## Infrastructure Old Laws: There are currently no statutory infrastructure requirements for equipment such as servers to be located within Ireland, an EU Member State, or an EEA State. A review published by the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Future Licensing and Regulation of Gambling on the General Scheme for a Gambling Control Bill 2013 did however recommend that it be a licence condition for any online gambling license that servers be in Ireland or in an EU or EEA State. New Law : Gambling Regulations Act 2024 The GRAI requires access to data. While physical servers do not strictly need to be in Ireland, operators must provide a real-time data feed or a "replication server" if the primary infrastructure is outside the EU/EEA, ensuring the regulator can audit transactions and player data. ## Integrations New Law : Gambling Regulations Act 2024 The GRAI requires access to data. While physical servers do not strictly need to be in Ireland, operators must provide a real-time data feed or a "replication server" if the primary infrastructure is outside the EU/EEA, ensuring the regulator can audit transactions and player data. ## Technical Standards Technical standards are currently in development and will be open for public consultation before being finalised. A cluster of operational obligations commenced alongside licensing on 5 February 2026 under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024. Credit-card funding of gambling accounts was prohibited outright, VIP and high-value-customer bonus incentive schemes were scrapped, and a television and radio advertising watershed of 5:30am to 9:00pm took effect. These obligations are now in force rather than proposed, as reported across multiple trade sources including SBC News and Online Casino Reports Ireland. For an operator, this means marketing and funding practices common in other markets — credit-funded play and VIP-tier bonusing — are no longer available in Ireland, and broadcast advertising must observe the statutory watershed. These obligations sit alongside the payments restriction on credit-card funding, reinforcing that this is a settled rule rather than a transitional proposal.
Ireland · Question 09 of 11
Distribution and platforms: Can we ship through apps and platforms?
Mixed · Probable · Expert approved · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · In expert review scope · Back to full Ireland report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Ireland (IE) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Mixed |
| Confidence | Probable |
| Review status | Expert approved · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · In expert review scope |
| Last collected | 20 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
## Infrastructure Old Laws: There are currently no statutory infrastructure requirements for equipment such as servers to be located within Ireland, an EU Member State, or an EEA State. A review published by the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Future Licensing and Regulation of Gambling on the…
The Gambling Regulation Act 2024 introduces a confirmed, durable ban on television and radio gambling advertising between 5:30am and 9:00pm, materially tightening the advertising watershed for the sector. The Act also imposes tighter limits on bonus offers as part of the same distribution and marketing tightening. These restrictions took effect with commencement of the Act on 5 February 2026 and apply across the licensed betting sector as GRAI's licensing regime rolls out. No app-store, ISP-blocking, or affiliate-platform-specific restrictions were evidenced this cycle; the material development is confined to the broadcast advertising watershed and bonus-offer limits.