Topic: Geopolitical Tension and its effects on Gambling (Read 413 times)

People who live in the areas where such conflicts are happening or are indirectly attached to people who live in these areas will tend to stop gambling or gambling less frequently for now, since their attention will be totally driven to the impacts of the war over their routines. How could they think about gambling when their lives are at stake and the enemy attack is imminent? They won't be able to concentrate on gambling games.

Furthermore, it's possible internet connection gets affected during wartimes, what will consequently prevent gamblers from accessing the platforms they are used to play. Unless they flee from the war zones, and reach safe areas where infrastructure is still intact, it won't be possible to gamble, anyway.

The impact for websites and bookies will be decreasement in traffic and volume of daily bets, what means less profit for the house...

Well I think this has an impact on everyone when we are generating ways of thinking about Whether there are wars or not, the main thing here is to see if we are being fair with the possible fundamentals that have so much impact on the asset markets, stock market, forex, and everything. what has to do with this, but in games I don't think there will be an impact like that, as they say, as long as there is internet, then people who are at war will play, Especially those who are in countries that have nothing to do with the conflict, because the internet service is in force there , of Course is my way of thinking, it does not affect as they do in speculative markets.

From his statement i think the meant, how the ongoing war could affect gambling or bettor in the regions where there's war or how it could affect other countries if the war escalates, well I don't think there are much gamblers in Iran currently and if there is, relocating to a safer region where there's no war would be the best option. However the war might affect them if they're gambling with platforms located in that country.

 The internet has made it very easy for individuals to gamble online. Those in such regions where the gambling shops are affected could go online to register and continue their gambling habits, but come to think of it, why would one even continue gambling when their country is in conflict with another at that point they should be thinking of the safety of their loved ones and gambling.

Is your question about betting drastically decreasing across the world due to the war between the countries involved or betting in the region affected by the war?

As long as the internet is working, there will be people betting as long as it's profitable for them, especially if they are not in the affected region and it does not pose a risk to their lives. Perhaps fear and uncertainty cause people to panic at first and make mass withdrawals from online casinos, but as they realize that it doesn't affect their daily lives as much, the flow of capital from casinos returns, just as happened with the coronacrash in 2020 (talking about the fall of bitcoin in this event).

During war, the only thing that comes on anyone's mind is safety. People living in  areas that are affected by war will be too busy thinking of how to stay safe and at least eat. Just like many social and economic activities will be affected, gambling activities will be affected too. Casinos in affected areas will temporarily shutdown pending when the war is over. No serious gambling activity will own except for minor card games and draft board games just to ease the tension and for few bucks too. Only people who are not directly affected by the war will have the time to visit casinos and even bet on ongoing wars in other regions. No economic and social activity will remain thesame during a war. Even after the war, people still need some time to adjust.

Gambling is just an entertainment, it's not something they will consider during struggle.

For an addict, I'm not sure if they will gamble in order to earn, but they must be have open a donation because they can earn without taking any risk.

Probably for the casinos they could expect less people will gamble, but it also depend on how small or big the scale of gamblers on those conflict countries.

War will disrupt many things, especially comfort and security, which can disturb and even make everyone feel threatened, especially those in conflict areas.
And in my opinion, those who gamble will not feel calm and comfortable when betting and will not even be able to concentrate in doing so. And in a threatened situation that will cause injury, disability or even death, I think a gambler will not think about his gambling during the conflict, and all he will think about is his own safety. And they will return to gambling when the conflict has subsided. And for those who are addicted, I don't think they will care about anything that happens even if their lives are threatened, it seems they will still look for free time to gamble.

Maybe for some people, the war going on in the Middle East this time will make them postpone their desire to gamble, just imagine the difficulty of earning money now will definitely make people hold on to their money.  but for those who are addicted to gambling, i doubt they will refrain from gambling even when they don't have any money, they still gamble lol.

affected of course, however, the war definitely had a big impact on all lines of business including the gambling business.

Gambling is restricted but not illegal in Israel. Gamblers are restricted to play only Isreal's National lottery and sports bettings. However the laws doesn't stop enjoying casino games in Cruise ships that docks at some ports in Isreal. I don't know what Judaism preaches about gambling but there is no record of gambling in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.

