the risk of gambling businesses being exploited to conceal criminal proceeds, strengthen oversight of higher-risk gambling activities and improve the ability of authorities to trace m

Ireland is introducing new anti-money laundering requirements aimed at strengthening controls within the gambling industry and preventing criminal organisations and terrorist groups from using gambling businesses to disguise and legitimise illicit funds. The measures form part of a broader effort to strengthen Ireland's financial crime framework and bring greater scrutiny to transactions and customers in a sector considered vulnerable to money laundering risks. The new rules

Ireland’s newly established gambling regulator is preparing to start issuing licences following formal authorisation from a senior government minister. Jim O’Callaghan, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, has granted the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) permission to begin the licensing process. The minister confirmed that the authority can begin granting licences “for new entrants as soon as is feasible.” Under the rollout timeline, the GRAI will