Topic: Legal for someone without gambling license to create a gambling software/script? (Read 454 times)
April 28, 2016, 03:57:03 AM
Writing programs for casino or casino games isn't illegal even if playing casino online or offline is illegal in your country.Hosting a casino registered on your domain will be illegal.If you still wish to run your own casino,either you can pay taxes (which are much higher than regular business) and get special permissions from the government or be an expert at Tor nodes.You can simply run the website in one the other countries considering it legal and license it under someone from that country .
April 28, 2016, 01:01:53 AM
I was wondering - if say I created a site/gambling script but it wasn't legal to host in my country - could I "license" my created software to someone who can legally run it and collect license fees from it?
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
I'm not a lawyer, but i think you're pretty safe doing this... I don't hold the licence to operate a coffeeshop in the netherlands (the ones where you can buy weed), but i'm pretty sure i can write a tool for somebody operating a legal coffeeshop... I don't have a licence for firearms, but i'm pretty sure i can write a website for a legal armsdealer,...
Once again: if you're unsure, contact a lawyer, no legal advice you'll get on this site will be 100% guarantee, even if it comes from a verified lawyer (unless it's a lawyer from your country/state/...)
there is a big difference between making a tool or making a website for someone to do these things for example designing a website for someone else to sell firearms is so different from sharing the income.
if you take the money generated from the business then you are an accomplice, unless you launder the money too!!
I'm not a native speaker, but if i understood the OP correctly, he isn't running the site, he just asks a licence fee for his software... If the person running the casino is the owner and has all the necessary licences (or lives and hosts the casino in a country where no licences are needed), i think it's OK. A lot of software developers ask weekly/monthly/yearly/one-time licence fees for products they made.
Once again: i'm neither a lawyer, nor a native english speaker, so i might have missed the point in the OP, or my advice might be legally wrong. I'm just trying to make a logical reasoning and comparing his business model to other "grey area" businesses like armsdealing, drugsdealing, legal software, hospital software,...
April 27, 2016, 10:25:35 PM
I was wondering - if say I created a site/gambling script but it wasn't legal to host in my country - could I "license" my created software to someone who can legally run it and collect license fees from it?
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
I'm not a lawyer, but i think you're pretty safe doing this... I don't hold the licence to operate a coffeeshop in the netherlands (the ones where you can buy weed), but i'm pretty sure i can write a tool for somebody operating a legal coffeeshop... I don't have a licence for firearms, but i'm pretty sure i can write a website for a legal armsdealer,...
Once again: if you're unsure, contact a lawyer, no legal advice you'll get on this site will be 100% guarantee, even if it comes from a verified lawyer (unless it's a lawyer from your country/state/...)
there is a big difference between making a tool or making a website for someone to do these things for example designing a website for someone else to sell firearms is so different from sharing the income.
if you take the money generated from the business then you are an accomplice, unless you launder the money too!!
April 27, 2016, 10:02:51 PM
But we have bitcoin and all the transactions in bitcoin are anonymous so why don't you try operating bitcoin casino with your software. Host your site in russian based hosting company in vps server and we all know it will take years to reach any report to russian authorities. And as you will be taking payment in bitcoin mix it and you will be in safe side. IF you don't like to operate than also take payment in bitcoin as license fee but i doubt there are any decentralized licensing service available. I think opening crypto casino will be good option for you.
April 27, 2016, 09:51:06 PM
If you host it an run it in a diffrent country which allows the hosting an set up of a casino why not.
But in most countries btc isnt a currency so its not illegal to gamble.
But in most countries btc isnt a currency so its not illegal to gamble.
I agree with this, It depends on what Country is hosting the site so its to better check first.
Also try to check the laws about operating a gambling site in your Country or Community (City or Town) as a friend of you might report you to the local authorities for operating an online casino in their community. There are cases where in some Cities it's allowed while in some conservative Cities it's not.
April 27, 2016, 09:45:18 PM
If you host it an run it in a diffrent country which allows the hosting an set up of a casino why not.
But in most countries btc isnt a currency so its not illegal to gamble.
But in most countries btc isnt a currency so its not illegal to gamble.
April 27, 2016, 05:47:58 PM
Payperhead is the way to go u pay like 10bucks a week for active players.
April 27, 2016, 02:17:39 AM
I was wondering - if say I created a site/gambling script but it wasn't legal to host in my country - could I "license" my created software to someone who can legally run it and collect license fees from it?
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
I'm not a lawyer, but i think you're pretty safe doing this... I don't hold the licence to operate a coffeeshop in the netherlands (the ones where you can buy weed), but i'm pretty sure i can write a tool for somebody operating a legal coffeeshop... I don't have a licence for firearms, but i'm pretty sure i can write a website for a legal armsdealer,...
Once again: if you're unsure, contact a lawyer, no legal advice you'll get on this site will be 100% guarantee, even if it comes from a verified lawyer (unless it's a lawyer from your country/state/...)
Seems to be very mucky for US residents still.. Found some stuff like this:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/4/3835024/robert-stuart-faces-prison-for-gambling-software
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Robert Stuart earned $2.3 million from licensing his software to overseas casinos and bookmakers, but he's now facing criminal charges in New York, where authorities accuse him of promoting gambling within the state. Stuart maintains that his company only sells software to companies outside the US, and that he was never aware that it would be used to promote gambling in New York, noting that the program doesn't actually place bets, but simply provides gambling companies with basic web-based infrastructure.
April 27, 2016, 02:12:15 AM
I was wondering - if say I created a site/gambling script but it wasn't legal to host in my country - could I "license" my created software to someone who can legally run it and collect license fees from it?
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
I'm not a lawyer, but i think you're pretty safe doing this... I don't hold the licence to operate a coffeeshop in the netherlands (the ones where you can buy weed), but i'm pretty sure i can write a tool for somebody operating a legal coffeeshop... I don't have a licence for firearms, but i'm pretty sure i can write a website for a legal armsdealer,...
Once again: if you're unsure, contact a lawyer, no legal advice you'll get on this site will be 100% guarantee, even if it comes from a verified lawyer (unless it's a lawyer from your country/state/...)
April 27, 2016, 02:08:47 AM
I was wondering - if say I created a site/gambling script but it wasn't legal to host in my country - could I "license" my created software to someone who can legally run it and collect license fees from it?
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
Since creating gambling software isn't illegal, this would seem to be okay?
If I'm missing something let me know, thanks!
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