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I am just kind of curious how legalized gambling is coming along in whatever part of the world you live in?  I'm from Illinois in the United States and we just recently legalized many forms of gambling.  It's progressing pretty quickly too.  I'm hearing a lot of radio ads, seeing ads on TV for different sports books and what not etc.  I see this as great progress.  Free will is something we all deserve and though I know gambling can cause serious addiction etc, that shouldn't be up to our governments to decide whether we should be allowed to do it or not. 

So I ask you, how is it coming along where you live?  Is it fully legal, coming close to being legal, or illegal with no change in sight?

So far where I live gambling is still illegal and prohibited, besides referring to the country constitution and rules that are absorbed from religious rules. Maybe you know what I mean. Those of us who are in the environment of the majority of religious adherents must remain obedient to the applicable rules. Nevertheless, gambling in secret is a practice that we cannot avoid.

It's pretty much open. Sports betting and casino games are allowed but it depends whether or not the platform you are betting on is licensed. It's all about the money government gets you know hehe.

Another major difference is land-based casinos can legally operate but online gambling platforms are completely prohibited.

In where I live it is legal and there's no problem playing gambling anywhere even online as long as they have license and in regards with online gambling as long as they allow my country then I don't have any much of a problem. So they are pretty much open in terms of gambling in my country which I'm thankful for since I see some users here really struggling to use different methods in order to play gambling games online.

In my country its illegal to play gambling publicly and therefore there is no concept of legal gambling or licensed gambling. People in our company play gambling online and also the do betting online or in the offline black market of bookies. The reason is that it is religiously prohibited here to play gambling and is not considered a noble thing.

Horse racing, lottery and online gambling sites are allowed, while land based casinos and traditional gambling games such as roulette and slots machine aren't allowed anymore since 2000's. Many years ago slots were also very popular even in humble pubs and small markets, but I have just a vague memory of this, because I was too young on those times.
I believe those machines were destroyed by the government with steamrollers and now you can find them only in clandestine gambling houses. Moreover there isn't any indicator there is going to be friendly regulations soon, because the religious sector is too strong in national politics and they are totally against gambling practices.

I would like to see the countries which are making gambling illegal instead just limit the amount people can deposit on the gambling websites and casinos instead. Gambling is not immoral and is a form of entertainment which should not be banned. This is censorship and I know the reason they do it because it can lead to gambling addiction but that is why I propose that they limit the amount a person can spend based on their income to stop it becoming a problem. This might be hard to implement but I think it would be a better option then banning it completely.

As long as there's a business permit for gambling, you can be let off the hook for gambling operation but there's still fortune to make even if you're on the illegal business, there's a lot of illegal gambling houses in my country but there's not a lot of them that gets caught as they are a syndicate and they tend to be operate like an open secret, you can't snitch on them as they'll going to put you on a hit for as low as 100 USD.

in the early years of reform in the country where I live, gambling has become a legal and government-supported activity. Because maybe at that time the government was not fully organized evenly and did not have time to take care of things other than the main interests. The gambling system still uses intermediaries from bookies who roam throughout the region to spread information. Well, lottery gambling at that time was a popular gamble. But over time since 2000 until now my country recovered and started to set all the regulations so that gambling is prohibited. Finally, gamblers began to disperse and find online gambling to avoid acts that are considered criminal.

That's the story I experienced about the development of gambling where I live.

What country if you do not mind me asking lets to get off the hook for operating a illegal gambling website? AFAIK you cannot get a permit if it is illegal in that state because the people who give the permits will check where the business is located and where it is offering a service to. Even if the company and the servers of the website are located in another country where gambling is legal it is still illegal to offer gambling services to states that have made it illegal.

The habit of people who gamble but the government applies conflicting regulations. That's why gambling is considered a place we shouldn't visit. With the existence of online gambling, it is clear that it will facilitate us to continue gambling. Some of the casinos were closed where I had visited before the pandemic hit, although it was just a singing club and backstage there was a place for gamblers to hide from the local police.
In agriculture, [gambling where I live is illegal, but when you look at the environment around you, it seems like government regulations don't apply at all.

Where I live they just legalized fantasy sports betting. Now I’ll be able to bet on fantasy sports without being on vacation or having to spoof my location. With all the freedoms constantly being taken away from us lately as a result of this flu fear, it’s nice to be given a little something back. Who knows, maybe this shows that there are people out there trying to restore freedom, but more likely gambling companies hired the right lobbyists to grease the right palms and politicians being eager for more tax revenue.

Gambling in my country is still illegal and will likely forever be illegal...

Gambling is taboo in my country because of government regulations that still adhere to religious teachings. even places where illegal gambling stands are always closed. I think it's good to prevent underage people from gambling and becoming gambling addicts.

^ There are various games that consider as coming to illegal just like online games that are against the house edge. But on sports betting, I don't think so, it seems that is legalized here in my country. As long as you are not fighting against the house edge, you are on the legal side.
Probably the government has an insight into online gambling that will easily be addictive, not like sports betting, you need to wait more time before you will have the result, there is no need to sit in front of your PC or laptop playing and consume hours to play.

Legal but it's totally different.

There's no ads in different medias about it. It's plain and simple, the government doesn't really push it but they're taking a huge part from the gambling industry.

At first, is gambling supposed to be illegal?
Gambling is left to whosoever are interested in it and becoming addictive is nobody's concern. The government are not supposed to restrict us from placing bets and using gambling platforms of our favorite. The right age to gamble is 18+ while in some countries might be reduced like 16+. The only way government can come in is to reduce the access of gambling to adolescents and children below the acceptable age.

