Topic: Dubai's Government and Gambling - page 4. (Read 2631 times)

Consultation with the religious leaders is needed if they want to open a business in the gambling sector because their country could not easily accept something against their religion, especially from religious leaders. Everything can change in the future as the situations will also follow change, so we can see what will happen in their country.

Yes, they can open that and I think the government will do that in the future. Their main source before is oil and they've seen that it's not going to last forever that's why they've built infrastructures that can also help their economy to keep up through tourism and other industries. That's why the possibility of it to happen in the future is big. There could be a consultation from their religious leaders since it's a country that respect religions but it's still depending to the officials that sees the opportunity on it.

Even if the crude oil and natural gas becomes worthless all of a sudden, the economy of the UAE won't be impacted much. Because unlike the other GCC nations, UAE has already been very successful in diversifying their economy. They were able to attract the service industry, by imposing zero corporate and income tax. So they are already in a very comfortable position and as of now there is no need to find any additional avenues of revenue by opening casinos.

The Government of Dubai's Media Office has stated rumours of licensed gambling in the city are false.

The misinformation was spread on social media regarding several hotels in Dubai that allegedly obtained licenves for gambling activity.

The rumor stated the licences would allow venues to offer gambling services to visitors as early as mid-May, with the start of the Eid al-Fitr celebration.

Gambling is illegal under UAE law and those engaging in the activity could be fined anywhere between AED250,000 ($54,459) and AED500,000. Illegal activities include creating, managing or supervising gambling-related content.

Currently, the city has no plans to legalise casino gaming or sports betting; however, there are several horse racingvenues, which do offer guests a limited chance to punt on horses without breaking the law, though this service is very strictly regulated.

Last year, Dubai’s police launched an app where people can report suspicious activity. The app can be used both by tourists and residents alike. Additionally, in 2020, the Dubai Government shut down gambling kiosks that targeted low-income workers.

The activity was called Lucky Game and allowed players to draw envelopes with a chance to win prizes.

Managers of the kiosks argued they were offering prizes, not cash, so the service was not illegal, but the authorities shut the kiosks down due to exploitative practices; ensuring all raffles in Dubai are monitored by Dubai Economy and any similar activity should be reported.

But if that is about gambling, I think the government will not let gambling allow in their country because that can break their rule. Gambling is haram in their country, but we do not know if their people do not play gambling publicly because that can attract the officer to arrest them. Islam is a strict religion and if there something that is not matched with their Qur'an or Hadist, they will not tolerate it. But we do not know more about that, and maybe we need to wait for the next news from them so we know what happens in that country.

you get it    UAE is a Muslim country and i Know that it is against their law to adopt bitcoin because this is now Halal.( well that's what i Read in the past threads)

Although Dubai isn't as strict as other Middle-East countries, if they don't have gambling casinos. There must be that something that stops them to do it. I don't know if it's religious or anything sort related to belief. But we may somehow see that in the future if they are keeping up their economy and they're no longer have the main source of country's livelihood. They're becoming a tourist spot and maybe after this corona virus pandemic, there will be more tourists again and that's the time they'll try to reconsider that idea.

You are right - the economy will put everything in its place and if cryptocurrencies are an integral part of the future, then any religion will have to come to terms with it. Nikaka, the most totalitarian and strict religion, cannot resist the progression, because in this case it loses in the number of its admirers and dies out.

But if that is about gambling, I think the government will not let gambling allow in their country because that can break their rule. Gambling is haram in their country, but we do not know if their people do not play gambling publicly because that can attract the officer to arrest them. Islam is a strict religion and if there something that is not matched with their Qur'an or Hadist, they will not tolerate it. But we do not know more about that, and maybe we need to wait for the next news from them so we know what happens in that country.

Didn't know about this, I just assumed that they are all strict since Islam is a strict religion that has been following their Qur'an for a long time, not meaning to offend but being more liberal even though your primary faith is strict is a progressive thing to do.

I don't think that the idea of cryptocurrency is incompatible with any of the religions. First of all, the basic idea of cryptocurrency is that of a digital asset which is protected against inflation as a result of controlled supply. I don't think that any of the Islamic tenets ban such an asset. As far as I know, Islam only bans taking interest on loans, which is not applicable for cryptocurrency. Even if there is some aspect of cryptocurrency not compatible with any religion, the leaders of that religion can create a new cryptocurrency that is compatible.