How will proposed gambling legislation affect sports punters?

Junior Minister James Browne is leading the charge on how the gambling industry is regulated in Ireland

BEATEN DOCKETS: Losing betting slips are left strewn across a Betfred shop during the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. The industry is set for significant change. Picture: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

If you hadn’t already heard gambling regulation is coming hard and fast — with sweeping changes across the €7 billion industry.

The Paddy Powers and BoyleSports of this world are rightly fearful of legislation, which will badly damage how it markets and communicates with customers and how it presents itself publicly.