Can you bet with a credit card in Ireland? What section 165 says

The ban has two parts in our summary: credit cards, and e-methods that are funded from credit cards. It sits in the Act alongside the player-set limits of section 164.

The GRAI describes it on its Players Safety page. We do not quote the section, and you should read the text on the Irish Statute Book if the detail matters to you.

Bottom line: credit cards and credit-funded e-methods are named; debit cards are not.

A licensed operator's payment page should list the methods it accepts. A credit card should not be among them for customers in Ireland.

We have not yet recorded the wording on any operator's page. The three examples below are candidates only; their licences are subject to confirmation on the GRAI register.

These cells will hold the operator's own words, up to 25 words, with the page address and date.

Bottom line: no wording is recorded yet; the table shows what will be collected.

1. Open the operator's payment or deposit page.
2. Read the list of accepted methods and any note about card types.
3. If your card is a credit card, do not use it. Use a debit card or another method.
4. If a site accepts a credit card from Ireland, raise it with the operator. Our complaints page shows where else to go.

Bottom line: read the method list, and do not use a credit card.

Credit cards are not on the list of eight deposit methods in criterion P1. The eight are debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Revolut, Skrill, Neteller and Open Banking or bank transfer. See the scoring criteria and the deposit methods data.

Bottom line: the score never rewards a credit card.