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Hello.

I'm thinking about creating own gambling site. Do I need license for that? Does anyone have experience in this field?

It really depends on what country you are from and the local laws. Pretty much impossible to say without knowing where you are from but i can say that most gambling sites are not registered. Especially the smaller ones (new sites that pop up and for example moneypot apps). So i would not worry too much about it :)

If you are serious about opening a gambling site and need someone to give you a really experienced advice, contact Stunna(owner of PD).
You can check some regulation comparison here : http://www.gamblingsites.com/online-gambling-jurisdictions/.
afaik due to difference inbetween the laws, it doesn't only matter in which country you are registered, but also from what country the users are playing from,
so it's not as easy as one would assume at first hand.

Every gambling sites needs license to operate safely but most gambling sites operator has been hiding in shadows with vpn and hide their identity so no one really knows if they are operating a gambling site. Another addition, having license doesnt mean that the site is honest and will honor all withdrawal, so it doesnt really important imo

Thank you.


I'm not sure what PD means :(
Thanks for the link.
As I saw on other sites, few of them have warning like "If you are from US your not welcome here" and that's it. Mby if site were accepting payment with Paypal (for example), US players would be filtered, so you just can't deposit from US. But in case of bitcoin it doesn't matter that much. Or it's not that simple?


I'm not sure how can you do that. I mean you can hide using software like VPN but you host your site in some hosting service. So it's kinda easy to find an owner or just shut down the site.
Yes I get that license doesn't mean honesty. I'm just curios about what can happen if I run site without any license.

There is a way to avoid all sort of licensing and legal whatnot, and it's that you don't use bitcoin, but only altcoins. It's somehow of a workaround for the whole legal structure. Just-dice is doing it currently because it had problems with this exact issue in the past.

Won't this depend to where the gambling site is hosted?
If I have to create my gambling site I will after all hide the details from whois or probably fake names to register on domain registrars like what the rest are doing. Now it will depend to the hosting company so a offshore webhost can be great for it. 

IT depends on your country if gambling is legal or illegal but you can make your own business online even its illegal in your country
That you can use fake information and country. About in license i think some gambling site there has no license
If you interested to make your own you start in moneypot....

In the internet, nothing's illegal. But in the real life, there is some law from a country

Some countries like US and UK will only block illegal gambling sites if you accept players from their country otherwise they wont lay any fingers on you since there are thousand illegal gambling sites around the internet. Also there is no way to filter all of it but only through IPs which can be altered by using IPs of another country

I think main thing will be your local country law and you actually need to have legal registered company in order to get accepted by neteller like gambling related processor. But for bitcoin related gambling site you don't need any established or legal company as background company. (from whatever i know and i think)

If nothing illegal on the internet, why there are some gambling site does not accept players from some countries? It means that you're wrong on it, not all thing is legal on the internet. :)

It depends on where you're from and what laws are set up for an online gambling site
You could easily google this information though

You need to have a lowyer to tell you the law for something like this. Also doinga gambling site you need a really good gambling site to see, because there is a lot of site that is more awesome than you. For me if you do it do full time. I am just afraid for you that it will be difficult to do.

Online Gambling site is fine, Even without license to operate, but one you became big and well known this is when corruptions and  extortion from govt officials came in.. this is for my country only.  ;D ;D

If you look closely most gambling casinos have license from some so called tax havens. Popular licenses in gambling world are from Curacao or Puerto Rico.
There is really hard to pursue online services based in different country as there is no codified international laws created to supervise online gambling.

I think yes you would need for a license, it is interesting so that you can more quickly become rich gambling boss :)

if you live on the countries allow gambling to operate, you just need buy a license to build your own casino and you can asking to company selling a license to help you. im sure with this too because i never thinking to own online casino because i scared big problem will come to my life

ya you need the license to create gambling site and operate it. but for that also you should be living in that country which allows gambling sites, if not then you will be running illegaly if you are not resinding in gambling legal country.

If you want to run the site on long run then you have to follow all the legal rules to operate a gambling site.

For big business you need license, that is true. But you can buy your license in Curacao without hassle and theoretically you can operate with it worldwide.
You can offer your services via internet even if other countries have different laws and requirements for their casino licenses.

This is not true. Even though small websites don't bother about their license, that is because they have an intention of scamming and can any time turn bankrupt like the other websites shut down leaving users losing all their investments. To open a gambling website, the user neesd to check the laws associated and if the site is illegal, it can be seized any time.

if you want create an official site be cautious with taxes fee and license because some country could ban your site and treat you as out law

I think when it comes to legal matters its best if you ask your local legal representatives. They will be able to point you into right direction. If you're serious about doing this then you have to take the proper road.

