The political party from Northern Ireland has submitted a proposal to change gambling laws in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Northern Ireland.-\u00a0Sinn F\u00e9in<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0MLA Sin\u00e9ad Ennis is urging the modernisation of current gambling laws in Northern Ireland. The official aim to update the laws to protect young and vulnerable people from problem gambling<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ennis argues that the current gambling laws in the north are out of date. She submitted the party\u2019s proposals to modernise the law to bring it into line with changes in technology and new forms of gambling, such as online, fixed-term betting odds and casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe reality is, online betting has no closing time. Smartphones are a casino open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We need legislation which is properly equipped to regulate these websites and help protect the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur recommendations include; the establishment of an Independent Gambling Regulator and an immediate age verification process for online gambling. Problem gambling does not only affect the gambler; it has wider implications for society and lasting impacts on relationships with family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSinn F\u00e9in is committed to tackling problem gambling north and south. The most effective way to do that is through modernised and fit for purpose legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The political party from Northern Ireland has submitted a proposal to change gambling laws in the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sinn F\u00e9in MLA Sin\u00e9ad Ennis has proposed significant amendments to Northern Ireland's gambling laws, aiming to modernize outdated legislation and enhance player protection. Key recommendations include establishing an Independent Gambling Regulator and implementing immediate age verification for online gambling, addressing the pervasive nature of digital betting. This initiative seeks to align regulatory frameworks with technological advancements and mitigate problem gambling's societal impact.","focusai_entities":"Sinn F\u00e9in, Sin\u00e9ad Ennis","focusai_location":"Northern Ireland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulator's Scope?","query":"What specific powers and enforcement capabilities would an Independent Gambling Regulator in Northern Ireland possess, and how would its governance framework integrate with existing UK or EU regulatory bodies?"},{"label":"Operator Impact?","query":"How would the proposed immediate age verification for online gambling impact current B2C operator onboarding funnels, player acquisition costs, and overall GGR projections within the Northern Ireland market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,154],"tags":[3498,225],"class_list":["post-3716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-legislation-news","tag-ireland","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008562,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions\/777008562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}