Bangladesh has blocked 331 online casinos

[AicecreaME]

The politicians are the real money launderers who does things to their self gain and benefits.
Block and banning casinos is not the best options and it should be among things to generate revenue to the country, maybe could be the gambling site is not regulated by your country and possibly not paying task maybe. Instead of doing that, they would have came in compliance where those gambling sites could have started paying task to further developed the country through those revenues.
Suggestion: Don't you think using a VPN will help you have access to the site?
Unlike our country when the government ban us from having access to twitter there where means of gaining access which many were using vpn.

Politicians do not really understand how helpful the casino's tax generated is to the economy. Which is why there are a lot of politicians that nonchalantly ban it and declare illegal. Although I get their viewpoint that it is just to prevent gambling addiction, but aren't physical casinos also addicting? It just doesn't add up.

Politicians are very much keen into what might bring them money and power. Most politicians are corrupt that is why most of their constituents do not really like them. They often do more for themselves than for the country which is really saddening. Some are even close-minded and do not know how to manage things and therefore just decides to shut it down before chaos arise out of it.

If the government will continue to be strict, eventually the people will find ways to satisfy their wants illegally. With that being said, some resort to using VPN. The usage of VPN works for some and does not on others because of strictly imposed policies. Using VPN could mean harm as well especially if the country you are in has really strict policy about banning gambling sites. If ever you will get caught, you might pay a fine and even receive a punishment depending on your number of offense perhaps. In addition, most casinos do not really allow the use of it on their website due to security concerns, so you better read the TOS first before making an action. Otherwise, your account might get suspended or permanently banned without further notice, making your funds in the account useless.

[aioc]

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

Why is gambling banned in Bangladesh? this could be the main reason why they blocked online casinos, this is understandable we cannot do anything about it, we have to respect their decision their form of government is based on their religion, and they are not the only country that does this, but there will be people who will try to play online though VPN because the government can't monitor how people do things online using this method.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

Why is gambling banned in Bangladesh? this could be the main reason why they blocked online casinos, this is understandable we cannot do anything about it, we have to respect their decision their form of government is based on their religion, and they are not the only country that does this, but there will be people who will try to play online though VPN because the government can't monitor how people do things online using this method.

Yes, that is true, they are predominantly a Muslim country and so with that, it is against their religion and see it a sin if their population will become involved in gambling. But nevertheless as pointed out by the OP, some government official is corrupt and what is that?

I don't agree with using VPN although several casino's might allow it in the beginning. It's better to just not to gamble in you are in Bangladesh just saying.

[Kakmakr]

The politicians will not acknowledge it, but the most money laundering happens to go through Banks. https://sanctionscanner.com/blog/the-five-biggest-money-laundering-scandals-317 or https://www.cityam.com/city-special-the-biggest-money-laundering-scandals-in-banking/  ...where you will see that HSBC was fined $1.9 billion in 2012 for having insufficient AML measures in place which enabled around $8 billion to be laundered over seven years. 

In any way.... Mirror sites pop up like mushrooms ...so it is almost impossible to stop people from gambling on these sites.... and new casinos also pop up frequently. 

[crwth]

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

[smartaction]

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

yes it is possible for BTRC to track who visit gambling site by using VPN. but it is possible for free vpn but if someone use paid premium vpn proxy then BTRC will not able to track them it is not a big problem but must of the casino site ask for KYC if they can track something doing any illegal work or using vpn. so if any site ask kyc to any Bangladeshi person then it will be a big problem for him

[|MINER|]

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

Why is gambling banned in Bangladesh? this could be the main reason why they blocked online casinos, this is understandable we cannot do anything about it, we have to respect their decision their form of government is based on their religion, and they are not the only country that does this, but there will be people who will try to play online though VPN because the government can't monitor how people do things online using this method.

Where 90% of Muslim in any country no government can speak against the Muslim religion. Several sites are closed in Muslim countries, such as gambling sites, prone movie sites etc. Even if all of these sites are closed but no government can stop the actual gamblers. In this regard they are just losing taxes form the gamblers. If possible then all the sites can get the access by using vpn from the gamblers.

[Boristhecat]

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

[BobK71]

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

The knowledge of Bangladeshi’s about internet is comparatively less but nowadays this sector has developed a lot in that country. As far as I know Bangladesh government has given highest priority to IT sector.

There are many casinos that do not support VPN while there are many casinos that do. Although the use of VPN is prohibited but in reality it is not effective in many cases. Users can gamble using VPN without any hindrance.

[Quidat]

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

Whether it would be pertain into other means or into their religion then it wouldnt matter.They are the ones who do govern and whatever reasons that they do have then its their to take.
They would be running off a country which would basically be in line with religion principles i must say? Been said and mentioned that this is an Islamic country or something like that
which we know that gambling is really that prohibited or something been excluded which it wont really be surprising on what they had done.
Sad for those who had reside or live on that place but we could still engage on gambling via other access.

[Cling18]

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things. And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

At first I also thought about it, but as I understand it, Bangladesh is still at such a stage of development that economic relations between the authorities and the population are not the main ones - everything is decided at a lower level. This ban is not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of the ban itself, something like a dictatorship that constantly reminds of itself by interfering in all spheres of life. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that this is the main thing here, and the "pretexts" can be anything - from ideology and religion to the fight against harm, etc.

Whether it would be pertain into other means or into their religion then it wouldnt matter.They are the ones who do govern and whatever reasons that they do have then its their to take.
They would be running off a country which would basically be in line with religion principles i must say? Been said and mentioned that this is an Islamic country or something like that
which we know that gambling is really that prohibited or something been excluded which it wont really be surprising on what they had done.
Sad for those who had reside or live in that place but we could still engage in gambling via other access.

