Full coverage: Gambling

A government briefing paper has laid bare the trends in the betting industry in Ireland, where punters are expected to bet more than €5.1 billion this year.

How does Dermot Smurfit's performance, and compensation, compare to peers in the betting industry?

Despite much-awaited share buybacks, Dermot Smurfit’s online gambling technology firm still has a lot to do to achieve profitability – and is raising debt in the meantime.

The group behind Paddy Power hopes to redeploy many staff within other parts of the business but there is expected to be an unspecified number of job losses.

Since launching Stop Gambling Harm with two other former Paddy Power executives, Fintan Drury has been surprised by the lack of engagement from Irish legislators.

Larry Fink's north star of sustainability can't be limited to the climate crisis, no matter how critical that is. Investors need to be conscious of social harm in other sectors, the betting industry among them.

By law, the proceeds of the National Lottery must be spent on good causes, but budgetary procedures have drowned this funding stream into wider government spending and made it difficult to track to individual grants – until Benefacts compiled it all into a database.

Aaron Rogan's book on Paddy Power details the rise of the company and why their expansion is just beginning. But in this podcast with Dion Fanning, they discuss why regulation may not be the only cloud on the horizon for betting companies.

The decision in the UK to ban betting companies from sponsoring Premier League teams is another reminder that Ireland is still waiting for a regulator with teeth.

Seventeen months ago, Dermot Smurfit’s gambling software business GAN was up for sale. When he could not get the price he believed it was worth, he doubled down and, following a string of corporate moves, listed the company on the Nasdaq in New York.