Topic: Legality of Online Gambling in Different Countries - page 3. (Read 555 times)

Well, the truth is, I didn't know that in Brazil they had this restriction, in Venezuela they also had casinos closed for more than 20 years, and after direct negotiations with the current government they reopened them, so these things are what should never have existed, casinos are funny, there should be no restrictions, in Venezuela during those 21 years online casinos could not bet, because the government was not so interested in prohibitions, they know that casinos represent money, business, so these things learned that the doors should not be closed However, while that ban was in force, clandestine casinos were always generated, and when they were discovered they all went to jail, both the owners and the players, and now things have changed and that's for the best.

Now, there is something that does not add up to me, it happens that in the USA there are many restrictions, for online casinos and for exchanges, the USA is a country with so many freedoms, because many people from other countries go to the USA looking for the freedoms that they have there and what they do is that all that is prohibited, I can't say anything about Las Vegas, because in Las Vegas it's something else that lives there, but for the rest of those things that I've seen there are prohibitions, of made since 2019 in Binance they are fighting to be allowed to operate with them, in the part of online casinos they also have many restrictions, at least stake.us is the casino that they can operate with great confidence and security, it is an advantage that stake.com has standing out worldwide and reaching all corners of the world.

In particular, the beliefs that people have about casinos are many, some see it as bad, I don't understand it, it's something that I think has never been squared, however, in that country they have their rules and regulations that I still don't understand, and That causes discomfort for many players, traders, because they should have those freedoms, after all, they are entertainment that people seek to have a good time and I think that's what it's all about.

Most of the countries that banned gambling were due to the fact that their religious beliefs go against it and they also believed that gambling should not be a responsible man's business because their own believe is that it involves cheating on one another, if you're in a country that go against such then you need to be very careful not to get yourself into trouble by violating their laws and byepass them through the use of VPN to launch into some official gambling websites, it's another form of trick on itself you doing that and when caught by your government or the casino will attract unfavourable consequences.

Yes, most Islamic countries do not allow gambling, but I think gambling is still underground because many people like to gamble. And even though there is a ban on gambling in the country, with this underground casino, people can freely play gambling. But only certain people know where it is. Meanwhile, the prohibition of gambling in other countries has made these people look for places other than underground casinos. With the advent of the internet, their desire to gamble online can be carried out. And yes, those from countries where gambling is prohibited use VPNs to avoid being banned from their country. And for the time being, they succeed in playing online gambling.

Nope, the government ban gambling because of the religion and they're poor countries. Although UAE and North Korea are small countries, but UAE is rich and North Korea is a private country. Gambling should be only for the rich because poor people can't afford to lose their money and can't find entertainment during gambling.

Yeah they can access via VPN, but sooner or later the casino will ask KYC or terminate their account.

 In my country most online gambling sites are licensed by Curacao and operates in several countries like the UK, MALTA, CYPRUS and across several european countries, and also gambling activies are allowed whether online or local gambling shops, apart from the illegal gambling activities like dice rolliing,  which is been carried out on the street by mostly touts or street guys, but so far a company obey the regulations of the government and pays their taxes then you'll be free to operate in my country.
 However there are some religious traditions that restrict people mostly women from caring out gambling activities due to the fact that they find it indicent for women to participate in risky activities since they're home builders, but anyways the online gambling platforms have made it easier for everyone including women to gamble secretly without the notice of the religious leaders or lawmakers, also not all platforms would permit the use of VPN by bettors from offshore so before you use an online from offshore maybe due to relocation, be sure that it permits the operations of the country you relocated to, because some platforms would gladly permit you to deposit and bet on games but frustrate you on withdrawal for bridging their policy.

 In my country most online gambling sites are licensed by Curacao and operates in several countries like the UK, MALTA, CYPRUS and across several european countries, and also gambling activies are allowed whether online or local gambling shops, apart from the illegal gambling activities like dice rolliing,  which is been carried out on the street by mostly touts or street guys, but so far a company obey the regulations of the government and pays their taxes then you'll be free to operate in my country.
 However there are some religious traditions that restrict people mostly women from caring out gambling activities due to the fact that they find it indicent for women to participate in risky activities since they're home builders, but anyways the online gambling platforms have made it easier for everyone including women to gamble secretly without the notice of the religious leaders or lawmakers, also not all platforms would permit the use of VPN by bettors from offshore so before you use an online from offshore maybe due to relocation, be sure that it permits the operations of the country you relocated to, because some platforms would gladly permit you to deposit and bet on games but frustrate you on withdrawal for bridging their policy.

The government ban the gambling to avoid of their people to get some loss.It mostly affect the small country,So they ban the gambling at first.UAEand North Korea was the developed countries which doesn’t allow their people to involve in the gambling both in online and offline mode.Most of the Islamic countries doesn’t allow their citizens to use the gambling.Because from their Islamic religion they started to create a law in their country.Brunei,Qatar are the well known country,where the gambling is strictly prohibited of gambling.Even the countries do this law,some people involve in online gambling by using the VPN to the gambling site.

Even if they are based in Curacao or not, most of them are licensed from there and the reason for that is obviously because they issue licenses to online casinos without much criteria or anything or maybe because their licenses have more credibility because even the largest sports book and casino platform - Stake has a license from Curacao as it can be seen on their licenses page and in the footer of the website, so it definitely has something in it.

I always wonder if the license issuing firms actually have frequent checks on the platforms and how they are doing or have anything to do with how they are managing their businesses and the gamblers, and whether they are following AML and KYC rules or not, but I'm still not sure if they do so or not.

There's a lot of reputable casinos that operate within these jurisdictions along with many frauds who get gaming licenses in these jurisdictions due to lack of regulation, only to run shady casinos that end up running away with depositor funds. Lot of the game operators for slots of table games will only service casinos who have a gaming license which is why they have them. I don't take the licenses from these countries with any legitimacy.

