Gambling debt issues-Sportingindex.com-Please help!!!

anuj21k

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Hi,
A friend of mine in Dublin owe 3,000 eur to Sportingindex.com, he recently got married and has not a penny left to pay it off. He has just ignored this but for past 2 weeks he is getting letters from them.
What if he didn't pay off this debt will it affect his credit rating for future bank loans.

Judging this is easy but poor sole had lost thousands gambling over years so it might be a little pay back[broken link removed]

They are governed by UK laws which are not enforceable in Ireland-[section 412 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000]. It'll be nice to hear from someone with knowledge of Irish law but keep the comments coming.

Below is what I found for Ireland:
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page 114/115

4.15.5 Relating to the provision of credit by the operator to consumers, it is the opinion of the
Committee that contracts of credit should not be legally enforceable. This does not prohibit operators
from providing credit facilities to their customers. They may do so at their own risk. If they do so they
have no recourse to the courts in the event of non-payment by a customer.

Enforceability of Contracts
• The fact that a contract relates to gaming shall not prevent its enforcement.
• This is without prejudice to any rule of law preventing the enforcement of a contract
on the grounds of unlawfulness (other than a rule relating specifically to gaming).
• No provision shall be made for the enforcement of contracts to extend credit for the
purposes of gaming.

Many Thanks for your help...
 
How did he manage that? Any time I place a bet online I need to have funds in my account. They never give me credit.
Thats a interesting one but I dont think he is inclined to pay a penny let the legal dogs bark as much they can but this is gambling debt and cannot be enforced(which explains why you didn't get any credit )
 
I think TIME is correct. Gambling debts are debts of honour and not of contract.

Like DRAIGEAN, I cannot see how he was given credit. Does he owe the money to Sportingbet or to a credit card company?

The latter would be a debt of contract and not of honour
 
How did he manage that? Any time I place a bet online I need to have funds in my account. They never give me credit.
Spreadbetting almost certainly is the cause. Extremely risky and addictive betting, and you can lose more than you've in your account.
 

Thanks for your response. Its sporing index debt not credit card debt, thats why I think as you that it is not enforecable?