How Ireland’s top betting tipster promoted a black market gambling site
About this episode
The episode discusses the promotion of a black market gambling site by a popular Irish betting tipster and the implications for gamblers.
Rob Heneghan is one of Ireland’s most popular online gambling tipsters. His social media accounts show his more than one million followers a glamorous lifestyle of private jets, yachts and wads of cash. In recent videos he’s placing large cash bets at Cheltenham with darts players Luke Littler and Luke Humphries. His company, Pro Sports Advice, charges between €19 to €149 a month for his tipping services, but customers can also pay €3,999 for a “platinum lifetime”. membership. As Irish Times senior investigative reporter Mark Tighe has discovered. Heneghan has also promoted Gambana, a Belize-registered gambling website that operates using a fraudulent licence. So what are the possible dangers for gamblers using this site? And what did a High Court action, settled in Dublin on Friday, reveal about the lucrative online tipster world? Tighe, whose investigation into Heneghan and Gambana continues, explains. Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon and Suzanne Brennan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Bernice Harrison
Guest: Mark Tighe
Topics covered
- gambling
- online betting
- investigative journalism
- black market
- sports betting
- Ireland
Keywords
- gambling
- betting tipster
- black market
- Gambana
- Pro Sports Advice
- Mark Tighe
- Ireland
- investigation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pro Sports Advice, Gambana, The Irish Times
Places: Ireland, Belize
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