That's true as many gambling websites make users sign the T&C where it is mentioned that the user belongs to a country where gambling is legal. Found an article: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/june/gambling_060607

@OP: You may want to check this site as it has few simple steps that need to be followed if you plan to open a gambling website: https://everymatrix.com/blog/start-online-gaming-business.html (It does require you to own a license).

in my opinion it should be pretty legal do it without a licence in a country that has no regulations about bitcoin though those are just my thoughts i can not guarantee that

it might be illegal in my opinion, because all casinos need to have licences as its kind of a business that will possibly earn you a lot of money, i think you should contact the lawyers for this question

Without telling us where you are located, I am afraid no one can give you an appropriate opinion. TBH, if you want to get some serious legal advice, you should consult a local lawyer instead of asking here.

its illegal, at least in my country if i get all the regulations right, though if you are planning to be very successful it will not cost you too much to buy the licence, though thats a really big risk

i doubt that you will find the right answer on this forum because of the variety of countries people live in and because the law in every one of them is different, you should check for help in your town somewhere

Not depend all where is hosted your betting/gambling site.
in italy, is prohibited create a gambling site and already is prohibited for italian player, play to foreign gambling betting site, you can play only to italian site and for open a gambling you get buy a italian license

im not sure about it, it might be different for you than for me, i wouldnt risk creating a website and putting my money into it if im not sure if it will turn out well or not

True, it's a big risk.Remember that if you have such a site you will become noticed by hackers too.
Protecting the site will cost you a fortune.

Not only in your country but in most of the countries it is not allowed. But for this business license is must whether you're business will be success or not but it will be quite safe to avoid any future issues. Try to get one license wherever it is easy to get. Good luck for your new business adventure.

Most gambling sites are in profit and there is almost no way for a site to ankrupt as long as there isnt any exploit on the site because every gambling sites have house edge to make sure the house win in long term . Most legal things doent always end in good way, example of this is garza and crypsty exit scam attempt

depends on your country law regulations. but safest way is to contact someone who is working with law and he will tell you what you can or can't (and he will prob make you pay something for his time)
regards.
-Katerniko1

All information regarding legal status of online gambling sites can be found on the internet if you know where to look.
If Op would be kind enough to share his whereabouts  with us we could easily tell him what is legal status of creating gambling website.
You don't need to be skilled lawyer to find about this stuff.

If you are aware that he is going to be opening a gambling sites then the last thing he would need to do is to share his whereabouts since it will backfire to him someday. It doesnt really matter where he is coming from as long as he can hide his identity then he should be fine without any license at all

Depends if your country allows such operation. If you know the law in your coutry and see loop holes then that can be used to defend your self specially in countries where online gambling is not yet regulated. Question is what countries are those?

Gambling should be legal in your jurisdiction and moreover a lot and in fact tons of paper work is needed , if you want to run a proper site. While if you want just a small site, you can start right away with the permission of legal members :P

In legal way,yeah license is necessary dude but i think very few gambling sites have license and most are build just buy registering domain,buying hosting,buying SSL and uploading some scripts :P
You can create your own gambling for sure but before that know that you need to do a lot of promotion and investment to make it a success because there is huge competition in gambling sites

I guess not, you only require a script to run gambling sites would you make, and it also requires a huge capital, but maybe it all depends on the state or the party of the Internet itself, if your site is considered detrimental maybe it will be deleted

Yes license is required to run an online gambling site.
you can create some altcoin gambling site without needing of any license.(learn things out then go for bitcoin) ;)

A Curacao license cost around 13K USD + anual fees of 6K or more and it needs to hoste the site also on a expensive Curacao server.
If I buy a Curacao license, what I get for this price???
Nothing more as a piece of paper and for my head the satisfaction to have a "legal" gaming license.
To operate a legal gaming site in, lets say a European country, you need also a registred company from where you pay the taxes...
Plus a country specified gaming license too!
If you host the site offshore and also the domain...what many other do, who can find out the real operator?
If you operate only with Bitcoins, nobody can find it out, who is behind.
I see only problems if you operate with a real money payment gateway, like Neteller etc...

Rgegards
J. B.

There are a ton of casinos out there that don't have a single license, because they are hosted in very remote areas, those offer the least security, but are usually the most careless when it comes to you needing to give any amount of credentials to withdraw your money, so there is always a tradeoff in security vs privacy.

I guess that depending on where you are hosting the service in can be perfectly legal, on the other hand, there are a lot of countries that restrict this kind of site so you could be blocked. if you want to open in your own country you should do a research with your countries financial department.

Never underestimate the power of this gambling comission in every part of the world. You may think that you are hidden well but that doesnt mean you are safe from any harm if they decided to hunt you down for keeping your service for their citizen. That is the reason why some gambling sites blocked player from some country even if they have hidden themselves very well

The things required to run a casino are :
Proper license in case you are opening site a legal site, a good amount of bankroll, a support team.
I hope you have all of these and soon you surprise us with a new site.

Do all countries require casinos to be licensed? I know that in some countries like the UK laws are strict and in some Asian countries it's even worse than that. In Thailand for example playing poker or even selling cards is illegal and you can get arrested for it.

Gambling is illegal in every country in this world there is no exception to that and even if it is legal then you will still need a license to operate it . Online gambling however is not very strict in most part of the country since it is harder to track who the owner of the site so there is always a loophole to everything

without a licence i wouldnt bother creating a gambling website, you might have trouble with it and it wouldnt be worth the whole time you would spend

You will even have a problem with a license so there is nothing safe if you operate something that most of the world consider as an an illegal thing. Online gambling is really a huge area here and with some expertise you can always hide your identity or wherever you are coming from so it is much better than operating land based casino

it is illegal in my country to create a gambling website if i were you i would definitely not do that because it would most probably not give enough money

i wouldnt create a gambling website if either i wouldnt have a good strategy or if i wouldnt have a licence so most probably you should not do that

I believe you wanted to say that operating without licence is illegal, and not the gambling itself. And as far as tracking online casinos are concerned; if they want to find
out the location and identities of owners, they can and will, and it's not hard for them at all since all they need is exit proxy ip and and then they get connected ip from
them with a simple warrant. In most cases this still won't happen tho, since they are too small of a catch for them, so they ignore those businesses.

