Topic: Hosting a gambling site (Read 8177 times)

It is just as to open a new business. You need the knowledge about that domain and the sufficient investment for taking the start. The mechanism must be strong and then standards must be followed and everything that can make a general business fantastic, can be considered here with same value and preference. But still I don’t go for this option because this is much bigger risky.

I do not think that it is such an easy job, for that you need to have a good experience and must have spent a lot of time in gambling specially in gambling online. You may also need a good amount of money for running your gambling site so smooth, which i do not think is possible for a middle class person. I think it can be easy for such people who have already run a casino.

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We can assist with licensing where applicable.

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I thought I would respond to this post in order to update the information:

The Question: Where to host a Bitcoin based gambling / casino website

Since the question was posed quite a lot has and is changing in terms of law in order to provide a regulatory framework for bitcoin. This is essential in order to properly regulate companies and individuals who use Bitcoin as a means to transact.

In Mauritius for instance, a "sandbox" license is now being issued. The idea is to offer a framework to companies wanting to set up ICOs. The purpose of the license is to at least have "some form of regulation" in place while legislators play catch up with technology.

In terms of Gambling, the same is and will happen.

This does not mean you "must" be regulated or licensed to operate anything Bitcoin since there is no form of central control so its highly unlikely someone is going to shut you down (unless they find you).

With Gambling, more and more BitCoin casinos are opting for a Curacao based license (we can help you with that), however, this is not always affordable to small startups.

So in terms of hosting, there really is no alternative other than to host with CuracaoWebhosting.com Bitcoin Gambling Hosting and Licensing servers are based in Curacao which is a gambling-friendly jurisdiction.

Services offered:

1. Shared gambling servers from €29.95 per month (only use this if you are totally broke)
2. VPS servers start from around €95 per month (a good option, they use SSD drives and the servers are fast and redundant)
3. Dedicated servers, buy the hardware and send to the island (cheap if you need a lot of resources). Try and squeeze into a 1U machine though as it costs €150 per U. Fedex a server to the island will cost about €250 EUR.

Another really good service to use is GamblingTec.com Gambling licensing for game developers. This entity holds a Curacao based gambling license, hosts, with CuracaoWebhosting.com and will work with you to get your game into a licensed environment.

If you have the money to burn then get in touch with CuracaoWebhosting.com as they offer a Bitcoin casino licensing service. You will spend around €28K to get all your ducks in a row in the first year. Here is some more information on the Curacao Gambling License.

Feel free to get in touch:

SKYPE: brendanjnash
email: brendan [at] curacaowebhosting.com

It's just better if you can buy your own servers and host your website if you don't want any external influences. Just buy server spaces online( typically those that are outside your country) and have them host the gambling site.

A bit right there but they are actually responsible for all the bets taking place on all the site under them and hence they also come under that category. Since they allow investment to their site makes them a even more of that category.
I think hosting is not that big of a issue since even google provides hosting services now, I guess named google cloud.

@game-protect: Curacao is attractive for some gambling operators but I am actually just looking for a country to host a gambling affiliate website in. Due to this no license would be required. I am also looking for a jurisdiction that is not too far away from Europe and Asia, which is where most visitors of the site would come from.

As far as Costa Rica and Panama go, they do not offer any gaming licenses. Anyone can simply register a gambling company there and start operating. That is why there are so many disreputable casinos and sportsbooks in these countries. However, that is a different subject.

Just google it there are many hosts out there or just look for an hyip script site they also provide hosting service which will surely allow your gambling site.

Amazon is a big company and actually renting their cloud would cost high and they would ask you to provide proper documents about your casino which you might not be able to provide given you have a bitcoin casino. I guess sites can be hosted on hundreds of providers and actually Moneypot is a enormous site under which a lot of sites run and hence they decided to switch knowing the terms of heroku.

If your host is safe enough than there is no need to go for big names, being safe is the biggest priority apart from host being online all the time. Just google and find the one that suits your needs beyond the suggested services.

1) Curacao has a very good hosting infrastructure.

2) The Netherlands has a regulated gambling market

3) Costa Rica might have a bad infrastructur but license cost only $3,500 per year?

It's a profitable business to host own gambling website, because people used to invest into gambling websites for profit. For the same with the investment they made if they start a gambling site sure based on the features will get benefited. Because bitcoin is getting turned to be the only possibility to gamble in future.

I tend to use expensive or private hosting for diverse content properties or those with functions in which users interact across databases with extensive data amounts. For the most part the casino industry takes lots of bandwidth so the use of full servers instead of shared plans may be more suitable.

In almost all cases with lots of traffic the hosting provider may force upgrades, so my strong suggestion would be to just set it up at the beginning.

@roadbits: Yes, anyone can play unregistered online casinos in any country, but that is a different subject. What I am trying to find is a suitable country to host a gambling affiliate website.

Yes but in all countries, we can access online gambling, especially in China and UK. and if you are looking for strict less countries means you can try in Asian countries. They don't have many restrictions against online gambling. The countries are Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, etc. here the governament will not put many restrictions on online gambling. I heard that in India they allowed A Rummy game site to make business legally in india. That site is paying tax to government.

@game-protect: It is usually the countries where the bananas grow. Particularly, Costa Rica, Curacao or Panama. These countries do not have a good hosting infrastructure though and are far away from the main markets. For this reason Switzerland or the Netherlands would be a good solution. Perhaps also other European/ Eastern European countries, but I am not aware of a particular one that would be suitable for hosting online gambling related websites.

What are the cheap gaming license countries?

Question is if it is required by the license to have the gaming server within the licensing country?

France, Italy, Russia, China, UK, Portugal, Denmark and many other countries all have very strict laws against online gambling. Some of them block domains and financial transactions just like the U.S.

Are there any that are more strict that USA?

@0xfff Only USA? I believe you have not looked at the online gambling laws abroad. There are different laws and restrictions in each country.

Probably any off shore webhost. Only usa really cares about internet gambling. Usa gov wants to keep gambling profit for themselves.