In the country where i live, running a gambling company is still prohibitted for individuals and companies as well. This sector is monopolized by the government in form of a single society who run gambling contests for national championships only.
Honestly, it's difficult to determine if this is good for the community or not as i personally believe that gambling is a personal choice and the authorities shouldn't interfer in this field. Howevr, it's clear that our government can't find the way to tax the gambling activities for both companies and individuals.
This would surely mean that individuals aren't allowed to use other forms of gambling, especially we are not allowed to have international cards (Visa,Credit,Paypal,...). But since the start of the crypto era, many users enjoy gambling within based-crypto gambling websites as they can purchase cryptocurrencies from local sellers then sell their earnings to local buyers as well.

There’s a money in gambling so in my country its legal though with regards to crypto gambling, there’s no announcement yet but still we can gamble at any currency online since there’s no regulations that strict us from gambling. This is good and yes many countries already legalized gambling since this can help their economy rise again and to prevent those gambling activities on a black market.

Our government is very supportive in gambling and we even allowed foreign companies to operate on us considering that they’ll pay taxes, it’ll be good. Lots of Chinese companies came into my country to operate their gambling activities, its legal and we don’t have problems with regards to gambling. We can also play on most of the crypto gambling site freely without worrying if its legal or not.

The current situation is I would say not legal overall, I mean most of the gambling businesses are mostly controlled by foreign owners although in paper the owners are local, and our government has the law that it's illegal for the locals to gamble since gambling is only for foreign. I understand the intention as they don't want people to get addicted to gambling but the government wants to benefit from the taxes they collected from casinos.

I don't know if it will change but in times of pandemic, maybe it's possible as the government will certainly find a way to increase their revenue and probably they see already the potential of the source which is the gambling industry.

So far it isnt totally banned here on my country and besides we do have several physical casinos existing which means its totally legal but i do hear out that online gambling operators is prohibited to make out some business on here which means there are still some restrictions.

So far i dont any adverts neither on outside billboards or tv ads about gambling but you could actually see those establishments clear as day but they arent really making that much of an exposure.

Addiction rate on our country isnt really that too severe but for sure there are people who do really fall into this problem.

Gambling is illegal in my country.
Although there are so many online gambling sites that we can find here and although there are so many gamblers, it doesn't mean that our government will legalize gambling.
Well, this is still illegal and there is regulation.
But, although it is illegal, it doesn't mean there are no gamblers here, we can find so many people playing gambling, both offline, online, playing in this country, or even playing gambling in other countries.

In the Philippines, the government recognizes PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) as the main establishment responsible for gambling games in the country. Ironically, as compared to our customs, it is one of the three (3) establishments that provide the highest revenue in the country due to a number of players active in the gambling world in the country.

Though I have yet to see online gambling in the country, the facts state the truth about its potential for revenue growth. If the government taps into this industry more, it can outweigh and bring more good than harm.

in my country gambling is legal and this is something very good, for any offline or online casino to want to operate in my country it is enough to have a license issued by the government of my country that the casino can operate, some casinos are sponsoring the league from my country's soccer team. people in my country love the lottery and many other games that involve betting, that's a good thing, you can't be giving orders with people's money, they work hard to earn money and they have the right to do whatever they want

Its already legal and casinos are everywhere in my country, even in pandemic people are still playing on the casinos or even online, we are into gambling even if we don't have much money we always gamble since its also available in streets, that is also legal in some way. Online gambling are also growing in my country, the government already regulated this one and they easily gave out license to operate, no wonder many are already operating now.

I think there's no difference here from the past even without the pandemic they are still against to some of the gambling games here in my country. Although, most of them are raiding gambling arena because most of them are not permitted to operate but the problem lies on the government asking more money for a permit that's why some will just illegally open the gambling area as long as it's hidden.

But overall, I would say there's not much of a restrictions on gambling as long as they provide enough papers to the authority and they are all good to go.

Gambling is completely banned in my country, but there is access for online gambling. Apart from this there is permission for casinos to be run on specific locations. Nowadays we can see more and more number of gambling platforms getting promoted through different social media platforms. In particular YouTube promotion is much done for these platforms. On the other side government is with plans of banning, because quite often we get news of suicide out of gambling losses.

I've only know legalized gambling here in Philippines but only for those big establishments, small operations and casual gambling that's not seen by authorities remained illegal. Like what I observed at my local place a small community barangay, heads and tails a coin dropped on a plain stone was still difficult to chase by local police due to illegal issues. However, online sabong betting started to become popular but I don't think we'd come to an issue for legality or not, hopefully there's a cryptocurrency adoption with this because I felt anonymous and comfortable rather than betting using gcash or any remittance center.

It's very much legal here in our country, in fact, it's our government that runs and managed the casinos and betting lotteries here, we are a third world country, and these casinos and betting lotteries are a big help to our economy, this is where the government gets the funding for various health project, it's a business and job-generating industry and our government also is fully supporting Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) they are giving the government the much-needed tax and the foreign employees are spending their money here to sustain tourism and business operation.

When it comes to gambling the only legal activity is lotteries and casinos. also, cockfighting has been temporarily banned but they were allowed like normal boxing. other than that is not allowed and people will face some serious charges depends on the money they've bet. But village gamblers are often free with this because they only bet small amounts of money but still they are gambling and usually the government doesn't allow it. but when there is nothing to get, they leave it and no one really bothers about them.

