“The Irish government published the promised interim reform measure, the Gaming and Lotteries Amendment Bill 2019 in late March 2019. The main effect of the proposed Bill is to increase the stakes and prizes for gaming machines. The Bill proposes that the permitted stake be increased from 3c to €10 and the permitted prize limit from 50c to €750.”
In 2013 the government (which is similar to the government in power today) published a Scheme for a Gambling Control Bill. Tat Scheme outlined the policy that government intended to adopt in its proposed Gambling Control Bill. However, that follow on Bill was never published.
OPPOSITION PARTY'S GAMBLING CONTROL BILL In January 2018, the main opposition party in parliament published its own Gambling Control Bill. Tat Bill was based on the policy outlined by the government in its 2013 Scheme. However, by then the government's thinking on what shape it wanted the legislation to take, had moved on.
Te government announced that it no longer wanted the new gambling regulator to sit within the Department of Justice as was outlined in the 2013 Scheme. Instead, the government announced that it wanted to establish an independent regulator that would have responsibility for all gaming, betting and lottery activity in Ireland.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP In 2018, the government set up yet another
interdepartmental working group to review the changes that needed to be made to the 2013 Scheme. Tat group met throughout 2018 and published its report in March 2019. Some of the main recommendations in that report provide for the establishment of an independent regulator and a reduction in the number of gambling licences that that regulator can issue.
As an interim reform measure, the report also recommended that certain parts of the current Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 be updated pending the introduction of a comprehensive Gambling Control Bill.
GAMING AND LOTTERIES AMENDMENT BILL 2019 Te Irish government published the promised interim reform measure, the Gaming and Lotteries Amendment Bill 2019 in late March 2019. Te main effect of the proposed Bill is to increase the stakes and prizes for gaming machines. Te Bill proposes that the permitted stake be increased from 3c to €10 and the
permitted prize limit from 50c to €750. Te Bill also proposes to standardise the legal age for all gambling activities at 18 years. Te 2019 Bill still has to pass through a number of stages in parliament before it becomes law. However, the Minister with responsibility for the Bill, has said he hopes that the Bill will become law this year.
GAMBLING CONTROL BILL 2020? Tat Minister has also said that he hopes to bring
forward an updated Scheme for a comprehensive Gambling Control Bill in late 2019 with a view to publishing the Gambling Control Bill itself in 2020. It remains to be seen whether the recommendations in the 2019 interdepartmental report will be acted upon so that 2020 will see the introduction of a modern, comprehensive framework for gambling. If it does, it has the potential to make Ireland a very attractive jurisdiction for operators.
IAGA
The International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) will hold its 38th Annual International Gaming Summit June 4 - 6 at The Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay in California
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