GRAI’s first remote-betting and betting-intermediary licences commenced on 1 July 2026. Those licences concern betting online, by telephone and through remote betting intermediaries.
Read the activity on the licence
Midnite Europe Limited publishes the text of its Irish licence, reference GRAI-0767-RB-26-0001. The text gives an issue date of 24 August 2026 and an expiry date of 23 August 2029. It describes remote betting under section 85(1)(b), covering bookmaking and taking bets. The three-year term follows regulation 3 of S.I. 38 of 2026.
The copy is published by the licence holder. To establish which casino games a website may offer, look for a separate remote gaming licence, the games it lists and evidence linking the exact domain to that permission.
The law has a separate remote gaming licence
Section 86 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 sets out a remote gaming licence. The authority is to prescribe eligible games, and the licence must specify which games the holder may offer. The February 2026 commencement order brought parts of the betting framework into operation. It did not bring section 86 into operation.
Revenue licences refer to premises and machines
Revenue’s guidance of 3 November 2026 says it continues to issue licences during the transition under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. The requirements described there apply to the premises and each individual gaming machine. Use the remote gaming provisions when checking a casino website.
Gaming follows a phased rollout
In its 1 July 2026 announcement, GRAI said applications for further licences, including gaming, lotteries, B2B and charitable or philanthropic activity, would open during 2027 and 2028. This guide records that dated plan; it is not a current casino-licence register.
No individual casino approval here
No issued Irish online-casino licence or approved casino domain has been established for this guide. The remaining gaming-phase and operator checks must be completed before giving a positive website result.
Sources
- GRAI — Remote betting licensing commencement
Source read: · Source date: 2026-07-01
- GRAI — First annual report announcement
Source read: · Source date: 2026-07-31
- Irish Statute Book — Gambling Regulation Act 2024, section 86
Source read: · Source date: 2024-10-23
- Irish Statute Book — Commencement Order S.I. 31 of 2026
Source read: · Source date: 2026-02-03
- Law Reform Commission — Revised Gambling Regulation Act, update 6 July 2026
Source read: · Source date: 2026-07-06
- Revenue — Gaming licences for premises and machines
Source read: · Source date: 2026-11-03
- Midnite Help Centre — operator-published licence text for Midnite Europe Limited
Source read: · Source date: 2026-09-14
- Irish Statute Book — Gambling (Licensing of Gambling Activities) Regulations 2026
Source read: · Source date: 2026-02-09