I'm from the Philippines. Gambling here is generally legal. We have all kinds of gambling here. We have resort casinos, state lotteries, horse racing, cockfighting, poker houses, and so on, but I believe that the bulk of gambling money is moving within the even larger world of illegal gambling. Is the end of these illegal gambling operations in sight? No, because the illegal gambling lords are often the most powerful and influential people.


This is highly debatable. And I can't fully agree with it.

Thats true, Im from the same country and gambling as you mentioned is legal in our country. The Government is getting taxes from these casinos thats why they can operate legally, however at this moment I think they're not fully operational due to pandemic. Just want to add that there are some LGUs (local government units) who banned any form of gambling just like here in our place. So if we want to gamble, we need to go in nearby city.

Where I live it is legal.

All forms of gambling I can think of. And it has been that way for as long as I have been alive, I doubt if at any time in the past it was forbidden.

But banning gambling what it does is move it into illegal environments, it never ends it. It happens as with the dry law, it surely reduces consumption a little, at least at the beginning, but the State loses control, stops collecting taxes and leaves gamblers alone in the face of danger. With legal gambling, you have options of self-exclusion and responsible gambling, but forget about it when it is illegal.

Gambling is not allowed here, but even though it is prohibited, some people still play traditional gambling and play in a secret place without the police knowing.
Those gamblers are smart enough to move their gambling places to many places and when they want to start gambling, they will announce that to the gamblers to go to the place they already set before.
I think gambling industries became big when the government legalized the use and made people have free will to play gambling where the government approves.
But the underground gambling place will remain there as many people will not just playing gambling but also doing other transactions.

It's fully legal here but you have to get a license to run one we have horse betting cockfighting online we have lotteries almost in every locality here and casinos here are managed by the government-appointed commissioners, casinos are part of the tourism here in our country, the government is relying on revenues to sustain the health sector, our people accept this because the poor are the one that will benefit.

You meant "freedom"? Unfortunately even in most developed countries also, option of gambling is given to people which is the reason why and how underage gambling and overtime gambling are happening with the help of corrupted officials and casinos. Governments are just considering only the revenue generation from gambling but never bother gambling's negative impact to younger generations.

In my country, we are having mixed scenario. We have legal horse race but lotteries are fully banned and no physical casinos are available (as far as I am aware of) but all online gambling sites are accessible.

In my locale and country, there is no formal law or rule i know that prohibits gambling for people, just for the underaged. Gambling activities are fully operational and a thriving business, especially sports betting that has taken over, and some see it as an opportunity to make millions from their small input.

There are numerous sports betting outlets from different providers providing different "odds" for its users and they are all around , in almost every street that you get to.

ame from where am I, It's legal as the government uses this venue to collect taxes and provide it to aid those in needs. There are many poor people who ask helped from the government who are handling the facilitations of legal casinos here.

It's not hard to see or to play gambling from here, there are lots of available venues and with this pandemic even offshore casino managed to establish online access and allow their patrons to continue playing.

If there's a will, then there's always a way. That's a good saying that these casino owners understand and take into action.

Here in my country a gambling activities was legal like lotteries and casinos, even cockfighting, horse racing etc. which I believe allowed because of the revenue that it gives to our country's economy. However, due to pandemic any public gatherings are temporarily prohibited and here it born the most trending online cockfighting in our country which many cockfighting bettors enjoyed their time watching the fight inside their home while sending their bets through digital platform.

Gambling is allowed here but whenever I see any advertisement related to the gambling they add a disclaimer at the end which is clear enough mention that it can cause financial loss and serious addiction which is seriously a good thing because in the past they add this as a snap which won't visible there even for a second but now it is there for actual purpose.

In our country, the government actually supports casinos and lotteries here because they're gaining benefits through taxes that they could get from their taxes. It's legally being advertised on our local television network. That's one of the reasons why lots of people are getting addicted to gambling here. What lacks here is enough information and proper education on how to get rid of gambling addiction.

Gambling is not bad but excess gambling is the problem. I think your country is just neutral about gambling activities which should not be seen as a means of getting taxes and other benefits from gambling companies. The government should not be held responsible for any gambling addiction or problem that might have being exhibited by gamblers cause every gamblers need to control there gambling rate and activities.

It's legal afaik. There are localized laws though about allowing or prohibiting gambling but in general, there's no country-wide law that gambling is prohibited, it's just up to the Mayors of each city to decide whether they would touch upon that issue or not afaik. Still, I don't think it's that rampart in my city? I've never really seen any big gambling casinos here but there are some local gambling tourneys that happen every now and then. It's like it's not officiated, and so at the same time, there's really no official place for it to happen so it just happens wherever.

Running a gambling business is illegal in my county although there are nightclubs or bar that have such gambling facility for their visitor . when the police conduct raids they just will get a fine. but if just use an online casino,it's still safe if it's only for personal use and only for your own entertainment even some popular youtuber and instagram influencer in my country promoting some casino .

I'm glad that here in our country gambling is legal as long as the gambling operator has a license to operate, there's lottery betting run by the government but you need a franchise to run your own lottery betting, there's horse racing it's managed by the multi corporation and there's cock fighting, there's different gambling here as long as the operators are licensed to operate, there's gambling for the poor and there are for the rich one, I like betting in the lottery and Keno games here in our country, it only cost $0.40 per ticket.

In my country, every gambling form could become legal as long as it's registered to operate and secure all necessary documents to make everything legal. Still, there are a lot of illegal form of gambling hiding around the corner, but the authorities are just too lazy to catch these people, thus illegal activities like these are so rampant in all regions.
Gambling involves huge taxation that's why the government hates it when a gambling business isn't registered.

