How Ireland’s top betting tipster promoted a black market gambling site

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.

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How Ireland’s top betting tipster promoted a black market gambling site is an episode from In The News by dconlon@irishtimes.com .

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This episode was published on Apr 20, 2026.

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