Options For Irelands New Gambling Laws

one armbandits better not be allowed back and pokies.

6.4 ... where individuals are engaged in significant activity in a betting

exchange, which might, if it were to occur off-line, be regarded as running an unlicensed

bookmaking operation, then the State should be able to intervene, if only from a regulatory

and taxation perspective.

Snooker halls etc riddled with one armed bandits and poker machines.

There are thousands out there making substantial sums on the exchange. We all know that nobody looses on BF. Sure HRI are looking at turnover figures and listening to rumour and think the taxation of exchange operators will keep them accustomed to their belt sizes and other benefits. My arse as that chap on The Royles says. And DB/BK will arise and clear Leop of all snow on 26th Dec as well.

13.  CONCLUSION
13.1 No one doubts that our gambling laws are in need of reform.  The objective must be
to ensure that any reform is balanced, recognising  the potential harm that the activity can
cause, while acknowledging the fact that it is also a form of entertainment for many people.   
13.2 Neither can we ignore the potential economic benefits that could flow from a wellregulated gambling architecture that aims to be a standard-maker in terms of tackling the
remote gambling market.

It took them 41 pages to come to those conclusions.

I made the mistake of reading that PDF.

It says maximum of 15 gaming tables in a regular casino.  What about a casino (private members club) holding a poker tournament e.g the Fitzwilliam gets about 140 players for the 4270 end of month tournament? (140/9 players = 16 tables). And they still have the roulette, blackjack, brag, poker cash tables running.

What about hotels holding poker tournaments.  The Irish Open in the Burlington hotel had over 700 players.

I saw David Hickson on the news welcoming the legislation.  Hi, Dave.

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observerirl

There are thousands out there making substantial sums on the exchange. We all know that nobody looses on BF. Sure HRI are looking at turnover figures and listening to rumour and think the taxation of exchange operators will keep them accustomed to their belt sizes and other benefits. My arse as that chap on The Royles says. And DB/BK will arise and clear Leop of all snow on 26th Dec as well.

Observerirl i am not sure if it is true that there are thousands of people in Ireland making substantial sums on exchanges although it really boils down to what you call "Substantial"? I know at one stage one of the main guys who supplied liquidity to the Irish horse racing markets was actually based in Australia believe it or not. In Addition to that i know guys who were based in Sweden/Malta that provided a lot of the liquidity for Soccer markets. But they are people/groups that i would call unlicensed bookmakers that exist like the ones above and i would say that the law is more geared towards the likes of them than indivduals who make a fair wedge.