Well, in my country here is the status regarding gambling casino operation. ^{[ https://www.legalonlinecasinos.ph/ ]}
We are glad that our government did not strict on the online casino as long as it is regulated and it has a license to operate.
Perhaps they know that they can get profit by collecting tax and it could increase the tax revenue to help the economic growth which is until now we are recovering the lost fund due to the pandemic. As long as it is in a regulated way, there is no reason they will prohibit people to gamble.

Where I live gambling is completely legal not only online but I can also be gambling in a casino in 15 minutes if I want, personally I prefer it this way, banning gambling only helps organized crime to get the industry for almost nothing and get incredible profits as they can fix the games and never pay the winners, this is similar to what happened during the prohibition era in which selling alcohol was made illegal and then the mafia got control of a industry that paid taxes, converted it in a huge problem for the police and then formed an empire out of it.

In Nigeria I don't think the government has turned her eyes to gambling yet. I think there is just regulation by some body or individual body though recognised in the country but I don't know yet if government has made public statement about gambling like it has made with twitter or cryptocurrency. The gambling outfit in Nigeria is soccer with series of companies running on it like bet9ja, betking , etc. As to legalizing for now I don't know how that has gone, there are warning for under 18 years not to indulge in gambling however.

Yes but with alcohol you do at least have some logistical burdens to overcome, namely you have to get the product into the hands of the consumer. With online gambling authorities know there is literally no way to ever fully stop those businesses. They just register in Cayman Islands, get some server up and running where authorities can't intervene and there you go. Legalization is pretty much the only way to get a slight control over the sector and the profits / due taxes.

I come from Indonesia, my country is strong enough to uphold the values that exist in religion, so until now the legality of gambling does not exist here

I'm sure if my country legalized gambling then there will be more gambling addicts here than there are in your country and it will definitely be a very complicated problem

at this time I am still safe playing crypto online gambling without any government intervention even though here gambling is illegal and I think it is better as it is now

It's legal here in our country and it's going to stay that way for a long time or permanently, casinos and lotteries are sustaining our health sectors here, income generating from these are going to the health sectors our government is managing the casinos here and so far our government is doing good managing the casino industry they sustain all public hospital here, we also have POGO here and they are privately and they are licensed and taxed government is very open to gambling as long as companies are compliant.

It's legal in my country and also hear some ads of it on the radio only not actaully on TV, they still seriously regulate not making kids see how adults are being persuaded to gamble.
Kids today don't listen to radio which I guess they prefer to advertise on radio stations and along with these ads are warning about gambling as well like doing it moderately and not engage in gambling when you are intoxicated or depressed.

Agree it is a win win situation since the government is earning tax from it and the gambling industry are the top 3 biggest paying taxes in that country which really big boost to the economy. We should only talk to good side to this since big taxes could make a lot of jobs and also the economy is good. They are also searching for those illegal ones since they don't have papers to operate. Most of the Chinese will be in that country and invest in casino since it is legal.

yeah it's legal for many years now but still not bringing any positive views from correct perspective , Only Media says it well but the
people around this circle is not that contented .
there are no even benefits from the government and from the operators, meaning they are only bagging gamblers money but not giving in return.

Just like the others it's also legal but there's a bit of downside when it comes to online gambling, specifically in the perspective of the casino operators it's somewhat discouraging since they're not allowed to accept players locally. On the gambler side of things there's no downside aside from casinos that have geo restrictions. As of now i'm satisfied with the current state of gambling here in our country since online gambling is pretty much free as it gets and hopefully it doesn't change.

Offline casinos are prohibited in my country.  There are several territories where they are legal, but these territories are located in hard-to-reach places. 

Slot machines are also banned in public places.  This is due to the fact that previously this activity was not regulated in any way.  There were slot machines in the metro and at the entrance to grocery stores.  The pensioners did not have the opportunity to buy food for themselves.  They lost their pension and a small financial aid from their grandchildren in slot machines. 

Government lotteries are legal in my country. 

Online casinos are not controlled because they are located in the virtual space, and the servers are located on the territory of foreign countries.

From your question, points for online gambling sites in my country, last point.


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I can say that it's legal here and it is pretty open since I think the gambling in my country has some good effect in the government but there are some illegal gambling sites which the government is trying to eliminate but still there still a lot of illegal gambling here in my country. I'm still lucky since the government is not that strict about gambling.

It's the Philippines, the illegal gambling industry here is big, one president was even impeached because they're involved in the protection of a big illegal gambling syndicate.

In Serbia, it's fully legal... there are many casinos around, to not say on every corner, but there are many! From recently (not more than 3-4 years) many of them have their online versions! They have advertisements almost everywhere... offering deposit bonuses, cashback, and all other cool stuff! Something I knew from crypto gambling, I didn't have experience with online casinos before crypto! I still didn't try any of them, I will stick with crypto! :)

Seems our government wasn't that open yet on any kind of gambling here and besides there are some who doesn't want to register and more on the illegality and I think the government need to combat that in the first place. I doubt gambling right now may prosper since the current administration isn't a fan of it, I'd say it will be in a neutral state until a new administration comes along.

I live in a country where gambling is fully legalized and I'm in a country where usually the gambling companies hire the top marketers/developers.
Okay, local websites are fully conquered by gambling companies, on every website you'll see a banner of casino. There are constantly casino advertisements in TVs and you'll see some in streets (at past there were a lot of banners but then the government decided to put limit and prohibit banners near to school, church, etc).
Casinos are making the most profit in this country. The highest percentage of our society gambles, almost every male teen and adult gambles, sportsbooks and slots are very, very popular there.
Why the highest percentage of the society gambles? Because people here are very lazy and men don't work. But women are emigrants in rich countries and work very hard to feed their families in our country. Men just smoke weed, gamble and have sex. For someone it may sound like a dream :D Yeah, that's really true but young generation is very different from 30-40+ people.

