Topic: Is Online Crypto-Gambling Legal in a Country Without Gambling Laws? - page 3. (Read 416 times)

although you're kind of confusing yourself in the title and context of your post, if local gambling isn't legal in your country, their is high probability that restrictions might affect every form of gambling and what's always the case is that online crypto gambling site might not allow you to access their site or rather your government might not allow such site to function in their territory but if you're able to access a crypto gambling site with your mobile device, then it's possible they aren't taking the ban or sanction seriously.

If a nation takes laws against certain practice seriously, you don't necessarily need to ask for suggestions for externals cause it's going to be a popular knowledge that's to be known by all.gambiing has gained popularity in all part of the world and I don't think it's all that possible for an outright ban of any form of gambling in a country. What's possible might be some form of restriction which is basically to regulate the rate of gambling engagement by youths.

I guess you could assume that if there was no law something about it, it was going to be completely legal since you not really going to break any law if there was no law that is about it, Maybe if you are referring to online cryptocurrency gambling there will be a lot of involved there, you could take a look as well on gambling and cryptocurrency. If gambling is illegal on your country then you could consider cryptocurrency gambling illegal as well since it is still gambling, if Cryptocurrency is illegal in your country then Cryptocurrency Gambling is going to be illegal as well but as long as there is no law about it there will be no problem doing it for sure.

Still, there will be some possible restrictions depending on the legality of the casino, I mean most of the online gambling websites are not really registered to a certain country, and depending on the country there could be some restrictions about that, recently here in my country, the government is banning most of the unlicensed website and there was a possibility that Binance would get banned as well because it wasn't really registered here in my country, so possible some of the gambling websites may get restricted as well in the future.

Just be mindful of the Cryptocurrency Gambling website that you are going to register in since there are a lot of scam gambling websites out there, Find the perfect one here in the forum since there are already a lot of trusted gambling websites here, and you could easily just pick on the list then find the one that you preferred to use, that has games that you liked.

If traditional gambling is illegal, then online gambling is most likely illegal as well. I don't know about countries, where traditional gambling is banned while online gambling is allowed. That doesn't make any sense. Do you know anything about a country that doesn't have gambling laws at all? I can only assume that some small and underdeveloped countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America would have no gambling legislation whatsoever. Having no gambling laws would probably mean that gambling is allowed, but that's not the case with UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Well, just because a country has no gambling laws does not mean that there are no other laws which stand in your way, if you wish to gamble. Different countries, different laws. I know that Japan, for example, has a kind of grey area when it comes to gambling. While you cannot gamble for money, you can gamble for things which you can later exchange for physical items (like gold) and then sell those items for money.

So when you ask if it is legal, I would say depends on the country.

But if you were to gamble in a country that has no laws that punish gambling, then you obviously will not be punished, if you do it.

simple: no laws, no violations, simply as that, but the thing is, does it help if there are no laws when it comes to gambling? I think not. Laws are created and implemented in order to maintain order in a country. Imagine there are no restrictions on gambling, no age restrictions, or no age limit on who can play gambling games. Then many youths will be addicted and open to gambling. 

Or if something happens, such as a crime, because of gambling but there are no laws regarding gambling, then they can, for example, operate illegal establishments made for gambling because they have the guts and no fear of being caught. Laws are important in every aspect of a country; without them, there will be no peace at all. If laws are lacking in gambling-related areas, then there will be people who will not fearing to do bad things behind gambling.

When laws are silent about certain business, it becomes complex and very technical. The problems will become more pronounced in a time of dispute should there be one, in that case the law of the jurisdiction where the casino is registered will become applicable. Operating and using online casinos in a country where there is no gambling law does not amount to any breach whatsoever neither does it suggest that gambling is legal in such country. As a user from such country, the best you can do is to continue to use such services while hoping that there is no issues that will warrant legal adjudication.

I think it depends on the casino or gambling site. Most times, when you register an account on any of these online gambling sites, it usually advisable to check out their TOC terms and conditions. Why?  In there, you can find some list of allowed countries whoes members are allowed to gamble or withdraw and do kyc on their funds from their casino.

If you fail to do this, no one is going to stop you but you will later on face issues of withdrawal and then when you request for kyc using your country identity, you get denied and as well loss your funds. Most times, in countries where such activities are strictly restricted, you get informed upon registration about the countries that are not allowed to register.

It's tricky since there are no specific law addressing against it, so it's often in a gray area. It doesn't mean that it's legal because there are no law against it. So, think about the possible risks and consequences that they may still consider it as illegal or even take action if they see it fits, especially in such countries.

Yeah, he will not have any problem with the casino because the casino is accepting players from there.

