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# Gambling

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Lobbyists big winners as government revises bingo bill after protests
'Hands off our balls': Bingo players protest Dail over changes to winnings
Government planning to limit gaming machine maximum payouts to €500
Man smashed 12 televisions in Cork bookies 'for ruining his life'
'No compelling case': Minister slaps down calls for betting tax change ahead of Budget
'I fell in love with them from the first day': How Ireland's slot machine habit fuels addiction
'A licence to print money': The 'wild west' of Ireland's rampant slot machine industry
Paul Scholes charged after allegedly placing 140 football bets over 3-year period
Gambling regulator could take 18 months to set up, says Taoiseach
'Action is needed now': New charity set up to fund gambling addiction services
Government resisted lobbying on betting duty but won't use the funds for problem gambling services
Man who set up gambling support group in Cork Prison steals €6.9k cash to go on gambling spree
90% of gambling addicts treated by HSE are young men
'Not drifting towards a gambling crisis, we're in the middle of one': 800 addiction cases treated by HSE
How and why the brain decides whether to hold 'em or fold 'em
Betting adverts to be banned 'whistle-to-whistle' during live sports broadcasts in the UK
Poll: Should gambling companies be limited in how they advertise?
Tougher rules for bookmakers under new money laundering rules
Drug dealing criminals using bookmakers' online accounts to stash money
Paddy Power Betfair fined £2.2m after failing to stop stolen money being gambled
Ireland's gambling epidemic: 'Find a corner and you'll be left alone 'til you're penniless'
The cost of playing the Lotto is going up
Poll: Should gambling firms be able to sponsor sporting organisations/events?
'A gambler can lose everything in an instant, destroying countless lives around them in the process'
Poll: Do you think gambling ads should be banned from sports?
Michael D Higgins wants gambling ads banned from sport
'I was a compulsive liar. I was a thief. I was doing whatever I could to con people'
'I've a wife and a child at home. I have to go home and be in some kind of humour for them'
'I couldn't handle it anymore. Three days before the weigh-in, I went missing'
GAA votes to ban sponsorship deals with betting companies
'It has become more intrinsic within the GAA... Gambling is the promise of a better life'
Man promised girlfriend he'd buy non-existent site for house, before gambling away over €22,000
'I took all the money out of the house, all our wages, and gambled it all in 28 minutes'
Long-delayed laws could restrict gambling advertising. So why do bookies want it?
Gamble on sports? 'Tone' of tweets can help predict the outcome of football matches
Raiders and Patriots top Super Bowl betting ahead of new season
Seán Quinn is back in business with a new online betting venture
Race fixing and money laundering: How the horse racing industry fights back against criminal cartels
Minimum age limit for all forms of gambling to be set at 18
Tipperary hurler gets suspended sentence after obtaining €10,000 from elderly man by deception