The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has inked a partnership agreement with a gambling operator in spite of previously saying that it was to review its sponsorship deals with bookmakers following growing concerns regarding the constantly increasing problem gambling among local residents. Last August, a spokesman for the FAI said in an interview for The Times that the Association is reviewing all aspects of its links to gambling operators’ sponsorship deals. The review was initiated after Ireland’s president Michael D Higgins had urged local gambling regulators to ban gambling advertising…
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