Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Gambling Control Bill: Discussion

11:15 am

Ms Catherine Colloms:

Yes. This is something that Betfair has picked up on and I am sure Ms Rossiter from the RGA will mention this. We think it needs looking at to understand exactly how it is funded in the context of turnover. There are other systems in other jurisdictions and the RGT model was referred to by Ms Gill. The way that model works is that a fee is levied against operators based on gross gambling yield. The reason for that is it reflects the fact there are different margins for different businesses. An online business has a different margin to a casino if it is incorporated or a bookmarker. All that does is it is a fairer application value. There can also be a system which looks at potentially a fee based on the number of licences or betting shops. It does the same thing in terms of financing the social fund but in such a way that potentially more fairly reflects the profits of the business.

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