It depends on your country, each country have different rules / licenses.  But you can have legal problems if you allow to play on your "casino" users from countries that have gambling prohibited.

Yes, first and foremost is the legal treatment of gambling in the jurisdiction in which you incorporate the company
Secondary as folks have pointed out is whether people on your site are allowed to gamble as per their country laws. That country's court could serve you with an order to disable service for users from that country, this is more an operational issue than an existential one

Each country has a specific law on gambling.Don't mistake sports betting for pure gambling as in many countries except the few Islamic nations sports betting is still allowed over Casinos or poker cards.Few countries have a commercial license you may have to buy before starting your website.You should do a research based on your country.Here's something to get  you started :http://www.onlinebetting.com/legal/

What are you saying? Opening a gambling site or even casino will always profitable no matter it is legal or not, you just need to attract more people to play on your site or your place. More people played you will get more money too. If it is not profitable I dont think many people will keep opening gambling site

It's profitable but you need to have a good PR or marketing to make gamblers know the existence of the gambling site. I've seen gambling site's being sold in the marketplace section. We can't jump into conclusion right away that they are selling because they are not earning but if it is why sell it.

Right point mate :) . You need to have a good staff and promotion team, and a sound bankroll too.
But you are little wrong , you know the guys sell their site in marketplace still make profit so yeah still profit as always you do make with your sites.

Yeah the first thing you should to is to inform yourself about the laws of the country you reside it.
Else you could get a big penalty kickin in.

With the licences at hand you should pretty easy be able to start a site and start earning.

Probably a good idea to stay away from USA if you are launching any serious opperation as they are the ones who have proven to actually do something if someone isn't following their ways.  Other countries seem much better.  TBH the most important thing is can you provide a product people will use.

Also always have a lawyer for sure if something is not going in your way or something with money problems.
That is true let say in Korea people there can't gamble there is some illegal things. This would be a nice job to have having some gambling site with this you can earn quite a lot of money.

if you are thinking of creating a gambling site then one important thing you should consider is if your webhosting provider allow such sites.if it does then it'd legal or no and the server should be located in different country then yours to be safe.

i think it should be illegal if you dont have some kind of a licence that would allow you to play it, i wouldnt risk my time and money to do it without a licence that would allow to create it

It all depends of the country you or the website is based at. For instance, if it is inside the EU, the rules could easyly be quite strict. But I do belive a license is required in most parts of the world.

You may start a simple and small site where you want fewer amount of users then you can just start it and wait til it grows and then get the legal work , papers work done !

You should not aim too big in starting.

I think that you would need all documentations that a real cassino does in your country.

it really depends on countries laws so i guess we can not predict what he needs, though i would be very careful with that to not have any problems with law if its illegal thing to do to create it without a license

i honestly doubt that you will be allowed to create something that includes gambling if you dont have any licences or something like that, i wouldnt even bother trying and contact some local lawyers

It depends on the local laws of the country. Some countries allow unlicensed casinos, some allow licenced ones that have been licensed by them. Sooner countries don't even alow casinos at all.

Almost every country in the world requires you to get a license.

I believe that's why he said "some".

If you live where I do, the government doesn't allow the creation of gambling sites until you register with them. I was thinking of making a gambling site, but I didn't have a lisence

I think most countries need a licensed casino for you to be having no issues in future, and not sure which country u live

i am almost sure that it's not legal to have online gambling site in America yet, i don't know what about other countries but i think that you need license or something to be legal, or you can hide in shadows with vpn and proxy and thor, better be safe then see interpol at your garden

You would need specialized licence in most of the world, and be completely prevented in some countries, IMO it's not an individual reach to make a gambling site in a country like america, on other it might not be that difficult.

depending on the state policy. if they allow you then legal. and if they donot allow you then ilegal.

In some countries it's illegal to gamble, which is why you can't register on some websites (they blocked) those countries. So you should check first if your country has any laws against gambling.
Else you made end up in jail.

This is very important. Before you start with your online casino make sure to do proper research. Invest money in a lawyer who understand the terms of service of the gambling industry.
The gambling industry is very lucrative, but also very regulated, since the amount of money flowing there is tremendous, so make sure to thing of that.

It's not just dollars, but an equal amount of paperwork too.

There are a lot of anti money laundering laws surrounding gambling. That's why a lot of websites only allow certain countries because it doesn't matter what country your website is based out of, it matters what country the person accessing it is from. So it's a very touchy subject. I know seals with clubs got completly raided at his house and then moved to another country.

If you open up a virtual gambling site that is just for fun where people use virtual tokens like bitcoins just for fun and bet/gamble on real/virtual events, in that case you may not need a license. Every mainstream fiat accepting gambling and betting sites are licensed but with bitcoin you continue without a license. I know some of the bitcoin based established sites don't have a license for operating gambling.

If you have long term serious plan to run an online gambling site you should use proper channel.Which means proper channel is you should get license which is not very costly it will provide you legal safety in case of some unexpected situation.Same time you will be able to promote and expand your gambling business.It is illegal to run such business without license.

