Check the Licence Before You Take Irish Work

What the Irish register actually shows

The regulator publishes a register of licence holders. It is searchable on the page and downloadable as a file, and it is the whole basis of an Irish casino licence check.

The numbers, as published

The version published on 20 October 2026 holds 42 licences across 40 companies. The register classes every one of them as business to consumer.

Split by activity: 37 are remote wagering, 4 are remote intermediary, and 1 is in person. There is a column for the games a licence covers, and it is empty on all 42 rows.

The earliest licence was issued on 1 July 2026 and the most recent in the register on 16 October 2026. Terms run three years, with the first expiries falling in 2029.

Nothing there is hidden. Hardly anyone in the industry looks, which is why an Irish casino licence check still surprises people.

No casino licence under the new regime

This is the finding that matters, and it is the reason an Irish casino licence check is worth doing before you quote.

To be precise about it: no licence issued by the new regulator covers online casino today.

The licence type exists on paper. The regulator lists a remote gaming licence among the consumer licence types it will issue, alongside in person gaming, and the two lottery categories.

Why the game list matters

A gaming licence only means something once the regulator has prescribed which games it covers. Its own page says the Authority shall prescribe that list and will share it with potential licensees as soon as possible.

Until that happens, the licence cannot do any work. That is why the games column sits empty across the register, and why no company appears there with one.

Wagering is a different story. Those licences opened first, applications were taken from February 2026, and the first grants landed in July.

The older licence bodies still exist

This is the part that explains most blank results, and skipping it is how an Irish casino licence check goes wrong.

The regulator says it plainly. Until the 2024 Act's sections start, the older licence bodies keep going. Licensees should keep dealing with them.

Who still issues what

A gaming licence comes from the Revenue Commissioners. A gaming permit and a lottery permit come from An Garda Siochana. A lottery licence comes from the District Courts.

So a client can hold a valid Irish licence and appear nowhere on the new register. That is not a red flag by itself. It is the transition.

What it does mean is that you should ask which body issued it, not just whether one exists. A check that only looks at the new register answers half the question.

So what is an Irish casino brief really

If no licence on the new register covers online casino, then an Irish casino brief is one of three things. An Irish casino licence check tells you which.

It may be a wagering client, not a casino one. That is the most common case, and the work is straightforward once everyone uses the same word for the product.

It may be a casino brand doing something in Ireland other than offering games there. Brand work, hiring, partner education, or a market it is getting ready for.

Or it may be a service being offered into Ireland without an Irish licence. That is the case you need to spot early, because it changes the advice rather than the price.

None of those is a reason to decline on the spot. All three are a reason to know which one you are in.

What to ask before you accept

Five questions, and they all fit in the first call.

Which licence do you hold, and what activity does it name? The register uses that exact word, so a client who cannot answer it has probably not read their own entry.

What is the licence number and when does it expire? Three-year terms mean renewal dates are already on the horizon for the earliest holders.

Is this content for people in Ireland, or for another market? An Irish casino licence check only matters if Ireland is the audience.

Who at your end signs off the final cut? Someone has to, and it should be named before anyone films.

Which product is this actually promoting? Ask it plainly. Casino and wagering get used interchangeably in briefs and they are not the same thing here.

Does a UGC supplier need a licence

The question clients ask in procurement, and the answer is better than most people assume.

The regulator's business to business page sets out what a B2B licence covers. It authorises selling or supplying a product, or a related service, to licensees.

The service list it publishes is operational. Odds supplied to licensees. Online hosting. Support and upkeep the service cannot run without. Risk and fraud work. Steps to keep players safe. Installing or upgrading software.

Content production and marketing are not among those examples. On that published list a straightforward production service does not appear to sit inside them, which is why an Irish casino licence check is usually about the client rather than about you.

The catch-all to watch

The list ends with any other services the Authority prescribes. That is a door left open, not a current requirement.

So the honest answer to a procurement question is narrower than a yes or a no. The published examples do not cover content production. The definition behind them still reaches any service provided for the operation of a licensed activity, and the Authority can add to the list. If your work goes beyond making content, confirm your own position rather than relying on a page like this one.

How to check a client yourself

Two minutes, and worth building into your intake.

Open the register, search the company name, and read the activity against what the brief says the product is. That comparison is the whole Irish casino licence check. If the two do not match, the mismatch is the conversation.

Search the legal entity, not the brand. Several entries are holding companies whose public brand reads nothing like the licensed name. A brand search can come back empty for a client that is fully licensed.

Download the file if you take Irish work regularly. It is small, it holds the licence numbers and the expiry dates, and it lets you run an Irish casino licence check without opening a browser.

The register says it is updated often. Anyone licensed since the last version shows up on the next one. So a blank result proves nothing on its own. Check the publication date on the page, then ask the client for the licence number and the body that issued it.

Remember what this register is. It is the new regulator's list, not a list of every Irish licence in force. The older categories still sit with the bodies that issued them.

What this page does not settle

The limits, stated plainly.

These numbers come from one published version of the register. They will move. An Irish casino licence check is only as current as the file you read it from.

No date has been given for the game list, so we cannot tell you when gaming licences become real. The regulator says it will share that with potential licensees as soon as possible.

A licence is not the only question about an Irish job. The advertising duties are a separate matter, and we have written both halves up: the restrictions that are written but not switched on, and the rules an Irish clip must pass today.

This is drawn from published sources and is not legal advice. If you want the Irish intake, brief and casting side handled, that is our iGaming UGC agency work, and the wider list sits on our casino UGC service page.

Before your next Irish brief

Four steps, in order.

Run the name through the register before you quote. Two minutes, and it reframes the whole call if the answer surprises you.

Make the client say which product this promotes, in their own words, and write it in the brief.

If it is casino aimed at people in Ireland, say early that no licence on the new register covers that yet, and ask what their legal position is. Asking is not accusing.

Then record the answer. An Irish casino licence check is only useful if the result sits in the file with the brief.

Done in that order you look like the only supplier in the room who read the register. That is usually enough.