In times of war, People are more interested in survival than other endeavors. might not risk their lives to visit a brick-and-mortar casino but online gambling might flourish. Boredom can fuel more gambling activities. An example is what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic where online gambling increased to a large extent because people were lonely and needed to have some fun.

I don't think Israel and Iran are yet in the war at the moment, they are still issuing out warning with some reprisal attacks. However, businesses including casinos both online and offline will be affected because there will be low turn out as people will seek for safety first before pleasure.


No. No casino will be spared if there happens to be war within the area that it is located and because the internet facilities in the area may likely be destroyed so it will affect all the internet or digital businesses in the area because of no access.

A war like this are often overexaggerated, just like it happened with Russia and Ukraine, there is no world war anywhere, at least not so soon. The Russian-Ukraine war still continues and the world has moved past that when it comes to how things are compared to how they were in the wake of the war. As it is in the Israel-Palenstine war, cryptocurrencies initially sold off due to the war, but what later happened? It moved back upwards afterwards. The sudden shock in the market is what is causing that, which couples with the risk-on nature of the crypto market among others. However, it will have little or no impact on gambling, this will be so, because gambling will continue as usual in most quarters and the last time I checked, Iran, Palestine and Israel are not the big names in the gambling industry. So, they can't pull the ground in any way in this area.

Also, with the inception of crypto and online gambling, nothing serious can ever happen if a full war breaks out. The war may though push more people to stay indoors, just like the time of Covid-19. What happened? More online activities happened of course, and this will cause the gambling industry to witness more patronage. But I do not see this war escalating. Iran is just foolish but the way the whole world is treating the situation and calming the tension shows that there can't be an escalation. Israel is now mature enough not to retaliate but demanded heavy sanctions against Iran. So, everything will soon get back to normalcy in both the cryptocurrency world and the gambling industry which it never affected yet.

It can be argued that a person's gambling experience might vary depending on where they live and the political climate in their country. Also, even if you are known to be a regular gambler, you should always pay attention to any political events or conflicts happening around your area.

The levels of tension in countries can disturb the accessibility of internet betting services, especially if the site is operated from a country that plays a significant role in the conflict. This could entail some gamblers finding it hard to log into the website or not working at all. However, even with this being the case, it should always be noted that gambling should be done responsibly and that punters must always exercise caution with their wagering behaviors. While the political context may impact gaming actions and events, still, taking care of one’s own well-being is also essential. It would be good if these conflicts go away after some time and everything is resolved in a peaceful way.

Gamblers have no hand in the conflict but it will definitely ruined the most promising plans for people and the government saying absolutely nothing about them. Israel and Iran at war and this will affects both countries economy, inflation will come in surface. We should calmly focused on the activities that generates huge sums for us and also be able to enact laws that will bring in profits. Chaos will also hinder people from engaging in their daily routine. It's always been one of the top casino that will function in such circumstances.

Israel seems like a holy land, so I think gambling is restricted there. If there are still gamblers there, definitely they need to stop it if they don't want to get punished and even if no one caught them physically, spiritually their souls are already burning in hell for this type of violation they have committed.

In terms of wars, I don't think a person will ignore it and continue to what they are doing because they can only hurt them selves this way. Even if they are inside the bunker, I still don't think that they will have the time to think about gambling. Instead, they will spend their time thinking if how can they safely escape on that affected area.

I think it will depend on where the gambler is or in what country the gambler is residing. Well, I'm aware of the ongoing tension between two countries, but I don't think that there's an effect on me, especially in my gambling activities. I still do gambling with my regular schedule, but of course we cannot ignore the tension because if this becomes worse, other countries might be involved even if they don't want to. Anyway, I hope the tension in both countries comes to an end. Gambling topic aside, we know that war brings nothing good to both parties, so let's hope things are at peace.

But maybe some online casinos might be down, especially if those gambling sites are operated in the country where the current tension is happening, so of course there will be an effect on those gamblers that are using them. Anyway,  gamble responsibly and mind your gambling activities.