You are right and also check with the local government whether its allowed (legal) or not. Many times it does happen that after launching the websites they get banned from the government authorities. So its better to check the information, have some research and then only go for it.

It actually depends on the country that you want to start or build you gambling site.

But for most of the countries they do not require a license for you to build you own gambling site, as long as you are paying the taxes that should be paid by it.

and another thing, most sites now are a ponzi sites or scams and do you think they do have a permit or license to operate.

so far as I know, If you live in United Kingdom you do need a license to operate your website, for for others I don't know.

It is illegal to create betting/gambling sites in countries where gambling is allowed.You need to pay taxes and should follow some rules and regulations to avoid fiscal fraud charges.I am not talking about where is not legal at all.So be careful what ever you choose.It is possible at start all to go well and later you face problems.

If you create gambling site and never go for fiat option and strictly remain with Bitcoin or other digital currencies then this can work for you.This doesn't not mean it will make legal your business.In my country you can not start gambling business without getting license for it.I don't know how are laws in your country.It also depends on country to country.

You need to be aware of laws which are going to be tougher in regards of money laundering which is attached to online casino too.You need to be good with license to avoid unpleasant situations which came appear in future.Better meet the condition and get license before start business.

yes it may be different from country to country...depends on the laws of country weather betting is leagal there or not

i don't have any experience regarding that but i think if you stay in country who legalize gambling and if you want to built new gambling sites get the license is necessary here because i guess you don't want your casinos considers as illegal activity but may be you must pass through several stages to get those license

Not to mention, this is easier to falsify. Gambling in bitcoin is very anonymous. I believe this can actually happen.

You going to have to look online for your country or sections laws and regulations on gambling. Maybe ask a local casino owner or speak to bitcoin casino website admins or owners and find out what coarse of action you should be taking.

You might want to correct the bold text,

In some countries that gambling is allowed, you can start and build you online gambling there, but still you need to have some legal papers like taxes return from the bureau of revenue and taxes to avoid any case which might be filed against you and your site.

But over all if you want to build a website for gambling, I recommend to become anonymous at all, and use some servers company that doesn't req. your personal info. if you do not have your own server to host your site.

In my country gambling is heavily restricted and frowned upon. Online gambling is in its infancy stage. Only one state has permitted online gambling to a few sites. As far as bitcoin is concerned, we do not have any law on bitcoins but it's use is not appreciated. Different countries have different stand on bitcoins, if you are interested in creating a gambling site then you need to check your local laws.

Here noone knows about it really or cares much. Gambling is legal but advertising it on tv is not.
Where you from that gambling is so heavily restricted ?

As you are asking him to provide the name of his country,

I would also like to ask to you where did you get the information that gambling is legal, we still do have parts in our world where gambling is restricted, like bangladesh, brunei, pakistan, china, hong kong japan, malaysia, singapore, vietnam and more.

You cant say that gambling is legal, if you want to make sure of those countries try to check on google.

I think there is a site to verified and make your own certification of business to be legal with licenced  if you starting a gambling site.
But someone are can install their business without licence or certification.. and some country are restricted they are not allowing gambling..

Gambling is not legal in most countries, but few countries allow it.
And about the licence thing, just stop thinking about it as you won't be in any problems because you are going to run it anonymously.

Yeah if anonymously,

But what if you had been traced right?

So better to make sure just to follow the rules of law in your country and also pay the taxes that you needed to pay.

Nobody want to end up in jail, so better follow all laws in your country regarding in gambling, and run the site with your Geo-location anonymously.
I thinks there is only around 15 countries which you are not allowed to do gambling.

You can try to look at it at google.

I am quite sure no license is needed for fun based casinos.
The license and the paperwork along with some agreements is required when you open a legal casino where players can deposit real money and win real money. Until, you deal with real money (eg: only bitcoin payment), you need not to worry about any legal issues. Still, it is highly dependent to your country/county regulations.

As you can see there are allot of websites that profide gambling using bitcoins and non of them is iligal because it can as you can see.

Thank you for support! But you forgot to mention India.  :P

I belong to India. It is not only heavily restricted but also supposed to be highly immoral. Just three states are known to have casinos, though others might have some but they are not openly known.

I think a lot of the countries are now standing on the fence for btc. They will see how other countries deal with it before they made their own decision. However, for gambling, this is mainly disapproved or discouraged in most country. Even if you have to open a official casino, there are tons of strict rules that you have to follow.

yeah, and I think investors will also try to look for some other investors who had started an online gambling that uses bitcoins as a currency in their network if it becomes profitable.

And definitely all countries have strict laws and rules when it comes to gambling, even those countries allowed gambling in it, so better before building any gambling website or gambling place in your country especially china, as what the thread starter said, he should need to consult an attorney or a lawyer in regards to his question here.

Yeah also they need license or their business with a proper regulation.. honestly its very hard to start a business like this locally unlike you are making a website and start your own business online you don't need license unless if you are using paypal or other usd payment.. unlike bitcoin anytime you can start your own gambling business anonymously..

I think to create our gambling site is not a problem if you have enough money means you can hire some developers and create your casino site, but the main issue is your account. Yes, many countries government will consider gambling as illegal, so if you show any bank account here, they catch you so here it is the main problem otherwise it is very easy.

But for sure important is where is server with your gambling site!

Do you know in which countries, servers with gambling service is allowed?

