Irish Betting Tax

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Can I expect Pinnacle to close my account?

**** them all if they do.

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Hi Gearoid,

The Irish government are introducing a new on-line betting tax, that comes into affect on 01 Aug 2015. This requires all online bookmakers to hold an Irish remote gaming license.

From that date, we cannot accept any further transactions from our Irish customers until we receive approval of our remote gaming license by the Irish regulatory body. This only applies to customers in the Republic of Ireland. Customers from Northern Ireland are not affected.

The Irish regulatory body has advised us that it may take up to 12 weeks, before the granting of our remote gaming license. We are hopeful that the license will be granted, long before that.

We currently hold licenses from the UK Gambling Commission & the Maltese Gaming Authority, so the application process should be just a formality.

If you do not want to keep your funds in your account, during this time period, we advise you to withdraw your funds before midnight 31 July 2015.

If you decide to leave your account funded, do not worry as the full amount will be waiting for you when we receive the license and reopen our website to Irish customers. You can still withdraw funds, after 31st July, by contacting our service team and requesting that you wish to make a withdrawal.

We would like to apologise, unreservedly, for this inconvenience. Our Irish racing markets will remain live, for customers outside of Ireland, while we wait for the license to be issued.

RaceBets remains committed to Irish racing and we look forward to renewing our offer of racing markets for all Irish customers, as soon as possible.

If you have any concerns, please contact our customer-support team. You can do this via email (support.en@racebets.com), phone (+49 211 545546464) or by using the live-chat facility.

Yours sincerely,

RaceBets.com

*Please note that this email was sent independent of your personal mail settings due to the important nature of the content.
 
Titan pulling out too.

From yesterday ..............
"Dear XXXX
Username: XXXXXXX

As part of our commitment to ensure a high quality gaming experience and commitment to gaming legislation, Titan Bet has decided to cease its Sportsbook activity in your country from July 30 2015.

Our customer service team is available by email and chat for any information you might need: support@titanbet.com

Sincerely,
Titan Bet"


Enda f*****g Kenna and his mob will turn this place into a bookmaking wasteland by the time their term of office is over. :mad:
 
icebreaker said:
Titan pulling out too.

From yesterday ..............
"Dear XXXX
Username: XXXXXXX

As part of our commitment to ensure a high quality gaming experience and commitment to gaming legislation, Titan Bet has decided to cease its Sportsbook activity in your country from July 30 2015.

Our customer service team is available by email and chat for any information you might need: support@titanbet.com

Sincerely,
Titan Bet"


Enda f*****g Kenna and his mob will turn this place into a bookmaking wasteland by the time their term of office is over. :mad:
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Losing Pinnacle will be a disaster, Matchbook will be out too. Have Betfair any plans to pass on the charge?
 
SlimChance said:
Matchbook will be out too.
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Oh no, please no ! Their 1.15% comm rate is a godsend.

What I don't understand is why these offshore companies are obliged to pay this shitty tax to the Irish revenue?
Why can't they just ignore it?
Anyone?
 
icebreaker said:
Oh no, please no ! Their 1.15% comm rate is a godsend.

What I don't understand is why these offshore companies are obliged to pay this shitty tax to the Irish revenue?
Why can't they just ignore it?
Anyone?
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I don't know but when I read the Racing Post on Monday my initial thought was good luck Pinnacle.
 
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icebreaker said:
Oh no, please no ! Their 1.15% comm rate is a godsend.

What I don't understand is why these offshore companies are obliged to pay this shitty tax to the Irish revenue?
Why can't they just ignore it?
Anyone?
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Government have the power to block website.
 
LUKE said:
Government have the power to block website.
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Are you sure?
Even when website is hosted abroad in some foreign jurisdiction?

If they can block, I'm left wondering why they don't do so with paedophile, race-hating, and terrorist websites?
 
Here in Belgium they block the websites of betting firms not licenced by the Belgian state, and only one or two have bothered to get one because one of the conditions is that they must have a physical presence here. To get around this barrier people would need to have an address and bank account outside Belgium and a VPN.

If they can block, I'm left wondering why they don't do so with paedophile, race-hating, and terrorist websites?
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I presume it's because the bookmakers will accept being blocked while the others can find ways round any attempt to suppress them.
 
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Another one, today. :mad:

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[TD="class: yiv1695384405HeaderText1, align: left"]Hi XXXXXX[/TD]

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[TD="align: left"] This is an important announcement regarding your Sportingbet account.

As a result of regulatory changes we will no longer be able to offer our Sports betting and Virtual Sports services to Irish customers.

You will still be able to use your account to access our Casino, Games and Poker services.

Any non-settled bets will be voided and the funds returned to your Sportingbet account.

Contact Number: 0800 0280348
E-mail support: admin@sportingbet.com

If you have any questions please contact our friendly support teams on the details above. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. [/TD]

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I withdrew 760 from sportingbet last week and the feckers wanted account verification.

Had the account awhile with and was never a problem,obviously must be trying to catch the odd irish customer out and not pay whats owed.

Only reason l can think of when they would of known that this week the account would be closed.

I also have some ante post bets that are still alive but fooked and no void of them l better ring them.
 
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BigRob said:
Had the account awhile with and was never a problem,obviously must be trying to catch the odd irish customer out and not pay whats owed.

Only reason l can think of when they would of known that this week the account would be closed.
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Aye, I would think that is a fair reasoning. They now see their Irish clientele as fodder who can no longer bet with them, so why not try and make it as difficult as possible to withdraw funds knowing that these accounts (Irish) are defunct.
 
Just rang them over the money owed and the un settled ante post bets,they are now saying any bets placed before 1st August will stand.

That's fair enough and does make sense but l got the same email as above and it clearly says "Any non-settled bets will be voided and the funds returned to your Sportingbet account".

He then said you can request any bets before the 1st Aug to be voided ,l obviously took that option so he says l will send them up to the traders to make a decision.

It seems a bit of a mess to me,,they want it all ways .
 
Hills asked me for account verification for a similar amount to Rob a while back. Photocopy of passport or driving license..utility bill and bank card. A serial **** take given they do not ask for this when you deposit. The anal...neo liberal cunts. I got lucky on their online roulette once...think i got fifty quid up on one number...the next week the max i could place on an individual number was 15 quid.... So its not just the horses they dont lile taking winning bets on either and limit stakes on..no doubt some have been knocked back on steepledowns over the years. This whole issue of bookies not taking bets is the first thing the new forum of eight should be taking a good look at. Tayne Stephenson says people don't bet on horses anymore...maybe the bookies are the root cause of that?
 
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