There is no possibility that of gambling to continue or take place in such situation. A good business works properly when there is peace of mind and comfort but when there is no such th gambling will reduce, Nd that will definitely affect the gambling sites.kste people will have no choice than to pull out their fund on the site before it shutdown. Although it depends on the gambling sites you are talking about. If it is a local gambling casino in a particular region which is affected, it may not work but if it's an online casino worldwide you can still play online without stress.

it just depends on where you are in this conflict. are Israel people gamblers?

if they are then they really have to stop gambling and just stay in their bunkers. they will just be playing poker offline in the bunker-turned-casino.

This could have serious effect on us whether we are gamblers or not especially when it comes to gambling with fiat  currencies. There is need for us to make sure we have protect our investment fiets before we think of whether it's going to affect the entire gambling sector. This can change in due time and we need dtk to make sure we keep doing what it going to make us earn more as gamblers rather talking about the affect of the Israel vs Iran war. This war is not going to happen and the world war countries need to try their best to ensure that things do not go in this manner because it's going to affect virtually everyone and every sectors.

In regarding about wars then economical areas or something that correlates into it will surely be having that effects on which we know that it could really be bringing out that kind of effect specially into forex/stocks etc. which there would really be a decline. We cant be sure about crypto but we know that this is something which is really that independent. In regarding on the question;

1. Gambling less about war tension? Gamblers dont care- as long the site that they are playing with is online up and running then they would really be continuing.
2. Depends on the location but since everything could be operated online then it wont really be that much of  a concern not unless if we are talking physical casinos on here.

This is why it wont really be that much of a concern on whatever the wars that s been happening as of this moment.
You can gamble anytime, all you want.

The global economic space is interconnected which means a problem in one sector could affect another area. The conflict in the Middle East will have adverse consequences on the supply of oil and gas. And this could lead to an increase in the price which will affect the cost of production. Some firms might consider cutting down their workforce in such a situation. Gamblers might also be affected by these job losses which will make them stop gambling. This might affect the earnings or revenue of gambling firms.

Situations like this could lead to an increase or decrease in the rate of gambling. Many people might become more conservative with spending because of these uncertainties. They might prefer to save more money because of fear of the unknown. Others who have lost jobs might stop gambling while some might decide to turn to gambling as a major source of income.

Many of them might realise less revenue because conflicts lead to economic problems which will affect the income of gambling companies.

Actually, it has no direct effect or relationship with gambling but some people, especially those whoch are highly affected, will of course prioritize things which are necessary such as purchasing food supplies  to help them survive if there will be a havoc due to the mentioned issues or problems. Some people would still continue gambling simply because they have a desire for it. Keep in mind that more gamblers are employees than stakeholders and investors which makes them free of worries. Most likely, those who have holdings in form of crypto would hesitate to gamble using such mode of payment and will most likely engage to fiat gambling sites, to at least lessen the risk of losing more because prices of the tokens are still down at this point.

With gambling sites or providers, they are the ones to be feeling slight effects from the actions above I've mentioned from the gamblers because there's a chance that smaller number of people would gamble and make a deposit. But nothing's certain still; things are not the same with all countries and regions so I guess others platforms still function the same way they do with or without these issues.

The online casino will not gets an impact to that war because they can still runs their business using Internet. The impact will happens if the Internet is shut down on all of that countries because the Internet source is used for the governments. The world stock market maybe gets the impact and also crypto market but that doesn't mean the online gambling business will gets the same impact.

Maybe people will still playing gambling without any worries about what happens to that countries. As long as they can visits their favorite casino as usual, they will still playing gambling. But that different if their government blocks all of the casino sites from their country and that makes their people can't playing gambling as usual. So that depends on how the government acts.

If we talk about morality or empathy, it's clear it not something that should be listed.

But there are many people who take advantage over unfortunate experience on other people, I recall back when Queen Elizabeth II die, some people create a shitcoin using her name.

Ups, seems I'm wrong to say there was not casino have added this geopolitical tension on betting sites, look this one.


https://futuur.com/q/tag/israel-hamas-war

Yes I do have self control over my gambling life. But I have to disagree with your toner points, you cannot compare a war situation with what we experienced during Covid. The results are the very opposite, people were bored during the pandemic because they had nowhere to go to and could not meet up with friends or even go to work. That year, we saw a lot of people even older folks using social media more. People were surfing the internet to find new ways to keep themselves occupied, I believe online casinos got a lot of traffic in that time period. Now if it was a war, I think most people will be scared for their lives and not even think of gambling.   

