“So suddenly I just put it all on red.” Londoner Ashley Revell played double-or-nothing with his future and headed to Sin City for a life-changing spin on a roulette wheel. Revell was 32 years old when he did what many of us would only ever dream of doing and put his life-savings on red. This […]

2 years ago

FUT card packs have been found to be in contravention of Dutch law. A court in the Netherlands has confirmed that the country’s gambling authority can proceed with a fine of €10 million towards Electronic Arts. The fine pertains to the company’s FIFA series and, in particular, loot boxes within its FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) […]

5 years ago

“It wouldn’t take long to gamble a week’s wages.” The government is set to introduce a law that will raise the limit of gaming machine payouts to €500. David Stanton TD has said that the new laws will bring “clarity to the permit and licensing approach to small-scale local gaming and lottery activity, updating certain […]

6 years ago

Stark reading. New figures made public by the HSE reveal that the Irish healthcare system is treating record-high levels of gambling addiction. While the official numbers for 2018 are being finalised, the provisional figures indicate that there were 257 cases assessed and treated for gambling as a main problem in 2018. These figures do not […]

7 years ago

A major change could be on the way in the world of gambling. TDs have been debating a proposal to ban bookmakers from allowing punters bet on “lottery type games”. This is following claims made by a number of TDs that the games risk “cannabilising” the National Lottery’s ‘Good Causes’ fund by €110m annually. According to […]

7 years ago

Changes are on the way in the world of online gambling. The government have approved that a legislation will be drafted in an attempt to modernise the laws with regards to online gambling. The Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 will aim to modernise range of other issues in interim including standardising minimum gambling age […]

7 years ago