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If you are really serious about this, you will pay for advice. Getting cheap advice is not always a good thing. Especially when you are planing to earn money. In order to make it, you need to invest it first.

To me OP is not looking like some serious investor, maybe I'm wrong but we will see soon will he make some new casino site.
My advice is simple, check how other casino works, and try to invest much as possible in your site. Don't use cheap things.

Added to that in most of the countries, gambling is totally illegal, how will those guys make a gambling site then ? I think there is no need of licenses when you are creating a light gambling site for bitcoins. Though you might get n trouble later so be careful.

You can start an online casino without any license for online small business no one care about any tax and any license, and you will not face any problem because of that, but the issue will be that less people will trust on that.

A few years ago when bitcoin wasn't that popular there was pretty much no regulation. Right now since its gaining popularity many countries are forming some kind of regulation. So you need to consult a lawyer first in your country.

But if you buy server in country where this regulations don't exist and use VPN problem will be solved.. i guess?

So one more time i ask if anyone know which countries have not regulations about that?

Yes, you should care full once your government know that you are doing illegal business means they will hand over it. So if you have money create your casino then create it in which place gambling is legal to see there are many sites are there so check that where it hosted in that country this is legal so where you comforted in that place you can host your site.

The best choice for him is that he do not have to open an official casino if it is not allowed in his country but he should have to start a small online casino/gambling site and with that he can earn a good amount of profit as a lot of people nowadays like to join gambling/casno.

If he starts an online betting site and use bitcoin as its payment system and currency then no one will now about him that who is the admin of the casino, and his state will also not know that he is starting a casino.

nope i think you do not need to ask permission in a country. Internet no country can impose a tax or certain rules. yeah they could do to block users from their country to go to your site. but the user can use the vpn. You do not need to ask permission of any government

Its really depending in what country you are living and what kind of rules they are having there for this.
In some country's it can be done easily and at some not at all.

IT depends on your country if gambling is legal or illegal but you can make your own business online even its illegal in your country
That you can use fake information and country. About in license i think some gambling site there has no license
If you interested to make your own you start in moneypot....

Though I think running a small dice site would not need all the licenses and others. I was planning to runs a dice site but then compromised with just investing in casinos.

creating a gambling site can be illegal in some countries based on their rules about gambling and more importantly about using bitcoin in your business or even starting an online gambling. so it differs from country to country.

although you can always use an offshore hosting and with bitcoin stay fully anonymous if you want to escape the rules :)

Do you know some legit hosting to storage gambling website?

i doubt of the size of the site has anything to do with its legality and the need for a license.

becasue no matter how small or big your gambling site is, that site would be some kind of a business that is working online and you may have to fill in some forms for the IRS and pay taxes on it.

I think that an online gambling sites do not require a license or legality. Because nearly all the countries in the world gives a harsh policy against gambling, that gambling is not acceptable or not to do, and I see that the existing gambling online there is no legality or the official license from the State.

Yes and once your casinos gets some fame you will have people who will bribe you for the seek of legal case. I think its better to cure all the issues first than later regretting.

He can use any small server for that, as they allow for any site to host just to get some profit and when he notice that now his site is growing he should have to consult with some developers they will provide better solutions for the ease of his business.

I think a common server are uk or us.. this is i think if you host your site its not restricted if you are start a gambling site.. but honestly just always use dns protection.. so that you site will not gone.. if you start a business and own a domain..  you need to have a large traffic in the first time you buy domain.. try to go in expire domains and choose newly expired domain with thousands of visitors daily.. and i think you will rank in the first page fast if you buy an expiredomain..

Exactly money laundering cases are even much tough to handle while you actually never intended to do it. If you take users money in bitcoins though then I think this solves that issues at least.

as a business you will always be receiving money from a lot of people so proving money laundering is hard and it is going to be a rare case. I think the most important thing about making gambling site legal would be getting a license from legal channels and also paying your taxes especially if you are earning good amount of money through your casino.

Most of the sites right now, I would say like 90% are running without license. You do not really need a license unless you decide to go big and seek local users involvement. You might get sue if you choose wrong path.

it depends on the country that you live in.

in some places you may encounter a lot of troubles if you run such an online business without a license. and you may even end up paying a lot of money in fines.

Stop spreading this kind of nonsense to increase your post count. You're giving out terrible advice and if anyone follows your advice they could be in serious trouble.
Whether or not you need a license depends on which country you are from, not all countries have a harsh policy against gambling.

Yeah some other countries out there are not that strict in regards to the licensing of a gambling site.

But still most of the countries do have a licensing and every countries actually requires a gambling site to have a tax permit or license, do better before putting some gambling site online, you should consider to visit a legal attorney or lawyer to consult your question, and ask for a professional advice.

Not from the advice of the people here in forum, as they might tend to put you at risk with federal crimes in your country.

yeah there is no prohibition to do anything on the internet. it's up to you to make porn sites, gambling sites, it is free you do on the internet, but if you live in a country that prohibits gambling. you have to be careful. because many officials who imprisoned owner gambling. it happened in my country

I think when it comes to legal matters its best if you ask your local legal representatives. They will be able to point you into right direction. If you're serious about doing this then you have to take the proper road.

i don't have a personal experience with hosting because i have not yet purchases any but i did some research for buying one and i have some good ones through google. you can read more yourself.

https://www.google.com/search?q=offshore+hosting+with+bitcoin+payment

Nice, Offshore hosting is so secured if somebody don't want to be traced and share their information.