Not at all, People don't really stop doing their activities just because someone is dropping bombs on someone else and probably they don't even have any idea of what's happening. It will affect the people who are living in the regions and nearby and they can't even live a normal life and everyone else will do their chores as usual.

And the effect on other countries depends on where the wars are happening not who is involved.

So what ussually happens during hightened global conflict, is a rise in inflation. The trading routes and economic activities are disrupted and we see an increase in the price of food. (Oil prices increase, because most Oil come from the Middle East and that cause an increase in the cost of farming and the rest of the food chain)

So, in theory... if you have to pay more for food and transport ... then you should have less money to spend on other things like gambling. A lot of desperate people seem to think gambling might help them, if they hit a huge Jackpot, but that seldom happens.. so they just go deeper into debt by gambling with money that should have gone to living expenses)

The markets are made by people, and the people tend to panic, when something happens. The "geopolitical tension" exists since 2022(or even before 2022). Why didn't you ask the same question, when the Israel-Palestine conflict started or when Russia invaded Ukraine?
Did those "geopolitical tensions" affect the global gambling industry in any way, shape or form? The obvious answer is NO.
Maybe someone should conduct a survey about the amount of gamblers in countries, that are currently fighting, like Ukraine, Russia or Israel.
I don't think that it would be possible to gather enough verified data via such survey, because I can assume that gambling is forbidden in those countries, and most of the gamblers there are trying to hide their gambling activities.

not unless your a gambling addict, you know that? even though the country is at risk and is experiencing a severe crisis, some people still can't stop gambling, a big example is that when there was a pandemic, others didn't totally stop gambling, the online gambling sites even made more noise that day because countries are locked down so other gamblers have moved to online gambling.. Based on your answer, it's a good indicator that you are having self control and discipline, which is good because you know what's your priorities in case that thing happens

maybe the effect will be with regards to affecting those regions that are involved in the war. We saw the effect of the Russia Ukraine war on Chelsea football club due to the sanction from the USA on Ibrahimovic of Chelsea and how it affected all the players and fans and since the sanction, Chelsea football performance hasn't been same till date. What's mostly the effect of war on gambling has been that if it gets serious and the lives of fans and players gets threatened along the line, major sporting programs can get suspended which will mean that thier will be a major pause in sports gambling.

I don't see any real change in gambling behaviour or habits by players. Maybe just the after the first clash?!?
I don't know but personally I don't see any relation.
hence bookmakers or the same sports league have no interest in stops or delayed activity.
even during WW2 most of tournaments were still active (here in europe!) just 1 year there was a suspension

There's no impact in other parts of the globe aside from those country involved in the conflict. People gamble for their own interest and they didn't care whether there's a conflict in other country. The only impact I see regarding conflicts between countries are if they are participant of a worldwide leagues as they might prioritize to protect their country rather than participate in leagues but that would only be applicable to sports betting. Overall the impacts is not too much.

Indirectly, geopolitical conditions may influence people to gamble less. Because as geopolitical conditions get hotter it might have an effect on the economy and it will worry people that the prices of goods might soar due to inflation - and this makes people prefer to gamble less to save their money. Not to mention the problem of market conditions that may become chaotic, this will trigger the majority of people to be able to use their money more wisely, and gambling less could be their best option.

Do you know how it feels when a certain country or the region is in war ? The innocent civilians and kids get killed and there is a lot of terror of life and death and survival. In such a situation it won't be ethical that other parts of the world to take this as a gambling opportunity to see which country will win and bet on it  



Again i would call it a selfish act if anyone feels satisfied that he is living in a safe country and let the people, citizens and children die in the country directly affected by the war. By the way, if this Iran / Israel tension does not resolve quickly, it will turn into a world war and no country will remain a safe haven.

I think different, why there's no casino add those wars into their events?

