Sports
October 12, 2022
Betr Bans Credit Cards and Enforces Deposit Limits
The fast-growing micro-betting application, Betr, boosted its responsible gambling efforts earlier this week. On Monday this week, during the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, the company revealed that it decided to ban funding of sports betting accounts with credit cards. Leading Micro Betting App Bans Credit Cards The effort comes just ahead of the Gambling Harm Awareness week set between […]
Industry
February 15, 2022
William Hill Opts Out Credit Card Payments in Ireland
Credit cards aren’t exactly banned under Irish law when it comes to gambling. Yet, growing criticism of the practice of accepting payments from such financial instruments has forced some operators to be proactive and act decisively in restricting access to their sites with such payment methods. William Hill has become the latest company to deny […]
Industry
January 25, 2022
Gambling Companies in Ireland Can Use Apple, Google Tools to Block Credit Cards
Apple and Google, often blamed for their alleged complacency in facilitating gambling companies, may have been siding with consumers all along. The companies provided Irish betting apps with a reliable method to filter credit card payments for the purposes of gambling, the Irish Independent wrote, but at least one firm has opted out of this […]
Industry
November 2, 2021
UKGC Evaluates Credit Card Gambling Ban, More Research Coming
The UK Gambling Commission has provided an assessment in which it marked the success of imposing a blanket ban on credit cards used for the purposes of gambling. With the ban in place for over a year now, the regulator has been able to gauge its impact as well as assess whether some early-day fears […]
Industry
October 7, 2021
Ireland Assembly Introduces Blanket Ban on Credit Card Gambling
A new bill in the Dáil Éireann, the Assembly of Ireland, seeks to introduce a blanket ban on the use of credit cards for online and in-person gambling, looking to provide protection for those who are at risk of spending money they cannot afford to or do not have, The Irish Times reported. Protect Vulnerable […]