It will affect a big number of gamblers in their country but they hardly believe that it will have a positive effect in the long run so we can't question them regarding that matter. It is their right to apply anything that will make their country's situation better. Gambling might have been affecting their country negatively for a long time so we can't blame them for doing such a thing.

[btc_angela]

Those politicians probably want to get a piece of the pie as well. They are aware of this things.

I don't think that they want a piece of the pie, sure they are doing some illegal things themselves, but maybe they just want to stop crypto to take off in their country and so the first step is to block crypto based online casinos.

And for sure that that’s one of the reasons why crypto has been developed because of this censoring issues, and of course, the centralisation power. It’s still best to go to websites that are legal in your country.

Yes, bitcoin unless should be uncensored, but we all know government like in Bangladesh, doesn't want to give their people control, so they have to stop not just crypto but anything that they people are going to enjoy.

[Darker45]

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

At the very least, the commission functions and jobs are done. Sites are blocked, apps closed, various links as well. It would probably be a much bigger problem if these sites and apps are illegal but are all running openly.

[LogitechMouse]

Recently, BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) has blocked 331 online casino sites in the name of preventing gambling and money laundering. There were a few sites blocked from long ago including crypto casino stake.com though we could access the mirror version of stake through stake.games
Hate to see this to be honest when we have politicians who are almost openly laundering money.

Source- https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime/p10pt1dnef

Hate to see it but that's the power of the government and they are a corrupt government so...yeah.
Maybe there will be some online casino sites that will pay the government just to allow them to be used by their people or there might be some sites that will do the same as Stake does. This depends obviously on how many online gamblers are gambling in Bangladesh.

Nevertheless, use of VPN is still an option though there are some casino sites who aren't allowing their users to use VPN's. Overall, I guess this will not solve the problem of the country but at least it lessens a bit. Gamblers will and will always find a way to gain access to their favorite sites.

[smartaction]

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

[Poker Player]

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

As far as I can see, in Bangladesh gambling is prohibited except for horse racing and lottery, but it has no specific laws on online gambling. A smart government could implement a gambling-friendly regulation that would bring in a lot of money in the form of fees, but seeing as gambling with a physical presence is banned it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

If they are indeed concerned with money laundering, legalizing online gambling with clear regulations prevents it. Nobody launders money on pokerstars today and it was possible 15 years ago.

[smartaction]

Every year thousands of crores of rupees are laundered out of Bangladesh through different means and with the help of various influential people, which is why the Bangladesh government is still very apprehensive about cryptocurrency and online gambling sites that if they are legalized, the amount of money laundered in the country may increase more . that's why Bangladesh still banned crypto and online casinos

As far as I can see, in Bangladesh gambling is prohibited except for horse racing and lottery, but it has no specific laws on online gambling. A smart government could implement a gambling-friendly regulation that would bring in a lot of money in the form of fees, but seeing as gambling with a physical presence is banned it doesn't look like it's going to happen.

If they are indeed concerned with money laundering, legalizing online gambling with clear regulations prevents it. Nobody launders money on pokerstars today and it was possible 15 years ago.

Bangladesh is still far behind in terms of technology due to which it is still very difficult for Bangladesh government to prevent money laundering through online so if the government thinks that they will make money from it by legalizing online gambling then it is not possible for them yet.  Because they have to develop more in terms of technology only then they will be possible

[Little Mouse]

Bangladesh is 90% Muslim and they consider gambling as haram based on one article

That's an opinion and I agree one of the reasons for banning gambling but not the main reason of course. According to the BTRC, they have banned casinos to prevent money laundering and ensure safe internet (what the f is that) and thus complying with the money laundering act in Bangladesh.

A top official of the BTRC said they have often found complaints from different sides about online gambling and that needs to block for the sake of safe internet.

Source

It's probably a wrong logic to argue that since politicians are almost openly laundering money why don't they allow online casinos to operate as well where money laundering could also be done by the rest? Both are illegal and should end. But it's certainly wrong to allow one simply because the other is happening.

I definitely agree with you. I'm not arguing on this. I have a problem with the reasoning. Can you see the reasons? Having safe internet? Check out the above quoted post and read the link.

[Bitinity]

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

Basically what is happening in Bangladesh is similar to what is happening in Indonesia. Most online casinos are blocked by the official Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Indonesia who is teaming up with most Internet Service Providers. The casinos that cares about this issue try to solve it by providing alternative link (mirror link) so players are still able to access the casino. Perhaps Bangladesh online casinos should do the same if they do not want to lose players due to the block by Internet Providers.

[BobK71]

because online gambling sites in Bangladesh can still be accessed and used using a VPN

Using VPN is prohibited in many casinos including the famous ones. Very few casinos allow access through VPN. I haven't seen a lot of them. Besides, the average knowledge level of Bangladeshi people about internet is very poor and I doubt they would be able to gamble using VPN.
I'm personally not worried but it's very much possible for BTRC to know who are accessing gambling platforms.

Basically what is happening in Bangladesh is similar to what is happening in Indonesia. Most online casinos are blocked by the official Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Indonesia who is teaming up with most Internet Service Providers. The casinos that cares about this issue try to solve it by providing alternative link (mirror link) so players are still able to access the casino. Perhaps Bangladesh online casinos should do the same if they do not want to lose players due to the block by Internet Providers.

Both countries are Muslim countries. Where Muslims dominant the government. But this is true and effective if there is difficulty in using VPN then the number of users will not decrease if they facilitate access through mirror links from casino or gambling sites. A sports betting site called bet365 where Bangladesh was closed through BTRC. As far i know there were more than 20 mirror links available in that place for gambling at that moment.