That is so safe compared to what I said before about changing IP's and geolocation.

so for op. if you don't want to process any papers for your gambling law in your country, offshore hosting is the best choice for it, but I will suggest that if you are going to send funds to them, create a disposable wallet with disposable e-mail registered to it to prevent being traced by your countries authority in regards to online hosting of gambling.

Costa Rica is the place to have your site. they have a very "easy" attitude towards online gambling licence and its very easy to obtain!

But you must have a premisis there bricks and mortar. Thats the only downfall.

According to me that we don't need any agreement to host our site. The only thing is we need to take space in a server to host our website, and we need one team to monitor our site that's it. Before this, you should have enough money to create this type of normal site website you can create quickly but casino sites you should keep money in your account or else it will not work out.

i have no idea about other countries. but in our state it is not legal to create a gambling site. because gambling is through out illegal in our country. may be some countries there where creating a gambling website is legal.

It actually depends on the country that you want to start or build you gambling site.

But for most of the countries they do not require a license for you to build you own gambling site, as long as you are paying the taxes that should be paid by it.

and another thing, most sites now are a ponzi sites or scams and do you think they do have a permit or license to operate.

so far as I know, If you live in United Kingdom you do need a license to operate your website, for for others I don't know.

Yeah if anonymously,

But what if you had been traced right?

So better to make sure just to follow the rules of law in your country and also pay the taxes that you needed to pay.

Nobody want to end up in jail, so better follow all laws in your country regarding in gambling, and run the site with your Geo-location anonymously.
I thinks there is only around 15 countries which you are not allowed to do gambling.

You can try to look at it at google.

I really don't have experience on this field but building a business which is a legit one is really something hard. Your gambling site must be approved by the local government which you are working. Processing those requirements is really not that easy mate plus you also have to make sure that your users are also following their local rules.

I think better you contact any local lawyer in your place, and they only know all rules and regulations in your country. because the law is not same in all country. In my country gambling is illegal so we don't have a chance to create our own site. Ask in your country it is legal or not all the best for the project. 

Bro Mainly It Depends Upon Your Country that You Need a License For that Or Not and Also I Don't Have Much Experience About this But I Can Tell You that If You Want To Create Your Own Bitcoin Gambling Website then Maintain a Sufficient Bankroll For Paying the Users And To Do Other Formalities.....

I suggest that OP contact RHavar or Stunna. They own BustaBit and PrimeDice respectively. You will know pretty much everything about what you need in creating a gambling site and that includes the answer to your question. We can't possibly say for sure if it's illegal or legal because OP didn't mention where is he from. He should contact a lawyer in his place just to make sure that everything's legal.

Maybe if you make a real casino gambling like you have to seek permission to hold a gambling casino. But if it makes gambling sites I think do not need a license because everyone is free to make a gambling site, in my opinion. Legal or not may depend on each country.

For the online gambling site, the licence issue is starting from the point of what are the payment options we are going to provide to gamblers. If we are planning to stick only bitcoin payment option, then there will not be any need of license even in the gambling banned regions. If you want to give credit cards options, then you must need to licenses.

I do believe at crypto world you dont need any license, you will need to get some clean business to proof where the money is come if you start earning a good ammount, besides that i believe license is more for exchanges then gambling websites, sure with a license people would trust into your company or project faster, but i dont know if there is really a need to get a license.

Crypto you dont need any license. However it is the profit that you will be getting that you will have a hard time converting to legal cash. You will need to explain to the bank on how you can get such a huge amount of cash.

Yes if using a credit card option that definitely requires a license, but gambling in bitcoin does not require a license. But actually I do not know why online gambling requires a license because I think online gambling should be free to do ???

No i think they need governament permission, otherwise how can they convert Bitcoin to real currencies. They will make huge profits so we can not trust third party companies. If they use credit card means it's legal only governament will track this. So according to me the govt permission is the first method to start your casino site. If you get this and you have enough money you can create your own site within few days.

Yes, that's the best way because making a gambling site is not a small or limited business there are rules and regulations beyond our imagination and even a little wrong foot and you will be in deep trouble.

So, a lawyer will keep you in touch with all such things and not let you fall in trouble, maybe also read all the conditions as per your local city for making such a site.

Maintaining is a different topic altogether someone who is making a site obviously knows that he needs some money to start and keep it maintained. While the biggest problem is as being discussed the legal paperwork because seriously if you do not know the legal terms and conditions then better stay away (unless you plan to make a site without any registration)

There are almost 100's of sites in market and I think hardly 20 sites are registered and working in a legal manner, so I think you can start the site and if you see it going nice, get it registered i think under Gibraltar gambling license is what most sites are registered under ..

Not sure about RHavar but Stunna is too busy and even hardly replies to people who message him/her here because of the simple reason, really owns the biggest bitcoin gambling site.
So, better hire a team and a lawyer before you even think of making a legal gambling site.

If you are living in some corrupt country, you'd better hide it from authorities, because some cronies might start threatening you and demanding parts of your profit. I think online gambling is in gray are of the law right now, and it's position can change in upcoming years.

Yeah maybe you're right that requires government permission to use credit cards in gambling. But I am confused, in my country the government is prohibiting gambling but there are many gambling sites that accept credit cards as payment of the deposit ???

