new casino legislation

lurkballs

http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2013/07/minister-shatter-publishes-general-scheme-of-the-gambling-control-bill-2013/

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/law-to-license-online-gambling-and-limit-casino-size-1.1464231

after reading through this document and notes on new laws
it raises lots of questions and some of the new laws seem crazy
like they are allowing casinos to serve alcohol now !!!
only 40 licenses being issued
only 25 machines per casino. Caesars palace in Salthill must have 200 machines
and they wont allow fixed odds betting terminals (fobts) aren't roulette machines fixed odds ???
anyone in the industry have any concerns with these new implementations


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Specialun

Delighted the FOBT s have been banned.they are everywhere in the uk and are extremely addictive

biko

What will the old dears in Salthill get up to now? I suppose they can drink their money instead.

Christ the Redeemer

If people want to ruin their lives in a casino, like they can in a bookies or a pub, they should be allowed.

lurkballs

Specialun wrote: »

Delighted the FOBT s have been banned.they are everywhere in the uk and are extremely addictive

definitely but aren't all casino games and machines fixed odds ?

Celly Smunt

what ever happened to that Irish Las Vegas thing that was meant to be built in leitrim or somewhere like that?

Specialun

Celly Smunt wrote: »

what ever happened to that Irish Las Vegas thing that was meant to be built in leitrim or somewhere like that?

Tipp wasnt it...horse track,greyhound track,casino etc etc

Seachmall

lurkballs wrote: »

definitely but aren't all casino games and machines fixed odds ?

I think they're focused on machines because of their design to be particularly addictive. The speed, lights, sounds, payout structures and physical feedback (e.g. pulling a lever) are all tailored to be as habit forming as possible.

This compares to table games which are far less destructive in terms of addictiveness, although the casino environment is of course structured to create an addictive atmosphere.

PizzamanIRL

lurkballs wrote: »

http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2013/07/minister-shatter-publishes-general-scheme-of-the-gambling-control-bill-2013/

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/law-to-license-online-gambling-and-limit-casino-size-1.1464231

after reading through this document and notes on new laws
it raises lots of questions and some of the new laws seem crazy
like they are allowing casinos to serve alcohol now !!!
only 40 licenses being issued
only 25 machines per casino. Caesars palace in Salthill must have 200 machines
and they wont allow fixed odds betting terminals (fobts) aren't roulette machines fixed odds ???
anyone in the industry have any concerns with these new implementations


mods please merge or move if required thanks

Alcohol has always been served in casinos, usually free to customers on the premises.

lurkballs

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Alcohol has always been served in casinos, usually free to customers on the premises.

maybe but I've yet to see it only teas coffees and minerals in galway and limerick when playing poker in fitz or caesars and eglington
usually on break lads go to pub for pint i believed because they didn't have a license

PizzamanIRL

lurkballs wrote: »

maybe but I've yet to see it only teas coffees and minerals in galway and limerick when playing poker in fitz or caesars and eglington
usually on break lads go to pub for pint i believed because they didn't have a license

I'm just going from the casino's I've been in in Carlow and Kilkenny

ted1

Max of 15 tables. That's only 600 in total , not enough for the Chinese community

Christ the Redeemer

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Alcohol has always been served in casinos, usually free to customers on the premises.

Can't see that ever happening in Ireland.

lurkballs

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I'm just going from the casino's I've been in in Carlow and Kilkenny

I'm sure if they had a license and it was legal they'd all be doing it, nothing better than pissed gamblers.:)

PizzamanIRL

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

Can't see that ever happening in Ireland.

It has and is happening.

B.A._Baracus

I've spent many a night in the sporting emporium getting 'free' drinks :P

AtomicHorror

Christ the Redeemer wrote: »

Can't see that ever happening in Ireland.

The Sporting Emporium already does that.

downonthefarm

shatter the Shylock must have his fingers in a few of them pies

EireIceMan

Celly Smunt wrote: »

what ever happened to that Irish Las Vegas thing that was meant to be built in leitrim or somewhere like that?

The problem with that was it would actually bring in money....

MadsL

Celly Smunt wrote: »

what ever happened to that Irish Las Vegas thing that was meant to be built in leitrim or somewhere like that?

It was a stalking horse to test for permission for a super casino in Dublin, then the arse fell out of the borrow money and pretend like its ours market.

MadsL

This heads of bills stupidly has no specific references to Poker. Idiotic.

theteal

I actually had to check the date on this thread. similar to the lads above, I've never paid for a drink in the sporting emporium and I've not set foot in the place in about 3 years. granted its the only casino I've ever been in but I assumed that was the norm

keano_afc

I'm very much against this, but only because Michael Lowry is for it.

suicide_circus

keano_afc wrote: »

I'm very much against this, but only because Michael Lowry is for it.

himself and Martin Lawrence were a great double act