The Gambling Regulation Bill has successfully passed through the Houses of the Oireachtas and will become law once signed by the President.

The passage of the Bill has been closely monitored by the horseracing sector as it contains provisions to ban gambling advertising on broadcast media during daylight hours. This threatens to impact Racing TV's ability to broadcast live Irish racing into Irish homes as the channel's daily output, produced in Britain, is peppered with betting company 'stings'. The channel says it would be economically unviable to produce a second feed which would be free of betting advertising.