License of creating a gambling site is a must ,but it depends on what country are you and the government policies ,laws and regulations because some countries are not prohibited to create gambling .you will need a good starting amount to make your own gambling site but if it becomes successful surely you can make more money out of your capital.

Online gambling really can't follow all the available local rules because you have various of users from different country. A legit in this area is not as legit for this certain area. It only means that 50% of online gambling site is certainly not legal.

That is true that if you run a crypto based gambling site then you can run is anonymously but if somehow your local government knows that you are doing a business and have not informed them and not got registered then apart from money you may face much more offensive punishment.

I am also one of them, because i also believe at crypto gambling world, I was start gambling in first time because of bitcoin, If i was not doing work with bitcoin, than may be i was not a gambler, and i believe in all gambling sites which are here in bitcointlak. And these all are trustable gambling sites, so i don't think it can matter any license. They are good for us and we are playing gambling in these sites with our trust. 

As   other  members said    here  . Creating  a  gambling site   is  okay as long you  have  the  money   to start  on and  build  on it. Just remember the things   that  should be consider  before  building  one.  Must think of the  laws  on  your country if its  against  gambling or  not. If  its okay then  theres no  problem at all  but if  they  prohibit  on building then   for sure you will have a  hard time. I dont think  about  on having a  license  if it  really needed  to get   one  in able to run a gambling site.

to me creating a betting or gambling side may be legal but in those areas where gambling is legal and running casino is legal, but i think in those area where gambling is not legal or running casino is illegal there creasing sight for gambling will also be illegal.

Most people bypass laws by hosting in countries that aren't really strict about it then add cloudflare to the mix many sites do it.
Its the only way to stay unregulated these days but if you want to be legal about it then there is channels you can take to doing so.
A quick google search would have given you many examples of solutions.

Well there are, and is depends on the country, but, specially in bitcoins, I don't think there is must legislation, so no one will be after you I guess. But don't take my word for it of course. You should investigate carefully. Anyway, I think the real challenge is to have enough coins to advertise it, and keep the site running until you have a good player base. I think a very large investment is needed.

definitely find out for the laws of your country like others have
stated!

I know in america depending on the state each state is different and most
will shut the site down and possible arrest your etc.

Do your homework for sure about getting a license.

do anyone here knows how much will be the capital when me and my friends create a gambling sites ? how many bitcoins should we prepare so we can have and create a successful gambling sites? this is just a promotion so im considering all your replies. and how to make it legat to other countries? thanks :)

It certainly depends on a country you are in. In Canada and France you need a licence and in the USA it is just forbidden. You need to check it here firstly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_gambling#Legal_status. But why would you do such a thing? I wouldn't, because it is much of responsibility, you know. People become addicted and it is sort of your fault then.

Why would one want to run a casino/gambling site? it's simply for profit, if you're successful you'll be making lots of money.
 running on-chain gambling site can be a really good option, if you're worried about license and all.

I think you can get license casino even you are not in that place..
i found this site http://gambling.slogold.net/index.php and looks like they are giving licensed bitcoin casino..
I just found it when i was searching it in google but i do not really know if they are giving license to start bitcoin casino.. you can contact them with their contact us..

Indeed this is one of the suggestion of the article I read, to have a cut or piece of the pie of the multi billion dollar industry of gambling.  Running a succesful casino will make you really rich.  Even the top player's income will be just a proportion of what your Casino is earning.
As for the legality, i think it is already answered in the first page.  I just hope you contacted the person that is suggested to you.

It's very complicated process, and you will get many license issues, and I don't think how your government will support you. In my country now our government granted license for one person to run online Rummy game, he is paying direct 50% tax amount to governament. So my suggestion is to ask any lawyer you will get all information. 

Well if your starting a gambling site then you must prefer to have a lot of money, design, security, and licence depends on your country since some country doesn't like online gambling.

you want license gambling site
you only ask your govement, if your govement can legal gambling

or this online about information license all country all the world
you can visit link in here
https://www.gamblingsites.com/online-gambling-jurisdictions/

If it's real gambling or physical gambling you need a license to run it smooth and they will support your business but if you don't have licence then FBI or NBI (if you are in philippines) they going to chase you but in online i don't think that there are thing that need to be licence.

I think the gambling sites that accept bitcoin does not require permission from the government because if they want to convert from bitcoin to real currency they can use bitcoin wallet. So long as bitcoin is not regulated by the government I think do not need permission from the government. And the fact that today there are many gambling sites that do not have the permission of the government, actually some countries take action by blocking but some countries many of which leave because there are no regulations that govern them.

License is just depending on the jurisdiction of a country about gambling sites. So there in Philippines, usually it is allowed for the past administration.

But since the new president doesn't want to allow gambling sites for the real casino's will not be able to generate good income as they are legit with permit.

And I guess in bitcoin gambling sites, there's no law about it as it is not associated with any foreign currency and some government is not even interested in it.

50% tax directly from government is insanely huge amount and if that's the case on my side,i wont bother myself to build one because the government will only benefit most of my profits but still there is a way that you could able to avoid that its somehow risky but if you would like to make big money then you will surely go risk and go for it. Just be careful not to be caught by the government.

but to me i think it is different from country to country and religion, as in some religions gambling is illegal and that is the reason that in such countries, creasing a betting site is also illegal.

