Gambling sites with ‘fake’ licences are targeting Irish users — and influencers are helping promote them

Offshore operators and social media influencers are driving the rise of unregulated gambling platforms among Irish users

Gambling sites using Anjouan licences are targeting Irish users, with influencers promoting unregulated platforms despite regulatory warnings. File picture

If you asked the average person to point out the small autonomous island of Anjouan on a map, or better still, if you posed the question to the Irish influencers advertising the fruits of its fictitious gaming licenses, you would likely be left disappointed, or perhaps slightly amused, by their efforts.

Its true location lies between Madagascar and the south-east coast of mainland Africa, where it comprises one of three major islands of the Union of Comoros, a former French colony that gained independence in 1975. Comoros is Africa’s third-smallest country, just slightly larger than its distant neighbour, the Seychelles.