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No. 28 of 2019Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019
Public bill · Government · Presented
Updates the rules for local gaming and lottery activity by replacing the 1956 framework with a more modern licensing and permit system. It raises the allowed stakes and prizes for licensed gaming machines, sets a minimum age of 18 for gaming, lotteries and Tote betting, and creates clearer rules for permits, licences, records and penalties. It also tightens consumer protection and gives authorities stronger powers to stop unlicensed or improper gaming and lottery activity, while keeping the costs to the State minimal.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 17 January 2020
Sponsor
- Minister for Justice and Equality Primary
Progress
- First StageSeanad
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil Enacted
- Cream ListSeanad Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Dáil
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages Dáil
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage Dáil
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages Seanad
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) Seanad
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage Seanad
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage Seanad
- Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage Seanad
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