In my own country it hasn't been officially legalized but gambling activities is becoming even more lucrative than Any other business any one can think of and the number of gambling outlets keep increasing by the day. We have more physical gambling outlets compared to online gambling such as local pools and lottery games.  The government hasn't made any concrete stand on it's legalization of gambling in my own country but from my observation gambling is legal even though not official in my own part of the world

It is illegal in my country but some friends say that if we win, gambling is legal. But if we lose, gambling is illegal because gambling takes all of our money ;D

Even if gambling is illegal, that will not stop people from playing gambling because the temptation to make fast money in gambling will always attract them to come back. That makes illegal gambling available in many places, even if that country prohibits their people from gambling using fiat and will get punishment if they get caught by the police.

yeah it is our self anyway and if we are on the right age or grown up already , we will know if whats right and what is not right  . to some governments that do it for them selves ,
we cant be angry straight to them because they are only concerned and who knows maybe the rate of addicted gamblers on that area are now verry high . its a good news and congrats if your living from those places where gambling is now legal .

You make a valid point, but whether you are of legal age or not, it is still addictive; others have compared it to drugs. I have a strong desire to win at gambling, which is extremely addictive. I remember when i was child which i will be going to carnival just to play those color games it was a simple color game which i also won and that night i always sneak out our house and go to the carnival it was really addicting. Regardless of the government's actions, I believe they are beneficial to all, and we should accept them.

Unfortunately, there are illegal gambling establishments that have resurfaced in the following years ever since our President was elected.

Like what I previously mentioned, PAGCOR is the biggest gambling establishment created by law in the Philippines and it is responsible for bringing large amounts of revenue in the country. But with the resurface of illegal gambling websites/establishments, this puts a toll on the overall revenue of the country which can lead to a shortage of government expenditures as a whole.

I live, where gambling is really not essential it is not prohibited and it is not legalized yet either, but people tend to do it online or not, but there are other parts in this country that surely legalized it, that is why some parts have still coped up to the changes, I really think it is fine if gambling is not legalized if it is not prohibited or ban, people will still have access on it, but legalization is a good thing it is just to say that it is not illegal or will be penalized when you saw someone doing this thing, and in my opinion, it will surely depend on the place you live in, if legalizing gambling will surely hit a positive way or in a negative way.

Our country is a gambler's paradise, it's legal here that is why many tourists go here not only to feel the hospitality of our country visit our great places but also to gamble in our casinos, we have casinos for tourists and rich and famous, and we have betting lotteries, horse racing and cockfighting for middle income and poor people, the government is benefiting from the taxes brought by these casinos, it sustains some sectors of our society.

Gambling in my country is illegal except online gambling, there are no transparent gambling venues or real casinos because in the country where I live the majority is Islam and gambling is haram and prohibited, and if caught will be punished or in jail.
but the prohibition on gambling does not make people feel afraid because there are still many who gamble in secret and it is real because no matter how strict the prohibition on gambling is even though the risk of being punished or detained, gambling will still exist even though playing has to hide.

It is good to have legal gambling areas for everyone to enjoy. I am happy to go to land casinos once in a while to spend some good time with friends but for the past two years i am not going to those due to obvious reasons. In my country there are several legal casinos and the government is strict of catching illegal gambling spaces.

Gambling is legal here in our country but the government does not allow advertising of gambling, casinos are operated by the government and they used it to attract more tourist, casinos are located in first-class hotels we also have betting lotteries and we have it in almost all corners of the city many people are hooked to betting lotteries because for $0.45 you can become rich and change your life.
Unfortunately, when it comes to addiction the government does not have an institution to help gambling addiction, the family is the one to take care of it.

Gambling is pretty much legalized in my country although, I did some research and I've read that you're going to need a lot of money to start your very own casino and the license are about 6 digits in the country's currency. So even if it's legalized, not many gambling house as it's expensive, not to mention that Chinese POGO workers are pouring in the country to work for Chinese owned casinos.

In the Philippines it's legal. As long as your gambling business is registered and accredited to operate in PAGCOR^[1] and has the needed permit coming from the the LGU's you're good to operate.

Who doesn't want a fair share amount of money from an entity that produces a huge amount of money on a daily basis? None. And this is why our country is eager to permit them to operate. They are often called as income generating entity so to speak. Not only that, even Malls, condo or KTV bars have casinos operating along with them...

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Amusement_and_Gaming_Corporation

illegal with no change in sight ,in my country from the time of our ancestors gambling has been strictly prohibited ,regardless of what form it takes has become a priority for the police to catch us gamblers ,but with the development of knowledge people in my country online gambling is widely circulated
there are still people who hide when playing gambling even though those who play are us and those who lose/profit us too ,why should there be a ban on playing gambling ,somehow I don't know only they know why

There are some gambling games that are legal in my country and even the government allows the establishment to put their building like a cockfighting arena even this pandemic a online betting alike is registered. Though gambling outside homes or in a village is illegal. Maybe they have their just llis of illegal and legal. Legalizing it hould be much stricter than before as young generation were too curious nowadays and can cause a big trouble if they got into it. No matter how they not legalized it, people in my countrystill fnd their way to do it for their benefits.

its not illegal in our country we have casinos in every city by pagcor. erap was just the president that time while he was playing and he got lots of enemies like duterte. its was the time when erap wage a total war against the insugents in the country which the phil arm force took over camp abubakar. many politicians got mad at him too and the media doesnt like him. he wasnt oust thru the impeachment case decison but thru the coup.

phil offshore gaming operators (POGO) is allowed in the country.

