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Update on what may happen on Wednesday:
https://www.theirishfield.ie/racing/racing-news/news-minister-plans-gambling-bill-amendments-814649
(Should be readable – 5 free articles per month for all users)
Unfortunately this issue has reared it’s head again.
Behind a paywall but basically says that the ban on gambling advertising between the hours of 5:30a.m. and 9p.m. will become law around 8th October next. Technically, RTV and SSR in their current forms would have to come off air in Ireland shortly after that date.
It is crazy but not the most outrageous thing the Irish government is doing at the moment.
Looks like it’s all over:
The Racing Post have an interview (behind a paywall unfortunately, in the print edition Wednesday) with the CEO of the new Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland, as established by the passing of the Gambling Regulation Bill last year. This includes the daytime ban on gambling advertising between 5:30am and 9pm. Sky Sports Racing have already launched an Irish opt out for this but this does cause in issue for RTV who say it’s not economically viable to broadcast a separate stream to Ireland without the gambling ads and stings. The interview says that the ad ban will be brought in on a phased basis alongside the issuing of new licences for operators which means RTV will be in danger of going off the air in Ireland from July 2026 unless an separate feed for Ireland can be arranged.
I also read that interview, it is quite clear that Ms Caulfield, a career bureaucrat, has absolutely no idea of the relationship between horse racing and betting. Bookmakers would be quite happy to keep making their profits on slots, casino games, bingo and other sports but horseracing would be dead in the water without gambling. The parallel she made about snooker and smoking divesting themselves from each other, then horseracing and gambling, nearly had me splitting my sides with laughter, then shaking my head at the shear stupidity of the comment.
Does the Irish political class really believe banning gambling adverts is the most vital issue facing Ireland now?
I’m an addict, 17 yrs clean now, but as part of rehab we were advised to attend other fellowship meetings. My own group was Narcotics Anonymous, so I also attended Alcoholics Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous, once each. Of the three, GA was the most frightening; listening to the stories, seeing how quickly an ordinary person can descend into a quagmire of stealing and lying and cheating, wrecking families and futures. The accessibility of betting now has made the problem even worse.
Having gone quiet for a while The Irish Field have an update on the matter, any ban is now not expected until 2027 at earliest. (5 free articles a month on site)
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