Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion

Mr. Graham Ross:

Regarding the reference to multiple jurisdictions, Lottoland – much the same as all the other major organisations attending this meeting – is regulated in all the leading gambling jurisdictions in Europe and across the world. The one comfort in this approach is that Irish customers have a regulated experience when they bet with licensed companies. Those regulations are not Irish regulations, though, and they should be. There is an opportunity for Ireland to take the best practices from across the various jurisdictions – the UK, Malta, Gibraltar and others – and create a world-leading regulatory approach for online and retail betting customers. There are many positives to take from all of our experiences across a multitude of jurisdictions, but Irish people's customer journeys are not regulated here. They need to be.

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