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...to the surprise of absolutely nobody!
https://www.racingpost.com/news/industry/racing-industry/controversial-affordability-checks-on-punters-given-green-light-by-gambling-commission-despite-opposition-from-racing-and-bookmakers-aNU4B2Q7rmT5/
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unless you want to hand over your pay slips from months back, shoe size, weight, sister in laws job....etc, you will be restricted to £100 a month. This is the destruction of online gambling.
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The GC are,and always have been,determined to stop gambling and deciding how a certain sector spend their money
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This all looks fair enough to me. More reasonable thresholds than the previously touted £250, and some clarity that those thresholds relate to net deposits rather than "losses" which could have meant anything.
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There is nothing reasonable about a requirement to disclose personal financial information in order to be granted the right to spend your own money.
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Absolutely correct,Cider.
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How does this effect non UK residents ?? Cheers..
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Multi £bn financial institutions can't identify financial distress from a credit report, so exactly how does a bookmaker achieve that.
They don't know what they are doing. It's akin to trying to solve a jigsaw with one piece. |
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I am on £100 a month now ( betfair ) They don't want payslips because there are none. Sounds better for other people than was previously proposed. £5k to £1k a big drop though. When you can still bet thousands in one day at the track.
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Any such difficulty in purchasing Shares?
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If you're right jamee1, then it will need a new moniker, as what you have outlined is not an affordability check. Untold amount of people have clean credit reports and no money. Lots of others are rolling in it and can't manage to keep their direct debits up to date. Nothing surprises in the world of 2026.
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Cider • July 7, 2026 2:08 PM BST
Multi £bn financial institutions can't identify financial distress from a credit report, so exactly how does a bookmaker achieve that cider pretending not to be able to read, to try to make his point. It says "to look for signs of financial distress" not "identify financial distress". |
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Bit late for the now hunner pounders
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Exactly how does a credit search enable an entity that provides gaming services to 'look for financial distress'?
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repeat, it says "look for signs of financial distress" not "look for financial distress".
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Exactly how does a credit search enable an entity that provides gaming services to 'look for signs of financial distress'?
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Hint.If you think it can, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
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this is a saviour for the masses...hail the GC.
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None of this nonsense in Ireland jerseyboy.
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So you are trying to say that credit checks don't show ccjs, loan mortgage arrears?
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Is there a rule in Ireland about having to show ID for any win over 2,000 Euros?
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@ slickster
https://www.grai.ie/news/commencement-of-gambling-regulatory-authority-of-ireland-remote-betting-licences With the commencement of GRAI licences, licensed operators must now meet strict obligations designed to protect consumers and uphold the integrity of the market. These include age verification requirements to prevent underage gambling, obligations to pay out winnings, safeguards such as a ban on facilitating credit or accepting credit cards and requirements on closing accounts on request. Operators are subject to ongoing compliance monitoring, and the GRAI has powers to investigate operators, enforce compliance, apply significant sanctions, and take action against unlicensed or illegal activity. |
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@ cider
So you are trying to say that credit checks don't show ccjs, loan mortgage arrears? |
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Yes second again. A scandalous rule. If you want 2k on you need proof of identity etc. Fair enough. If some old dear has 50cent on her lucky numbers at 4000-1 she collects 2000.50. But incredibly she ain't getting paid until she brings in all her documents. Another example of the wrong people in charge without the ability to see the difference.
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slickster, the new GRAI in force means automatic ID requirements for all Irish online betting.
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I should clarify dave I don't bet online. Would be impossible to get anything on. Hence I use the shops, plural, regularly. Only way to go that I can see. Why bet online showing them your hand all the time?
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Slickster No such thing as CCJ in Jersey, self governed thank god not by those UK clowns.
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The Books still wouldn't take a bet off anybody whatever that has half a clue
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20% better value on BF and dickster uses shops..
pmsl..think ive jussed lagged my y frunts 😆 |
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slickster • July 7, 2026 2:54 PM BST
I should clarify dave I don't bet online. Would be impossible to get anything on. Hence I use the shops, plural, regularly. Only way to go that I can see. Why bet online showing them your hand all the time? The shops come under the GRAI umbrella over the next year, so there will be changes in them. |
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poddi's by far the biggest player on ere.
he be checking himself for signs of financial distress ?? |
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It is not going to effect 95% of the punters on here imo..
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They've already been affected and can't deposit
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Where can those who refuse to bend over as we object to a forensic rectal probe, a DNA sample, fingerprints etc. get a bet on in future?
I keep hearing about such sites...but they're never named - I'd rather take a chance and roll the dice with them (as I'm only small-time) as the only option left is the shop...and I haven't done that for years as we get vigorously búúm-rápéd in there  |
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Dickster,The Dublin Leprechaun claims to get on in the Shops without them noticing.
Absolute Comedy Gold  |
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Slicks shoe repair shop making plenty
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They love his forecasts
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Different jurisdictions dave. I haven't heard anything unless changes are in the offing. Which I doubt. Last I heard from our government was "we have no plans to introduce affordability checks as we consider them too intrusive". Can't argue with that.
Bubbles I'm at it decades. You need to know what you're doing. Only stopped twice by the red mob in many years. |