Flutter takes leading role on Irish safer gambling duties Share
As the operating company of Paddy Power, Flutter stated that it has chosen to ban credit card transactions and will further implement a whistle-to-whistle TV advertising ban across all sports programming.
In addition, the firm will donate 1% of Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) to support Ireland’s education and treatment of problem gambling and has set a target of raising €3 million by 2023. Prior to the announcement, the firm had already contributed roughly £450,000 to Ireland’s
Gambling Awareness Trust.
Flutter’s decision to update its safer gambling commitments comes ahead of the implementation of imminent regulatory changes by the
Laois people urged to help ban online gambling advertising
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Laois people against the advertising of online gambling are being urged to take part in a survey.
Laois Labour party representative Eoin Barry says his party is seeking to have such advertising banned.
“I know that this is a major issue in Laois and I hope that people take a couple of minutes to fill out the survey to help us understand the scale of the problem in our county.
“The stresses of COVID-19 have challenged the resilience and coping strategies of us all but particularly individuals with addictions who are finding it even harder to continue in their recovery and avoid relapse.”