Senior Associates, Aoife McCluskey and
Valerie Sexton
explore the legal considerations for the future of licencing and
the regulation of gambling in Ireland.
The Inter-Departmental Working Group on the Future Licensing and
Regulation of Gambling appointed by the Irish Government has
published a report on future licensing and regulation of
gambling1 .
Two key recommendations of the report are the publication of the
Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the establishment of
an Irish gambling regulatory authority.
Following the publication, Minister Stanton has said that
“The Government has made a major commitment to the
modernisation of our licensing and regulatory environment for
gambling.”
