Ireland Market Report
Betting shop numbers have continued to decline since the doubling of the betting duty from one per cent to two per cent in 2019. In 2018, there were 859 betting shops, and this had declined to 731 in 2024. A continuation of high betting tax, policy-induced higher operating costs, especially labour costs and general high cost inflation, will result in additional closures throughout the country, particularly in rural areas and small towns.
EXCISE NET RECEIPTS BETTING DUTY
Traditional (€) Remote (€)
Commissions (€) TOTAL (€)
EXCISE NET RECEIPTS LICENCES
Bookmaker (€) 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
44.9m 46.6m 47.5m 45.8m 24.3m 39m 51.8m 66.1m 57.2m 51.3m 49.2m 60.5m 44.9m 40.6m 2.5m 783,000 3.8m 3.8m 4.1m 2.8m 2.5m 113.6m 103m 102.6m 98.9m 89.1m 86.7m 95m
decline in betting shop turnover since 2018. Based on revenue figures, turnover in betting shops was €2.87bn in 2018. Tis had declined to €2.34bn in 2024. Tis is a decrease of €532m or 18.5 per cent. “Remote betting increased from €2.14bn to
€2.83bn, an increase of €681m or 31.7 per cent. Traditional shop betting decreased from a share of 57.2 per cent in 2018 to 45.3 per cent in 2024. “Te decline in traditional betting shop turnover
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 39,750 77,250 49,500 63,000 39,500 100,750
Bookmaker premises (€) 456,000 136,800 233,700 405,840 291,840 368,600 Remote betting (€)
20,000 120,000 - Remote bookmakers (€) 230,000 1.18m
two per cent, bringing it in line with the rate for retail and online betting. Tis change will affect operators like Tote
Ireland and Rasaiocht Con Eireann greyhound racing and will take effect in the 2027 budget. Te move aligns with the overhaul under the GRA2024 which allows for new pool betting op- erators, beyond the current two. At the beginning of this year, there were 684 betting shops after 47 shops closed last year.
238 110,000 1.07m
149,992 30,000 110,000 110,000 1.16m
Tere are about 90 remote bookmaker licences. Total betting duty collected amounted to €113.7m
compared to €103m in 2024. Traditional receipts continue to decline from €46.6m in 2024 to €44.9m last year. According to the Irish Bookmakers Association, the betting industry provides for more than 6,000 jobs and has a turnover of €2.3bn in the retail sector, averaging around €3.3m per betting shop. Te IBA reported: “Tere has been a substantial
is caused by the weak commercial viability of retail outlets, which is caused by increased oper- ating costs and doubling of the betting tax in 2019 in addition to the economy-wide shift to internet services. “Betting shop numbers have continued to
decline since the doubling of the betting duty from one per cent to two per cent in 2019. In 2018, there were 859 betting shops, and this had declined to 731 in 2024. “A continuation of high betting tax, policy-in-
duced higher operating costs, especially labour costs and general high cost inflation, will result in additional closures throughout the country, particularly in rural areas and small towns.” Te biggest bookmaker, Paddy Power, an-
nounced at the end of last year that it will close 28 of its betting shops in Ireland after owner Flutter Entertainment also reported closures
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