The controlling bodies for the gambling outfits in Nigeria also remit money to the federal government of Nigeria. The government knows about those gambling sites and can not say it does not. There is regulation for them. Any company that is controlled by a body is regulated. Early this year or so there was a repeated radio broadcast addressing gambling organisations in the country and it was signed by someone in government. So we can see that gambling is legalized and regulated in Nigeria.

It has been legal in my country for many years now, which is probably a good thing because otherwise it just gets driven underground or people take their frustrations out via other outlets. If people are going to gamble then the government might as well take a cut in the form of taxes, which can (if used properly) be used to address any negative side effects and even be used to benefit society in other ways. As long as the rules and governance around gambling companies is strong then it can work well. However the regulators definitely need to always keep an eye on the situation, making sure corruption is stamped out and keeping laws up to date to shut down any loopholes which will be abused if they exist.

There are illegal casinos and illegal sportsbooks here because odds there are much much better. Like I am not even joking I recently saw a game with 1.5 odds in our legal one and 1.70 in the illegal one, that is a HUUUGE difference in the long run. I personally feel like the legal one gets all the attention only because people are afraid of getting caught and I wonder how much the illegal ones make from the gamblers.

Our official one made around 1 billion dollars in profit in 2020, it was a little higher than usual because it keeps growing bigger each year anyway and it was also start of the pandemic and people gambled as much as they can yet football wasn't around for too long. I assume that 2021 will be even more because there were football all the time including summer and it is another year so another growth.

I have heard from friends that they used to try few casinos whenever they stayed in GOA. Goa is a well tourist place where people around the world would visit this place to spend their holiday. I am sure few here might have such experience. Besides this, I have seen people playing in London. But not sure if its legal or illegal in these places. Must be a legalized game there I suppose. 

In my place is a supportive place so gambling is allowed and of course this will help gamblers to carry out their actions without feeling burdened. here there is no problem if we follow gambling, the important thing is that we can choose or follow legal and good gambling. Various kinds of gambling are available, each with its own rules, it's just a matter of how we follow the gambling well. Of course I feel lucky with that so if you want to take part in gambling, you don't have to worry anymore whether it's legal or not.

It is a good thing that it was allowed in your country but the concern in terms of illegal gambling, will create a stricter policy that some people might not agree with especially when asking KYC. I know that some countries are allowing and legalize gambling/casinos just because this could be an additional income to the government. Will, at least we are comfortable and not even worried if the authorities will seize us because it was legal.

Well, the first step in picking a good casino will start with reading the TOS as always.
If you are in a regulated casino, it is expected that it has a KYC procedure and perhaps it is time for you to find another one that does not have regulated if you avoided KYC. Restricted countries on gambling are usually in the Islamic countries because it is against their church to gamble and think about it is a mortal sin. However, we are lucky enough that gambling in our place is legal and we are free to gamble anytime we want.

I'm from a gambling-friendly country and can access any form of gambling at most.

However, there are gambling forms that are illegal here especially those unregulated ones. But still not a problem as authorities here don't have that sharp fist to become strict. As far as gambling sites concern, we can also access them here without a problem. The only time we can't access a gambling site here is, if that site restricts users coming from this region or country.

Just normal that illegal gambling places or operators would be always prohibited and here on my place it isnt illegal and there are in fact casinos nearby on my place which does signify that they are allowing or had already legalized and its just understandable that there would be regulations needed for you to follow.Im aint surprised that there are people or gambling places that do
exist underground which neither those places ran off by those government or someone whose influential then it isnt really that something that for you to be shocked on.

Most areas don't bother with gambling legality the government most times don't even care if gamblers exist or not which makes it even easier for gamblers to go about their everyday routine without restrictions. This isn't common in all places most places don't have the free will to gamble as it isn't legalized in those areas but with most online casinos funding and betting has become even more easier by cutting regional barrier and government policies

Bet365, William Hill, BetVictor and other top gambling websites are based in UK, so, yeah, gambling is legal there and UK is very successful in it. Also, there are some very famous gambling companies from it's neighbour country - Ireland, for example - Paddy Power that owns a lot of famous casinos in different country.

Btw places like the one that you mentioned exists in poor countries to gain more capital from tourists and boost their countries economics. There is one city Batumi near the Black Sea where people from Tourkey, Iran and other muslin countries come to gamble and have fun. The income from taxing of gambling companies is the highest one that fills the country's budget.

Gambling site and playing gambling are legalize in my country and I don't think any care if you get addicted at the end of the day or not but our pastors preach against playing gambling or owning a gambling company. Although, I do play gambling and I play it for the fun of it though I do make some money on some occasion.

Like here, illegal gambling is everywhere, even on a public areas before pandemic. When there's a Police Mobile doing some routine check, people will just go away making it nothing happened on that area. There are even illegal gambling here that becomes legal like cockfighting. The market of cockfighting here is so big even prior to the most hype online cockfighting. That gambling is legal if it will be done to the official arena. But for fights outside of it, that was consider illegal.

Well I agree on the part that gambling isn't much focused by the government and they are just focusing those huge gambling establishments because there are huge money involved. Gambling isn't that bad, for some it's just for entertainment and there's nothing wrong with it and luckily it's not an issue if you play gambling, just make it sure to be on the regulated platform, not on illegal. It's very important to check all the informations and protocols on the area before playing if you really want to make things more secure.

