Online casinos in Ireland have been a bit slow to take off.

Although the concept of gambling has been in Ireland for many years and the Irish are recognised as being big gamblers, the idea of casinos and indeed online casinos has been rather slow to take off and it is not news to most of us that the rather outdated approach of the Government itself has not helped. Even today there are no real casinos in Ireland as they are all private members clubs requiring proof of age and residency. Online casinos on the other hand are accessible to Irish players wherever they are based but how many Irish residents make use of that facility is not known. Not surprisingly the two most popular online casinos used by Irish people are the two that have a large presence on the high street and they are Ladbrokes and Paddy Power although in truth in common with many other online casinos neither has their online operations based in Ireland. Without a high street presence other online casino operators try to attract attention to themselves by television advertising or sports sponsorships; take a look for example at the English Premiership and see how shirt sponsors are some form of betting company. Both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power offer a complete range of online casinos options including Poker, Bingo and Lotteries as well as sports betting and even financial betting and there seems to be very little to choose between them for the Irish player. The answer is to register with both and then you can easily compare who is offering what at any time.