Probably like:
"Which one will win, Russia or Ukraine?"
"Which one will win, Palestine vs Israel?"
"Will Israel take revenges to Iran? Yes or No (ends in June 1, 2024)"

Almost everything can be gambled, so they don't need to view it as a bad thing, as long as they live in a safe country, they will be fine.

I'd say it depends on how bad the effects are on the economy as there are levels for this plus some folks may cope a bit better than others.

However, I could still see things going both ways:
1. Some folks halting gambling because money has been tight.
2. Folks gambling more because they have been more desperate than ever -- don't do this lads.

One thing I always appreciate about bitcoin is no one can just halt the payments from coming unlike centralized systems like VISA/mastercard.

Sometimes, traffics is like chain, it move together,  do anything that could cause tension and low demand in the stock market will also robbed off on casinos because the motivation to gamble will be low.

Bit also we should know that, the level of it impacts on gambling may be low since gambling is some how a fun activity.

This is assumed a crisis scenario and I do not think that there could be a gambling enhancement in such terrible situations because lives and safeness should be considered first before either chasing funs or making money.
in as much as it would be a global tension as you may say OP, then I don't really see any progress on gambling unless to those who are liable of having compromisable tendencies with their valuables.

You can actually imagine the risks of gambling sites subjecting power tussles to their booking packages, it would really seems either a mockery to the loosing side and and encouragement to the winning side in the reality of wars like that.
You can also imagine gamblers being on track predicting against the other countries. All being risky I don't just see any embracement in such critical cases for gambling.

And that I believe is true for most of us. Of course, if you are on that area or region, definitely, your gambling won't be your priority but instead, your family's safety. Now, if you are living far from this region, I don't think your gambling activities will be affected. It will be the same as just your regular day.

Usually, people are only affected by war if they feel there is a threat on their living, their source of income, or the life of his immediate family members. Other than that, life goes on for them. So online bookies will continue to operate as they are not affected by this war event. And so gamblers across the globe will just continue to play as where they are at.

Nah, I don't see it affecting gamblers, even in the pandemic, the numbers of gamblers remain steady. And with the upsurge in online gambling platform, it won't stop us from enjoying and gambling. It's bad that we have this tension around the world, people are dying and we are someone on the brink of another world war.

But gamblers will be gamblers, they will always find a way, and maybe we will hear some of them saying that they don't care about the geo-political events in the world as long as they can continue with their gambling activity. Might not be good to hear, but probably that is true.

Gambling for me is a means of relieving myself from the stress of my work life and that wouldn’t change because of war happening in other countries. Now if my country is at war, I don’t think I would even have the luxury of thinking about playing my favorite slot games.  In those circumstances, things that were fun before suddenly become unimportant. My priorities would be my safety and the safety of my loved ones. So yes, definitely casinos in the affected regions will experience major reductions in the number of active users.

I highly doubt that people, unless directly involved, would even give a single crap about what's happening to the world. And I highly doubt gamblers specifically would suddenly have that collective thought where they're unable to gamble because something big is happening out there, otherwise they (or we) would've already stopped before we even started due to poverty.

As for the sites/bookies themselves, as long as the hosting servers aren't impacted I think they're fine and even then, there's probably multiple of them scattered over different countries. As long as the war doesn't impact the Asian continent in general that severely, I think they'd be fine.

I don't think that these tensions will affect your lives, unless you live in a war zone, like in the Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, and possibly Iran because It's going to get blasted sooner or later if it keeps doing what it's doing. Do you really think that someone in South America or Australia is going to stop gambling because Jews are murdering people on another continent? Nothing is going to change and I'm not only talking about the gambling industry, but also about bitcoin. The halving is going to come on time and we're going to have a bull market in q3 2024.

Im skeptical too. Even in tumultuous times, folks will likely still blow their paychecks at the roulette wheel or slot machines chasing those feel-good brain chemicals.  Perhaps a war halfway around the world feels too abstract, too distant from the adrenaline rush of the casino.  So I would bet the gambling industry will continue humming along, though operators may need to work harder to distract anxious gamblers.

After all, people have short attention spans.  Flashing slots and free spins help punters forget their worries at least for a few hours.  And lets face it - for most, gambling is about escapism, not global awareness.   I just dont see war stopping people from chasing the next big win.

