How Ireland’s top betting tipster promoted a gambling site with a ‘fraudulent licence’

Heneghan promoted Gambana, a Belize-registered gambling website

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One of Ireland's best-known tipsters has promoted Gambana, a Belize-registered gambling website that operates using a fraudulent licence

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 is seen placing large cash bets at Cheltenham with darts players Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.

His company, Pro Sports Advice, charges €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 world of tipsters?

Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon and Suzanne Brennan.

Bernice Harrison

Bernice Harrison

Bernice Harrison is an Irish Times journalist and cohost of In the News podcast

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