Posts Tagged ireland
Laytown
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on September 8th, 2011
Sounds like a small town where people favour only one side of the book. But its actually a racecourse in Ireland.
This race course captivates me each year. Circumstances worked against me again this year, but I will definately pay it a visit next year. Besides, I have more reason to visit Ireland nowadays!
http://www.meath.ie/Tourism/SportsandActivities/Horseracing/LaytownRaces/
Online betting tax imposed
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on December 8th, 2010
Stark headline for a lot in this sector, but in the latest austerity budget in Ireland there were proposals to level out the playing field by introducing a new tax on phone and Internet gambling. As always, details are a bit sketchy at the moment but shops have been taxed for sometime but other channels not, so this is addressing that discrepancy.
Quite how it will work and be enforced is difficult to see at the moment, but it will be an interesting move to watch. It’s really difficult to now how it will affect exchange users, but the Irish government have confirmed the application of this to exchange users will be different to other forms of gambling. Let’s watch how it unfolds.
Existing Irish bookmakers were very guarded in their response.
Laying on the sand
Posted by Peter Webb in Bet Angel on September 7th, 2010
Today sees the annual return of the races on the beach at Laytown. When my work on the markets is complete I will definately visit this race course along with many others that I have on the list. I keep saying that ‘next year’ I will do Laytown, so I look forward to saying the same next year! In the meantime I’ll be looking to do a bit of laying at laytown.
Laying at Laytown