There will not be any impact I guess. The only place I think impact will come is that if the countries at war loves gambling then we should expect declination of gambling activities as they wages war against each other in those region but I don't see Iran been a friendly country with gambling, it's an islamist state and I'm sure thy are very protected against gambling. As for Israel, they maybe modern society but because of jews traditions in the country, I don't think many of them will love gambling, so I expect no effect on gambling with this fight.

However, if there is any online popular casino and betting platforms that emerges from these two regions, the platforms might be having some down issues because there might internet problems and that is going to affect the platforms and performance. It might also make withdrawals difficult when right now if there is any online casino from such places.

If this continues, I guess participants is likely to continue in their gambling and maybe risk less. Well because there's so much uncertainty not only to their bets but also the issue outside. So instead of betting in on casino, they may put it instead on some emergency fund and remains liquid in case of worse case scenario in the world. Because it's no longer a threat right now, there's really a massive change and that will cause fear to players not to get engage with the house for the mean time until the tension eases around the globe. So for me, it may affect the casinos with lesser volume of participant for the meantime.

If things escalate further, that's a good possibility. However it doesn't look that way since yesterday. It looks like Iran has been cooled down. If they go full retard on Israel, they might harm them a lot but in the end Iran will also get wiped out of the map because Israel and their friends will hit back. Then Russia will also step in.

In this picture the only winner would be China probably because they never get involved directly. If you study some history, you'll see that China has always been like that.

Now Iran knows that too and that's way they don't want to be the firestarter.

just to be clear, no invasion happened and Iran just retaliated after Israel bombed an Iranian embassy in Syria which killed several senior military personnel.

maybe if they are affected by the tension going on, they'll gamble less but if they are not, I guess they'll just continue with their gambling routine.

would you mind elaborating on this part? I mean, what do you mean when you say "Will the gambling sites/bookies have an impact on this situation?"

It will only have a small impact in the short term because probably most people may have misunderstood this conflict, something like panicking thinking that war would reach the USA when that is far from possible. Another point has to do with the fact that Iran is on the list of countries banned by casinos and on the list of countries banned on many websites. So this means that there are a very small number of Iranian citizens who would be using the casinos compared to the people from the permitted countries. so casinos won't lose much from this conflict. because the price of cryptocurrencies is very high and casinos probably profited a lot from this increase


This doesn't change anything in the lives of the people who are playing, because they are people from permitted countries and from countries that are not involved in the conflict. for example from the USA, they provide logistical support to Israel and combat terrorism. but the fighting is not taking place within the USA, it is taking place in countries where the terrorists are, so no casino in the USA will be affected by this conflict. For people in the US, life is as good as ever, this applies to people from Europe (with the exception of Ukraine) and African countries like my country and all other African countries that are not at war


they will not have any impact, online casinos are not wallets so we can say that people in Iran would have saved a lot of money then due to the conflict then they would be withdrawing all their money from the casinos. That's not how it works. Online casinos are sites for people to play and most of the time people are losing, so they know that they are at the casino to have fun and not to invest money or use it as a wallet. Another point is what I said, that countries like Iran are on the list of prohibited countries. So this whole situation doesn't affect the casinos at all

There will be direct impact on gambling in that region if their servers are destroyed by missiles. People in that region will gamble less especially those who are internet connection is shut down and they have no access to the internet. If their electricity is shut down and they devices for accessing the internet has a low battery, then their gambling activity will also be affected. Even if the other things are in place but they have displaced from their houses and have no food, or those basic amenities their first need will be first to fix those things before gambling.

In summary, there will be reduced number of visitors to gambling websites in a crisis situation and gambling websites may be down if their servers are directly affected too.

Of course war reduces your comfort and activities. In fact, the things that you want to do you will be restricted from doing them because of the activities of the war and you trying to keep safe. People who are in war zone are restricted one way or the other. People in the country that are in war may have electricity, internet and other amenities cut of from them and that is where the compulsory restrictions come in. If you don't have internet connection, you can't access the casinos and even those offline gambling houses may not operate because houses would be destroyed. I watched how Ukraine was destroyed and their electricity, gas supply, internet and so many facilities were destroyed, so how would you gamble when your primary aim would be to survive.


