iGaming payments in Ireland

The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland opened license applications in February 2026, and the first remote betting licenses took effect on July 1, 2026, with enforcement starting alongside them. In-person licensing follows in December 2026, and online casino has no Irish license yet. Operators pay a 2% betting duty on turnover, and a matching remote betting duty applies to foreign operators serving Irish players. After industry pushback the GRAI committed to revisit its license fees on a tiered basis. Credit cards have been banned for gambling since February 5, 2026, and the ban reaches credit-funded e-wallets and buy-now-pay-later, so the acquirer has to enforce debit-only.

• Debit cards (Visa/Mastercard Debit)dominant

  local cards

  Credit cards are banned, so debit acquiring is the core rail and the acquirer has to enforce debit-only.

• Apple Pay / Google Paymajor

  e-wallet

  Apple Pay and Google Pay are widely used in Ireland and carry tokenized debit cards under the same debit-only rule.

• PayPalmajor

  e-wallet

  Widely used and supports withdrawals, but the credit-card ban reaches credit-funded wallet balances too, so it has to be configured debit-only.

• United KingdomVisa/Mastercard debit · 17 providers
• ItalyPostePay · 13 providers
• FranceCartes Bancaires (CB) · 7 providers
• HungaryLocal cards (Visa / Mastercard, HUF) · 3 providers
• MaltaVisa/Mastercard · Revolut
• ChileWebpay (Transbank) · 15 providers