I rely solely on user feedback if I'm playing on a casino. Where their license is from is irrelevant.

I only see Curacao and Panama licenses on crypto casinos though. The other 3 are probably for fiat casinos. Most of these countries are known for offshore companies or those that don't exist physically. But I follow one with a Curacao license that still has not turned scam, different validation but the company is still in Curacao.

I guess these casinos will be waiting for the right time before they jump right to not allowing users to withdraw their funds. Scamming takes a lot of dedication and building reputation is just one skill they need to learn.

luckily in my country gambling is allowed, the government of my country even created a tax exemption program to encourage many casinos to establish themselves in my country because with that it would boost tourism, I also consider it a good thing movement made by the government of my country, for example with the construction of physical casinos, more jobs would be created, more taxes would be collected and with that it could also attract tourists, because the idea of my government was that the casinos were built preferably close to the beaches where there were many hotels, with this law in my country many bookmakers appeared

and also many lottery companies, many people in my country started to play a lot and bet a lot, in most streets of cities and neighborhoods in my country there are lottery company employees selling lottery tickets. It is true that it is necessary to play in moderation, but I also believe that governments should allow each person to make their own choice, banning lotteries, casinos is not a good thing. people should have the right to be able to decide what they want to do, if they play or not it has to be each person's choice, unfortunately in countries with laws based on certain religions gambling is prohibited and they still use religion as a pretext

Usually gambling is banned for religious reasons which are too influent on the country and dictate the guidelines of the local government, while a neighboor country which isn't too strict on this matter may see an opportunity to make extra income by regulating gambling and allowing the activity on their territory. For religious countries, to follow the scriptures (at least against gambling) is more important than any potential profits they could make through taxes.

It's not a problem, but it's an investment, anyway. A casino owner has to be very careful when planning his expenses with the business, because besides acquiring a license, he will also have to separate a budget for another areas such as bankroll, marketing, security and employees' payment.

Seing this alone, my thoughts was that OP will consider the global betting options and locations where gamblers will comfortably bet and where their government law on regulating gambling could be well affordable without considering US alone, maybe the states mentioned are for examples and other part of the world could also present their own government take on gambling if it is allowed or not.

You may have forgotten about Malta, the major hub for online gambling. As far as I know, they also allow offshore online gambling. I did some research, and they have an act called the "Remote Gaming Act" that legalizes and regulates online gambling. Moreover, there are a bunch of gambling operators currently residing in Malta.

There are lots of ordinary people who have fallen for this gambling game. Most of them were deceived and had a false hope because of these social media influencers' promotions. They have sold assets, borrowed money just to gamble because these influencers didn't even warn their viewers about the risks of gambling.
I think they should pay responsible for what happened to innocent victims who had false hopes because of their deceptions just because they want to earn through referral program. It's fine if we want to earn, that's normal but we have to make sure that we are ruining the lives of others in all that we do.

One of the most popular of these local online casinos is Philwin but Pagcor did not give a license to this popular online casino being promoted by influencers

https://bitpinas.com/fintech/philwin-not-pagcor-licensed/, there are risks playing on casinos that are not licensed by Pagcor

Before playing people should first check if they are granted a license by Pagcor because there is a high risk that these illegal casinos will scam people and they are not paying taxes to the government.

Gambling can provide a large advantage for a country from the taxes applied. In my opinion, it's not that the government in a country doesn't want to have the benefits derived from gambling, but they have several reasons for not legalizing gambling, including;

1. Contrary to religious law, if a country has a majority of adherents who forbid gambling, it is very difficult for that country to legalize gambling because it is contrary to religious norms and if it is legalized it will only become a polemic between the government and society.
2. Social and cultural factors, of course the conditions and culture of society in each country are different. There are those who support gambling and become entrenched in a community environment because this is part of their pleasure and there are also those who oppose gambling because it can have a negative and detrimental impact on the community.

And we all need to know that the law is flexible, depending on the conditions in a particular country.

But here I support the legalization of gambling in various countries, even though it is against the law, religious and cultural law, but the legalization of gambling can prevent the worse effects of gambling such as fraud and acts of violence. With the participation of the government in gambling, the government itself can control and supervise gambling activities in a country. Thus cases of fraud and acts of violence in the world of gambling can be resolved and minimized.

so do you support the legalization of gambling in various countries?

It could be because countries that are religious usually like in Arab countries do not need taxes from casinos to be able to build a country with the proceeds of these taxes, Arab countries we know they already have a lot of wealth from oil and of course they also cannot be gamblers let alone play gambling online and offline casinos because they certainly understand the prohibitions in their religion too.

In my country also legalized casinos a few years ago and got taxes from gambling to build cities, but after our city became big now, all casinos were banned from operating again and it became illegal now considering that many gamblers have become addicts so maybe that's a way to reduce the population of gamblers and addicts residing in my city, but it all depends on how the country's leaders manage it

Then it turns to be that religion has somehow double standards. For example in Islam fighting is allowed only as an act of self-defence and to fight to cause of God. But we have so many fighters in all kind of fighting disciplines that follow Islamic religion. Same refers to alcohol. Alcohol is forbidden in Islam countries, but it is traded and served freely. And for instance, in UAE a 2 billion worth Wynn Resorts casino is being built right now. If you say due to religion, then what religion forbids casinos ?

It has something to do with religion and economic conditions, some countries especially in countries that can sustain themselves besides taxes most oil-rich countries do not need taxes coming from casinos and they want to protect their citizens from addiction, I'm living in a third-world country, where taxes from gambling sustain some sectors of our country.

Countries from the third world are the ones who need more money so taxes coming from gambling whether online or offline are a big help.