But, @OP didn't specify if he was asking about general laws about online gambling in there or he ask about the terms on online casino. If UAE and Saudi Arabia aren't allow their citizens to gamble, @OP will have a problem when the banks ask about a specific transaction on his account.

I don't think we can assume that when crypto is legalized then crypto gambling is also legal. This is the same as someone gambling with local currency. Does this mean that gambling is legal because it uses local currency? I do not think so.

Crypto can be used for many things. Because of this, several Islamic countries have legalized crypto, such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia. But gambling remains prohibited. You can see if gambling is prohibited by visiting the online gambling site whether it is blocked or not. But if you find a gambling site that hasn't been blocked, or use a VPN and you use crypto to gamble so it can't be tracked by a country's authorities, then that's your business. You can gamble but that doesn't mean gambling is legal.

If there are no gambling laws about gambling, gambling will be legal because the government can't prohibit something that doesn't have a laws. But it's depends on the religions on that country because some religions can prohibit gambling and don't want to see their citizens playing gambling. I don't knows what will UAE government in the future related to gambling because the laws on that country can be changed following with the progress of the development on that country. Maybe right now, traditional gambling is illegal but in the future, when the government open more offline casino to attract more visitors to come to their country, the government can change their laws. Laws can be changed following what happens to the country and there will be a needs to takes tax to the business that can makes a big profit.

If cryptocurrency is legal in a particular nation, then I don’t think the crypto gambling will be any problem there. At the end of the day you will cash out crypto only. And many times they don’t check the source of the funds, until and unless if there is something fishy. I won’t say it will be completely legal, but it’s not completely illegal also. As long as the country supports cryptos, whether you trade or gamble it will be alright I guess.

If there is no law that regulates it, then gambling cannot be said to be legal or not and also cannot be prosecuted legally if there is a problem with online gambling because there are no legal regulations. This applies to countries that use positive legal principles

My country prohibits all forms of gambling activities but many gambling platforms allow gamblers from my country, I don't know why this happens but it seems like my country doesn't have a cross-border agreement regarding the legality of gambling

I feel like the question you should be asking is, will a site I play on pay me if I live in a certain jurisdiction? Check the sites restricted countries and if the place you are isn't on their list, you shouldn't have any issues being paid out.

I guess it's not really a complex issue because the laws in these countries prohibit gambling in general, if I'm not mistaken. They aren't categorizing different forms of gambling while declaring some to be legal and others to be illegal. It's gambling itself that is illegal.

This must have something to do with their religious beliefs, that gambling is haram, meaning forbidden by Islamic laws. So whether it's online or offline or via fiat or via crypto doesn't matter. All of them are gambling.

Are you sure about this because everywhere I look online gambling is also considered illegal. However there are some gaps on how the laws are enforced hence some locals could still gamble.

Take this review website for instance:


It's also worth bringing up to the table that not everything is categorized with illegal and legal because, there a lot of instances in the gray are as well.

Well, to be precise, online casinos who doesn't have any legal authority or license on specific country should not accept people from X country, because it's deemed illegal.
Like Stake doesn't have license in our country so using it is highly not recommended and is prohibited. Anyone, who caught using it on our country is possibly a jail time. We call the licensing body who is in charge here is PAGCOR. Only PAGCOR authorized platforms should only the one that people in our country are using. I know some online gambling licensing body exists on other countries or per state in the US.

I believe when it comes to this matter, though the government has no direct protocols towards online gambling, I think, people in that country know the stance of their government and so they need to abide it even if there are no clear regulations to follow. You will only know such specific protocols if you are residing in the country and you will understand how officials or authorities are approaching this type of online business.

No gambling means no taxes. I bet gambling casinos would love that idea. But is there still such a thing?
Let's find out.
This is the first website when I tried the question.
https://playtoday.co/blog/guides/countries-where-gambling-is-illegal/
This is the one that caught my attention.
No specific laws are in legal form but because they have one belief then it's also considered as a law.
But look at this.
This is where it becomes a problem. Without that law that is passed legally, they cannot pursue taxes on it which I think is where people can take advantage instead of part of that money that should be going to the government and could be used for the service of the people.
It all depends only on how strong their belief is so that they won't gamble but let's be real, there are believers who think differently in this era. It's not as strong as it was before. A real law must be implemented, without it on paper a lot of gambling businesses will keep it secret and they are escaping taxation.
All that money could help boost the economy and maybe change the way people look at one country that was vandalized as a bad tourist spot.

Well some countries have strict ban on online casino although I understand that both traditional and online casino are the same but I will like to argue that the dangers and injuries that online casino poses on the lifestyle of ignorant and high spirited gamblers is just overwhelming and that's why some government deem it fit to actually ban the use of debit card or credit card to actually fund the online casinos.