Bangladesh has blocked 331 online casinos - page 2.

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Quote from: Note3 on October 10, 2022, 08:21:30 PM

Don't be surprised and the government will always use that excuse and it's also commonly used by countries that block online gambling sites.
My guess is actually not money laundering that is their focus but their inability to collect taxes from online gambling activities the reason behind this blocking.
Which usually happens when the government does not benefit from the activities carried out by its people, the steps taken are prohibiting, blocking and so on.

Maybe you are right that they are only using the ban as an excuse to hide the shady things that they do. They think some people are going to be happy once they ban gambling because those people are also anti with it. They think gambling is bad and it destroys lives but we aren't agreeing with that. Only the responsible gamblers will understand what is the true benefits of gambling.

Online gambling especially non crypto are regulated so they can be able to get tax from it unless if they don't want it anymore because their economy are doing well already. The move isn't about money laundering because laundering can happen on many ways, exchanges for instance but they didn't say that they banned it.

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Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) recently blocked 331 websites related to online gambling in a bid to rein in the rapidly expanding malpractice in the country.

The initiative was a part of a regular surveillance effort of the telecom watchdog's Digital Security Cell, reads a statement.

Moreover, Google removed 14 apps from among 150 in Google Play Store which were reported by the BTRC for being connected to online betting.

"Necessary steps have been taken to remove the rest of the apps," the commission said.

Besides, 17 Facebook and 17 YouTube links have been removed after the BTRC reported 27 Facebook and 69 YouTube links to the two global firms for being used to promote gambling and provide training on how to take part in online betting.

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The number of 331 is small knowing that online gambling is now popular and I think most that they ban are only fiat based casinos but the banning that they do is only lite because you can still access the mirror version of the gambling sites. If they are truly serious on their intention then they'll going to be a little stricter and ban everything related to it. They will also find a way to prevent an access on the gambling site using a vpn and other bypassing tools. You said politicians are also money launderers.

Although you didn't mentioned that they are gamblers, I think both acts are still linked to each other. It gives them a backfire if they ban gambling when they themselves also do it.

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Quote from: smartaction on October 12, 2022, 09:53:32 PM

Quote from: Darker45 on October 12, 2022, 08:45:50 PM

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

Im not sure about that. The problem is bangladesh didn't have s specific law that was stating to ban gambling CMIIW. In my opinion if gambling was still in the grey area pretty much the same like crypto. Remember that if people can still play gambling even tough if that must be offline gambling just like person to person. Most of gambling sites got banned but there's no law that was regulating it. The answer is alternative link. This will solve all of problems by gambling site to deal with regulation like that.

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Quote from: Bitinity on October 12, 2022, 11:58:07 PM

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Quote from: YOSHIE on October 10, 2022, 10:01:09 AM

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

Basically what is happening in Bangladesh is similar to what is happening in Indonesia. Most online casinos are blocked by the official Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Indonesia who is teaming up with most Internet Service Providers. The casinos that cares about this issue try to solve it by providing alternative link (mirror link) so players are still able to access the casino. Perhaps Bangladesh online casinos should do the same if they do not want to lose players due to the block by Internet Providers.

Both countries are Muslim countries. Where Muslims dominant the government. But this is true and effective if there is difficulty in using VPN then the number of users will not decrease if they facilitate access through mirror links from casino or gambling sites. A sports betting site called bet365 where Bangladesh was closed through BTRC. As far i know there were more than 20 mirror links available in that place for gambling at that moment.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on October 11, 2022, 08:26:00 AM

Quote from: YOSHIE on October 10, 2022, 10:01:09 AM

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

Basically what is happening in Bangladesh is similar to what is happening in Indonesia. Most online casinos are blocked by the official Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Indonesia who is teaming up with most Internet Service Providers. The casinos that cares about this issue try to solve it by providing alternative link (mirror link) so players are still able to access the casino. Perhaps Bangladesh online casinos should do the same if they do not want to lose players due to the block by Internet Providers.

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Quote from: aioc on October 12, 2022, 06:56:50 AM

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

That's an opinion and I agree one of the reasons for banning gambling but not the main reason of course. According to the BTRC, they have banned casinos to prevent money laundering and ensure safe internet (what the f is that) and thus complying with the money laundering act in Bangladesh.

Quote from: Darker45 on October 12, 2022, 08:45:50 PM

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

I definitely agree with you. I'm not arguing on this. I have a problem with the reasoning. Can you see the reasons? Having safe internet? Check out the above quoted post and read the link.

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Quote from: Poker Player on October 12, 2022, 10:07:05 PM

Quote from: smartaction on October 12, 2022, 09:53:32 PM

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

As far as I can see, in Bangladesh gambling is prohibited except for horse racing and lottery, but it has no specific laws on online gambling. A smart government could implement a gambling-friendly regulation that would bring in a lot of money in the form of fees, but seeing as gambling with a physical presence is banned it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

If they are indeed concerned with money laundering, legalizing online gambling with clear regulations prevents it. Nobody launders money on pokerstars today and it was possible 15 years ago.

