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Obligation to notify Authority of suspicious gambling patterns
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156. (1) Where a licensee to whom this Chapter applies becomes aware of a gambling pattern (in this section referred to as a “suspicious gambling pattern”) that suggests there is an attempt to influence the outcome of a relevant gambling activity, the licensee shall—
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(a) cease accepting relevant payments in relation to the relevant gambling activity concerned,
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(b) issue a note in writing to each person who attempts to make a relevant payment after such cessation stating that the payment has been refused,
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(c) keep a copy of each note issued under paragraph (b),
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(d) notify the Authority as soon as practicable about the suspicious gambling pattern and confirm that it ceased accepting relevant payments in relation to the relevant gambling activity concerned,
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(e) inform a Chief Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the division where the gambling activity concerned took place, or in the case of an activity by remote means, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, as soon as practicable of the suspicious gambling pattern, and
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(f) not pay out winnings on the relevant gambling activity concerned until notified by the Authority that it may do so.
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(2) A licensee to whom this section applies shall, as soon as practicable, furnish to the Authority a copy of such records, including each note issued for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), related to the suspicious gambling pattern concerned as are in the licensee’s possession or power to procure.
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(3) Subject to the Data Protection Regulation and the Act of 2018 and having due regard to the need to avoid prejudicing the operation of Part 8 in so far as it relates to the consideration of a notification received under subsection (1)(d), the Authority, having considered the notification concerned—
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(a) shall take such steps (if any) as it considers appropriate to inform other licensees of the suspicious gambling pattern concerned, and
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(b) may alert—
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(i) a person who, under the law of a place other than the State, performs functions that are the same as or similar to those performed by the Authority under this Act, of the suspicious gambling pattern, and
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(ii) where the relevant gambling activity which is the subject of the notification relates to a sport with a governing body inside or outside the State, the governing body concerned of the suspicious gambling pattern.
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(4) A licensee who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.
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