Statistics IRELAND
MARKET DYNAMICS GAMING MACHINES:
OVERVIEW
GAMING MACHINE REVENUE: GAMING ARCADES: BETTING SHOPS:
5,600 (plus 20,000 unlicensed) €200m 57
1,009
MAIN OPERATORS: Ladbrokes, Paddy Power,Boyle Sports BETTING REVENUE: OPERATORS: RACETRACKS:
LOTTERY REVENUE: LOTTERY RETAILERS: ONLINE GAMING: CASINOS:
CASINO SLOTS: CASINO TABLES: MAIN OPERATORS:
CASINO REVENUE: TOTAL GAMING REVENUE: 7 4
€36.5m (turnover) 250 26
TOTAL ON COURSE BETTING: €130.3m (includes €46m Tote, €75.9m bookmakers and €8.2m SP Shops) €735m (turnover) 3,700
Partly permitted
32 (private member clubs) estimated 200 200-300 approx
The Sporting Emporium, The
Fitzwilliam Card Club, The Penthouse. €26m €1.8bn
Gaming in Ireland is governed by the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956, a very archaic regulation which doesn’t work in the modern day gaming era. At the moment horse racing, greyhound racing and the lottery is permitted alongside Private Member Clubs which can provide casino like services. Some operate slots however some don’t. There are 57 licensed gaming premises in Ireland with around 5,600 slots plus another 20,000 unlicensed machines operating in unlicensed premises.
The Gambling Control Bill is due to come into force by the end of 2014 and will replace the 1931 Betting Act and the 1956 Gaming and Lotteries Act. The bill will replace all existing regulations for betting, gaming, bingo and lotteries (except the National Lottery) and will extend the licensing regime to include online and electronic gambling. There is no provision for large scale resort casinos but there is a proposal for smaller casinos with 15 table games maximum and up to 25 gaming machines. Landbased casino gaming constitutes around 1.5 per cent of the entire gambling industry in Ireland which generates around €26m. The National Lottery in Ireland has raised £4.2bn for good causes over the last 26 years.
IRELAND: Statistics Capital: Dublin Population: 4,775,982 Land Area: 68,883
sq.km Currency: Euro Government: Republic, Parliamentary Democracy Head of Government: Edna Kenny (Fine Gael) Elections: President elected by popular vote for seven year term. Last elections held in 2011.
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