New gambling law will ban all social media advertising

It will not only regulate and circumscribe the activities of gambling companies but will also set out strict new rules on advertising and sponsorship.

In addition to a ban on gambling advertising on social media, there will be a total ban on any advertising on TV or online between the hours of 5.30am and 9pm each day. This is to ensure that children are not exposed to gambling. The includes advertising carried on satellite carriers such as Sky Sports.

There will also be prohibitions on allowing children into any premises where gambling occurs and protections to ensure children do not have access to remote or online gambling. Advertisements will be required not to attach children.In addition, any inducements to entice adults to gambling will be banked including free hospitality, VIP treatment, free bets and special offers. Ireland also will follow the lead of the UK and ban all credit card gambling.

He expressed concern around timelines and what process the authority would go through to set controls and whether this would be “another challenge to get the protections we really want.”“The bill hits all the right notes but the devil really is in the detail and it is laying it onto the authority,” said Prof O’Gara, who is clinical professor of psychiatry at UCD.

Prof O’Gara said the creation of a national network of addiction treatment services, for both in-patients and out-patients, was “an enormous undertaking” and that he had in the past argued for a 1 per cent levy on turnover that was substantial but which “has to be substantial.” “Up to this point it has been mass profit but all these terrible stories of all these people affected, so there is a huge imbalance there.”

And when u lose your dough there u can nip into the nearest amusement arcade or chipper and and play all day on the one armed bandits

We're still good to go, though.. you can still gamble with us every day from dawn to dusk... our chance to win big!! Go on give it a few goes each day, it's only money..

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