If you wanna legalize a gamble project online you will have to pay several taxes, thats why there are soo many bitcoin casinos as well working with altcoins, the most of them doesnt have any license, soo they take the full profit for them, if you are serious and do wanna to enter into those world you must contact a lawer to handle those legal questions, and one thing, legal casinos in the general get faster investement then ilegal for sure.

based on your location  it will be legal, some countries betting is legal.

anyone can create a gambling site as long as they have enough money to support their gambling sites and to start on it. there's a lot of process before you can start a gamblign site and its not easy because before your site can be know by many users you must pay for sig campaign and many more. and being a gambling site owner you must have a really big funds in order to support it because there's a lot of gamblers that betting with a huge amount so make sure you can return the prize pool if they won

if in my country illegal gambling bets, and I do not know any of what I'm doing at all online gambling sites using BTC was illegal or not

I gamble does not require a license if the site is legal or not. as long as it is not a scam and I think that's fair for the license does not have to be in persoalkan. legal if it is difficult. gambling is banned in many countries

But I think not everyone can create gambling site or can open a casino, because in some countries and in some religions gambling is not legal and running a casino or a gambling site is against the law therefore in such countries people do not have the rights to open and run gambling houses.

A quick google search can help you out with that but its pretty easy to get a panama license.

It depends on the country you are living in. For example my country accepts online gambling but as far as I know America doesn't anymore. I've tried to spoof my IP into an American one for privacy reasons and I had many problems with them overall, because they wouldn't even let me enter them. It's usually legal I think, in most countries.

not easy to create web gambling, if you have a lot of money it may be easy to get a license it also if your country to legalize gambling

Is this license accepted worldwide as valid document? I mean we have to assume that 99% casinos which have this type of license from Panama is owned by citizens of other countries.
Gambling liceses issued by Panama or Curaçao are more like virtual licenses anyway.

He is thinking about creating his own gambling site and confused whether he needs a license to make it legal and here you are talking about gambling being illegal and you don't need a license to gamble :D .I did not understand the rest of your sentence.I do not think bitcoin gambling sites have to acquire any licenses at the moment ,only if you are dealing with fiat you need to have some license.

i don't think that creating a betting/gambling site need license because we only have buy a domain and hosting, build the site with installation the scrypt, and make promote. i would suggest you to create bitcoin gambling site rather than gambling site using fiat because its more safe if something bad is happen.

If You Want to Create your own Bitcoin Gambling Website then you need a Huge Bankroll to Pay the Users of your Gambling Website and Also You Need to have atleast 50-100 Btc as Your Bankroll and to Cover your all Expenses Like Advertising Expenses, Server And Much More Other Expenses and Also If the  gambling is Illegal in your Country then I Suggest you don't create a Bitcoin Casino.

Did OP finally created his own Gambling site? I'm just checking for updates If It went well

Yeah, i also think creating gambling sites doesn't need license. And as you suggest, bitcoin gambling site is really more than better if he create fiat gambling site. Because now the time is starting for bitcoin, and majority of the people who play online gambling they are usually use bitcoin gambling sites. Because different countries people are playing, So it is easy for them to pay bitcoin than fiat.

using facebook or anything dating site you free to create a gambling site like odds. invite friends to get a member then you set the odds whatever you want to set like nba odds :)

Online gambling with fiat requires license. If you do not have it, you are not allowed to open one. However, bitcoin has provided us the opportunity to make a gambling website without any paper or identity. Moreover, because of the anonymity, Bitcoin also protects gamblers from cyber attackers and prevents information robbers on the internet. As you can see, we do not need to provide the personal information to join the casinos

In any country, if you are earning money from any business you have to register your business name. If you not how can you take your profit without providing valid proof. So to collect your money you must take a license from your govt. Otherwise, that income will come under black money. you will face problems from your govt side.

I know in every country have rule to register your business and also mustily need license. But in online bitcoin gambling site don't need it, because as i know, whenever we play in bitcoin gambling site, they don't need even our personal information, and as he said, he is right that fiat online gambling sites need license but in bitcoin we don't need it.

In most countries in this world, you need a license if you offer Bitcoin gambling, because license requirement is not only limited to fiat money, but also include valuables.

Yeah if you're lucky enough to live ina coubtry thst allows gaming good for you. It's a way better feeling to be operating a gaming business legally with license and considering that gambling is a very big induatry, it would be a very good way of investing your money which almsot has a certainty of big profits.

You need permit on creating gambling website how if they will file you some criminal cases like cyber crime law because you did create gambling site website any permision into your goverment if you are going to be bitcoin i think it don't needs permit but make sure that you don't use any informations only bitcoin addreses and api's

This would only happen if you declare where you are and where you would be operating. I don't think you have to declare anything if it is online only and accepting anonymous currency like bitcoins. The only problem here is that you have to kind of launder your money when you cash it out into your fiat currency. Since you have to declare income taxes.

Making a gambling site with proper documents and permission is a big task actually as not all countries allow such license and they charge a lot too. That been said making a bitcoin's dice site is easy and needs no license I think :)

Of course you'll need license from the gaming commission or the regulatory authority in your country who handle games so that you'll channel your direct and indirect taxes through them to the government.

Yes you need some experience to set up and then look out for ways you can license yourself and the company in order to operate within the remit of the law.