Bangladesh is still far behind in terms of technology due to which it is still very difficult for Bangladesh government to prevent money laundering through online so if the government thinks that they will make money from it by legalizing online gambling then it is not possible for them yet. Because they have to develop more in terms of technology only then they will be possible

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Quote from: smartaction on October 12, 2022, 09:53:32 PM

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

As far as I can see, in Bangladesh gambling is prohibited except for horse racing and lottery, but it has no specific laws on online gambling. A smart government could implement a gambling-friendly regulation that would bring in a lot of money in the form of fees, but seeing as gambling with a physical presence is banned it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

If they are indeed concerned with money laundering, legalizing online gambling with clear regulations prevents it. Nobody launders money on pokerstars today and it was possible 15 years ago.

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Quote from: Darker45 on October 12, 2022, 08:45:50 PM

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

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Quote from: Little Mouse on October 10, 2022, 08:24:06 AM

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Source- https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime/p10pt1dnef

Hate to see it but that's the power of the government and they are a corrupt government so...yeah.
Maybe there will be some online casino sites that will pay the government just to allow them to be used by their people or there might be some sites that will do the same as Stake does. This depends obviously on how many online gamblers are gambling in Bangladesh.

Nevertheless, use of VPN is still an option though there are some casino sites who aren't allowing their users to use VPN's. Overall, I guess this will not solve the problem of the country but at least it lessens a bit. Gamblers will and will always find a way to gain access to their favorite sites.

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It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

At the very least, the commission functions and jobs are done. Sites are blocked, apps closed, various links as well. It would probably be a much bigger problem if these sites and apps are illegal but are all running openly.

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Quote from: crwth on October 12, 2022, 10:19:35 AM

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things.

I don't think that they want a piece of the pie, sure they are doing some illegal things themselves, but maybe they just want to stop crypto to take off in their country and so the first step is to block crypto based online casinos.

Quote from: crwth on October 12, 2022, 10:19:35 AM

And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

Yes, bitcoin unless should be uncensored, but we all know government like in Bangladesh, doesn't want to give their people control, so they have to stop not just crypto but anything that they people are going to enjoy.

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Quote from: Quidat on October 12, 2022, 03:24:39 PM

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Quote from: crwth on October 12, 2022, 10:19:35 AM

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

Whether it would be pertain into other means or into their religion then it wouldnt matter.They are the ones who do govern and whatever reasons that they do have then its their to take.
They would be running off a country which would basically be in line with religion principles i must say? Been said and mentioned that this is an Islamic country or something like that
which we know that gambling is really that prohibited or something been excluded which it wont really be surprising on what they had done.
Sad for those who had reside or live in that place but we could still engage in gambling via other access.

It will affect a big number of gamblers in their country but they hardly believe that it will have a positive effect in the long run so we can't question them regarding that matter. It is their right to apply anything that will make their country's situation better. Gambling might have been affecting their country negatively for a long time so we can't blame them for doing such a thing.

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Quote from: Boristhecat on October 12, 2022, 11:04:11 AM

Quote from: crwth on October 12, 2022, 10:19:35 AM

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

Whether it would be pertain into other means or into their religion then it wouldnt matter.They are the ones who do govern and whatever reasons that they do have then its their to take.
They would be running off a country which would basically be in line with religion principles i must say? Been said and mentioned that this is an Islamic country or something like that
which we know that gambling is really that prohibited or something been excluded which it wont really be surprising on what they had done.
Sad for those who had reside or live on that place but we could still engage on gambling via other access.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on October 11, 2022, 08:26:00 AM

Quote from: YOSHIE on October 10, 2022, 10:01:09 AM

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

The knowledge of Bangladeshi’s about internet is comparatively less but nowadays this sector has developed a lot in that country. As far as I know Bangladesh government has given highest priority to IT sector.

There are many casinos that do not support VPN while there are many casinos that do. Although the use of VPN is prohibited but in reality it is not effective in many cases. Users can gamble using VPN without any hindrance.

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Quote from: crwth on October 12, 2022, 10:19:35 AM

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

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Quote from: aioc on October 12, 2022, 06:56:50 AM

Quote from: Little Mouse on October 10, 2022, 08:24:06 AM

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

Why is gambling banned in Bangladesh? this could be the main reason why they blocked online casinos, this is understandable we cannot do anything about it, we have to respect their decision their form of government is based on their religion, and they are not the only country that does this, but there will be people who will try to play online though VPN because the government can't monitor how people do things online using this method.

Where 90% of Muslim in any country no government can speak against the Muslim religion. Several sites are closed in Muslim countries, such as gambling sites, prone movie sites etc. Even if all of these sites are closed but no government can stop the actual gamblers. In this regard they are just losing taxes form the gamblers. If possible then all the sites can get the access by using vpn from the gamblers.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on October 11, 2022, 08:26:00 AM

Quote from: YOSHIE on October 10, 2022, 10:01:09 AM

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

yes it is possible for BTRC to track who visit gambling site by using VPN. but it is possible for free vpn but if someone use paid premium vpn proxy then BTRC will not able to track them it is not a big problem but must of the casino site ask for KYC if they can track something doing any illegal work or using vpn. so if any site ask kyc to any Bangladeshi person then it will be a big problem for him

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Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

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