A bit impossible for government to ban gambling industry or business in the vicinity,knowing that this industry is really profitable which means when it comes to tax then they are one of the top contributors

which does simply imply that they would really benefit out when it comes to economic enhancement or progress.For countries or places who doesnt depend on these revenue then bans and prohibitions would be there.

As a citizen then you wouldnt have any choice but to follow.

They can prosecute those that they can monitor but we all know countries that ban gambling have underground casinos that cater to casino players where playing in the casino is part of their lives, even in Muslim country there is a possibility of underground gambling maybe for foreigners and tourist, but it's hard to stop gambling when you have people who love to play or have played in other place and settle where gambling is ban

I will say no it's not fully legal but we don't have any restrictions from authorities stopping people from gambling we still go about our gambling business like it was fully legalized. New gambling companies with different kinds of gambling options keeps emanating daily and it's just becoming a normal business for anyone who can afford it's setup

I may say the same case in our country where people are free can do whatever they think that can have people to bet with it. From Beta fish fighting, cockfighting even spiders they will hunt it at night just to make it fight in the day just to bet whoever wins. This is how the people in our country operate. not to mention the other type of local games with the involvement of money they're doing. It's because the government doesn't want to involve itself in a small profit investigation. so, they won't really care about it here.

That's fact, even how hard the government tried to stop these activities the people who loves dealing this activity will always find ways to continue, we don't know how and we don't have the information about illegal gambling from those places where gambling is prohibited but the chance that it's still operating is very possible. People who love gambling can't be stopped, and to mention, corrupt government officials most of the time are in behind. That's why gambling owners continue to operate their business.

Most of the countries that has banned gambling is having same reason and that is religious belief in which respected by many people around the world.

But illegal gambling happens in all the world , even those countries that legalized gambling yet there are illegal operator under their Beds.

Lol your pastors prohibit you from gambling yet you are pretending to be Enjoying and having fun? don't fool yourself  because you Know that you are aiming to win and doubling your money because if your only looking for fun? then you can find many ways and not in gambling.

I am from a country where gambling is completely legal. Of course gambling operators will have to secure a license first. That's the basic requirement of course. That is also the same with other countries where gambling is legally accepted. Gambling operations without licenses are illegal but they are also acceptable by the public. That is also true even in other countries where gambling is legalized. There is legal gambling but there is also illegal gambling.

Besides that, I think the government thinks that they can not get any "hot money" if they catch the smallest gambler playing traditional gambling games.
Those games are for fun and fill their free time, so the government does not investigate that activity.
Suppose there is a case related to the person or illegal activity such as drugs inside the traditional gambling games. In that case, the government will investigate and try to find out by asking the local gamblers.
I think those gambling games are not played every day so it could be okay if people play those games occasionally with their friends or community.

I don't see why some countries would put it in an illegal way. There's a lot of money that can be accumulated from it for one government to be progressive.
Maybe even with a religious country they still let it go if it means more funding to make the country grow.
Here in our country there are still illegal ways to gamble but they are mostly just local games like cockfights and card games. But most large casinos do have permits and even government officials go there to promote it bringing tourists to play.

The place I live is where gambling is prohibited so no matter how much you try to make it legal, it is something that is absolutely impossible to accept. But even so, it doesn't mean that the prohibition keeps its citizens away from gambling, in fact gambling wherever I stop, there are still people who gamble. So, gambling is legal or not, there will always be gamblers in every country, so I think that the prohibition on gambling that is applied in countries that are contrary to gambling, they do not do that to the maximum, the gambling industry itself will continue to grow from time to time and will not be able to disappear.

Based on the history, gambling was legal in my country. There was a lottery game and sports betting (especially soccer) created and managed by the government in the past. Rules about gambling changed (maybe around 1993 gambling is totally banned) because there are many people against it as these people think that gambling can ruin people's morality. Since that time till now, gambling is illegal but there are still so many people do gambling especially lottery and card games both online and offline way. Honestly I do not understand why gambling is considered as a crime in my country while it does not affect or harm others. I still hope that gambling will be legalized in the future as it may give good income for the country through the tax and may open many job vacancies.

Each country has their own reason why they have been banning or treating gambling is Illegal .
Yeah most of those have this valid reason.
Cockfighting is illegal if happen outside the cockfighting Arena right? because i believe that there are certain places that allows this .

In my country gambling is completely legal.There are casinos almost everywhere.I live in a small town and there was a casino,but it was closed,probably due to lack of players,or because there was a problem with the property.
Lottery games became a state owned monopoly 2 years ago,so the private companies offering lottery games were closed.I don't know if this is good or bad.Maybe it helped for reducing the lottery addicts a little bit.
Sports betting is  very big and the bookmakers are competing furiously.
There was discussion in the parliament about reducing the number of offline casinos,but there won't be change before 2025,when many of the gambling licenses will expire,AFAIK.

In Russia, any casino or slot machine is illegal, but for some reason this does not apply to gaming sites... But there are many illegal casinos where absolutely addicted gamblers play slots, and it all looks terrible...The owners of such casinos pay bribes and are ignored by the police...
But there are plenty of bookies! So the government's policy on gambling is not quite clear to me...