Certainly, they will be run down as there will be low patronage which will affect there business. Some may pack up when they won't be able to generate funds to manage and maintain their site and pay workers.

It is logical that gambling activities should reduce majorly in those areas where there are tensions because gamblers in those areas will be more focused on getting to safety and managing whatever resources they have during this time, so they can always afford essential supplies than on trying their chances gambling.

Some gamblers who gamble online may still be able to find the time to gamble, but offline gamblers will be most affected.  
I think it is only people who are addicted that will still gamble from these areas regardless of the crisis and unrest.

When there's tension people tend to become more anxious and need ways to forget their day to day activities so for those that still have money they might gamble more or consider starting to gamble.

However it's also worth noting that while gambling is an activity to escape, there's also the effect of an economic crisis that might be caused by the world tensions such as wars and political crises. So if these effects are widespread there might be a large percentage of people that will no longer be able to gamble due to having less disposable income. So in the end it's all dependent on economics. Stress sure makes people seek escapes like gambling but surely also economics in widespread situations might neutralize or even give a negative effect into gambling.

I don't think there are many gamblers from Iran,nor I do think that the majority of them is from Israel,I have been long enough in the casinos,in their chat and I have seen very few individuals claiming to be from such countries.I didn't know that Iran has invaded Israel at the first place as I don't think they are capable of such feat as if they are this is quite shocking to say the least and the US has a mutual agreement on military with Israel that they can intervene if bad things happen to Israel.I think though that this plays in the interest of Russia in the end as they are the only beneficiary from such war,for the gambling though I doubt any tension will cause people to gamble less,it simply is just not the case.

I don't think it's going back to normal, they know Israel will shoot back. If I am from that region like If I am from Syria or Iraq I will be running my ass and my family away from that region. This is just the beginning. Gambling can resume whenever I'm in Egypt because this war could spill out faster than you can imagine.

I think it wasn't a coincidence that BingX allowed Iranian users to buy BTC. Maybe selling BTC for a higher price too. This is to make Iranians save their money and bring BTC somewhere in case they crossborders. https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/6687228156826

People residing on country affected by the war will probably don’t think gamble instead they focus on their safety but for people leaving far away from the tension I believe life goes on since they are not affected.

I’m not aware that there’s already a tension happening between Israel and Iran if you didn’t created this thread here on gambling board. This is a proof that the war still doesn’t affect everyone globally.


Affected countries doesn’t belong to the country which gambling is popular. Maybe it will be affected but not that seriously considering we are talking about here crypto casino.

It will have a negative impact on gambling just as it's happening with all other financial markets.

 Who chases a mice when his house is on fire? Gambling won't equally be in the list of things in my head and I know this also applies to other people.

Not even a gambling addict in his right senses of reasoning will care to gamble in a warring situation. The tension alone only focuses your mind to survival thoughts only as nothing else matters at that moment.

More devasting will be that many gambling sites would have to shutdown temporarily until normalcy returns.

There are possibilities that gamblers in that region should just keep their coins in their custody that is if they are gambling in a casino from Isreal. However, it has been noticed that everything has gone back to normal. The airport that was shut down have been opened in Israel. So gamblers will continue gambling.

If the war escalates, then it will be better to save your head and your funds by not gambling, and look for somewhere safe to stay.

Maybe the gamblers in the region will move their coins out of the casinos and put them inside their wallets and hide them for now because things escalate further. I heard there will be retaliation from Israel.

But you may be uninformed about it since Iran is way far from Israel, between them is Iraq so there is no invasion happening. In fact, it was Israel who started bombing Iran's consulate in Syria office which an Iranian general died

From the last two days, we have experienced some major Geopolitical Tension as Iran invaded Israel and there is a fear whole world including the United States of America, Russia, China and other Middle Eastern/ Asian countries may be directly involved in this war if the situation does not norm quickly.

We have seen some big dumps in the world stock market and crypto market and the world's business may get affected by this situation. I would like to know what impact will it have on gambling ?

Do people gamble less when they see such tensions around the globe?

Will the gambling sites/bookies will have an impact on this situation?