Where I live now is a massive ban ongoing since early 2019 on small gambling clubs and casinos of the neighborhood.There was only one the Regency the biggest one,now it is another competitor that came in which is Plaza casino,both reside on five star hotels and it is said that high profile people in the government have shares in them that is why they are allowed.The people here used to gamble a lot in the small ones because you could play with as little as 0.10 USD bet while in the big ones the min bet is 2 USD so only the rich one gamble here now.The normal people go to use VPN-s to access bet365 and alike online because even the online well known domains are banned by all ISP-s here.

Our government stand in gambling is depend on who is sitting as president and what kind of administration they might be.

in the past the government is very strict in imposing laws against gambling specially the rising of casino houses but this recent?
they are allowing multiple construction of casino houses here and there.
meaning that we as people can only relate in what is legal and illegal.

but my stand about this is that We can play as long as in legal places , and also can risk playing in illegal houses that offers some kind of gambling.

You have legal and regulated gambling, widely accepted and accessible at every corner. In fact, betting shops are within the 5 most frequent you may find on a walk around any street and more if the street is in a poor area of town. You can also access all types of illegal or barely legal gambling all over town, mixed with drugs and sometimes paid sex offers. So... it is legal and if it were not, there would be no shortage of offers.

I guess that the illegal gambling places were available in that country because slot which has its fan will try to search where the offline casino has slot games. It is not surprising to see the casino bribes the police and regulator because the casino owner wants to make sure their business is still running. I wonder how the gambler knows the places since that place is hidden and under the radar from the other police.

For the most part, the inmates of such establishments are marginalised people, with information coming to them from people like them... An acquaintance of mine was once a gambling addict and showed me such a place once... Everyone there knows each other and comes to gamble all the time... There they are offered free alcohol or cigarettes... All in all, to a normal person it looks more like a rabble of marginal people!

Am from Nigeria and to put it short, I did say that our government has not paid any attention to gambling, from what I stand, gambling in my country has never been officially banned or legalized(^{I stand to be corrected incase am missing something} ), people freely go about playing all forms of gambling games both the local one we call baba ijebu(lotto) and the digital ones like sports betting, dog race betting and a host of others.

So conclusions is that, all forms of gambling and betting are all open to any one and every one who's interested in it.

That's expected, casino operators resort to bribing officials to continue their operation, and it has become a cash cow of corrupt government officials, the government did not, or refuse to see this, the government can make money from the taxes they imposed on these gambling casinos
only countries with religious imposed bans should ban gambling if it is not they should consider regulating these casinos, I'm glad that we are an open country and gambling is legal and it's helping our government through taxes.

Took a few days off from the forum and had forgotten I had posted this. I really appreciate everyone sharing on this topic. One of my favorite parts of bitcoin is having a website where I can interact with others from all over the world. I love learning about other cultures, and in this case how one’s culture views legalized gambling. Will go over replied in more depth when I get a moment but thanks again to everyone for sharing.

Wasn't that the point of commercializing the Internet? To be used to connect the world regardless of the distance. This is actually good because it helps us destroy racism and bigotry since we electronically experience the different cultures.

I think it's because of the pressure from religious-political power. Remember that previously alcohol also allowed and local government has shares in a beer company. Remember the recent polemics about the investment in alcoholic beverages? Pros and cons are depend on the study, it's not 100% black and white. But one thing for sure, as long as Indonesia is a religious country + socialist system, I think gambling won't be legal, at least in my lifetime.

I live in the Philippines, and it’s a strange country to be in as offshore gambling services represented by mostly Chinese nationals and organizations are allowed, whereas the online gambling industry is mostly frowned upon and may sometimes lead you to trouble when the bank that you’re using is strict when it comes to gambling-related transfers. There isn’t any law explicitly stating that online gambling is prohibited, but banks themselves are blocking transfers from online gambling providers, and I’ve heard lots of stories from people which got their funds stuck for a long time before they managed to withdraw it after a long battle against the banks that withheld their money.

I didn't know about the resurfacing part but I do understand why they're losing revenue, it's because of the illegal establishments in the country, not to mention that they're probably paying a lot of money for protection that they're not scared of going public.

It's a bit so and so in my country, it has designated places and it's not popular on the poor population since they organize their own gambling operation which is mostly illegal but so far no authority cares too much about them.

Well yeah, I'd say that any sort of gambling is somehow legal in here as long you have a license for it and you pay taxes. Meaning, as long as you are Legal by law and papers any gambling is allowed. That's why a lot of foreign investors (let's say Chinese) are starting up online casinos, since getting a License is quite easy as long as you have the money to pay. Money to bribe those people who have positions in Local Government. Also, there are a lot of gambling sites that are only Legal as long as they aren't caught  ;D This is common here in our country, but since they have the money, even they get caught they'll just transfer from one place to another.

Most physical casinos are placed mostly near in capital city here on my country and i do only see a few that are placed or located on provinces which is a bit understandable.They arent placing it on

poor areas but rather reside on where wealthy people do live on and so this means that they do allow such business to exist or operate then it signifies that it isnt really against with gambling

and the fact it is one of the most high tax payers on the country which it is impossible that government would really go against it.

It's a good cash-cow either casino owners pay taxes as government mandate that as obligation but behind that there are corrupt officials who also getting a good amount of bribe money either to lower the taxes or to bring their business quicker, taking shortcut without undergoing with the right process.

Things like this are always present when dealing with a good amount of money. Corrupt officials see this as opportunities to add up more money to their bank accounts.

I’m curious if legalized gambling is going to start taking a bite out of crypto’s gambling empire. It would be hard to argue against gambling being one of cryptos most profitable industries. I wonder if this will have an effect on gambling and might even possibly begin to change the landscape of bitcointalk as we have all grown accustomed to seeing gambling advertisements everywhere.