Why the Reluctance?

[AmoreJaz]

That's not a surprising thing actually, because there are several things that underlie it, for example in slot games it will depend on the slot provider in a particular country, it is available but it may not be in your country and maybe for sports betting it is a casino licensing factor although I'm not really sure about this.
The opposite happens in my country, I don't know for sure how many millions of people use online casinos, but gambling in my country is illegal, but many online casinos do not include my country as a prohibited list, and the government only takes precautions by blocking them through internet provider services.

Sportsbetting may not be available in their country, just like what you mentioned here about slots. Slot providers have their jurisdiction where they can be played, hence, some providers are restricting countries. Because why would sportsbetting be not available if your government has nothing against with it? That's a very simple logic to think about.

With what you've specified, I think a lot of gambling companies would want to offer services from bettors in that region but their are many things that would be hindering them, despite the population and the amount spent on gambling, for instance they might not fall in line with the taxation policy of your government that alone hinders a lot of companies from doing business in many countries.

 Secondly is the regulation or fines form your country doesn't align with that of the company then they won't want to invest or do business in such country. But I believe there are many betting companies operating in Nigeria and I'm aware that the competition is very though over there among different betting companies but one of the most outstanding betting company over there is sporty bet.

We don't know exactly the protocol of his country towards sportsbetting. However, there's a valid reason behind it for sure. Because if there's no one hindering it, why would they are not offering the services of sportsbetting? Just check your local protocols towards online sportsbetting and you may understand such action.

[Die_empty]

And it begs the question: why the reluctance? Such hesitation seems out of place in a country where gambling is legal.

Every business has a scope and jurisdiction it is projected to operate. Some of these casinos may want to have a presence in your country. Maybe they might expand later to Nigeria but they might now have such plans. Some casinos might not also have the financial capacity to cover your country, so they are restricted to a few countries.

Another reason may be regulation and gambling laws. In some countries, the process of registering a casino is too cumbersome. Operators might even have to give bribes to government officials to secure licenses. We also have some casinos that localize the games they have so they will have to cover areas where the games they offer are popular.

[Lida93]

We are actually a gambling nation and the market is highly profitable. I wonder why despite these statistics, yet some sport betting and casino sites haven't taken advantage of it. As I conducted my research, I noticed that some casinos don't offer or no longer offers their services to people in my country. There are other countries with similar situation too. And it begs the question: why the reluctance? Such hesitation seems out of place in a country where gambling is legal.

1 https://www.betensured.com/blog/top-10-nigeria-gambling-statistics/
2 https://www.noi-polls.com/post/gambling-and-betting-poll-2019

The reasons for that is simple: the gamble regulatory policy may not be in line with what the casino providers might be watching out for as part of their objectives for their business.

Another thing is that, some casinos might out of owners personal judgement want to  stay off from operating in certain continent so it may not be just your country alone for some casino's the restriction could go continental.

Lastly, some casino's might have a sister gambling site or casino already existing in your country and as a result they don't want to double there to avoid double taxation and also not to be a competitor with it's sister site in that same country.

[topbitcoin]

Gambling has become a real problem for most people, where many people are trapped in irresponsible gambling activities, and they no longer care about the lives of themselves and their families, because the most important thing for them is how they can earn money and gamble at any time. the day.

In the beginning, some people thought that gambling was an escape to find fun, to relieve fatigue from all the problems they were experiencing or to just look for a little profit. However, without them realizing it, because they do not manage their gambling activities well, this gambling becomes a very detrimental activity, which not only affects their financial situation but also disrupts their life balance. Because they feel addicted to gambling, this activity becomes their main priority despite their other duties and responsibilities.

In overcoming this problem, the government's role is very important, the government must take concrete steps, if necessary the government creates a certain institution to limit the activities of land-based casinos and online casinos. Apart from that, the government must also take a direct approach to the community.

[SmartGold01]

There is an answer a poster give above made me wonder why they can't adhered to our country regulations. Why?
Most casino/gambling site providers goes with the regulations that seems very easily for them comply, if what they are being tasked on is much or seems too hard for them where they can't comply they will have restricted operation from those country because as I know too well that our country is a gambling nation and this has been helping the unemployment individuals in the country, where most of the young teenage and youths involved themselves in so much gambling.

[Alphakilo]

This question of why, has numerous responses and one of which is the marketing strategy of the online gambling website.

The statistics are fantastic but them Nigeria is not the only country with that statistics. There are other other regions that fits into the marketing strategy of the casino and that it why they may ignore your country and offer their services to people in other regions.

In as much as the statistics looks great, after a PnL analysis, the casino decides that the market their is over saturated and they cannot compete therefore there is no need to waste their resources there because the growth and profitability margin is insignificant. Hence they leave or turn their attention towards more lucrative regions.

[Ever-young]

There is an answer a poster give above made me wonder why they can't adhered to our country regulations. Why?
Most casino/gambling site providers goes with the regulations that seems very easily for them comply, if what they are being tasked on is much or seems too hard for them where they can't comply they will have restricted operation from those country because as I know too well that our country is a gambling nation and this has been helping the unemployment individuals in the country, where most of the young teenage and youths involved themselves in so much gambling.

We all know that gambling and casino laws are mostly always in favour of the house rather than the individuals who use them, and it's very true that in most countries, gambling can be a very important part of the economy and that is why it's almost impossible for the government to enact laws that'll completely prohibit people from gambling, even after being aware of the negative impact of gambling to the individuals at large.

Gambling can indeed create employment opportunities for some young people and that's pretty much an advantage, but we should also consider the dangerous side, being the addictive part of gambling. Gambling addiction can be a very serious danger, both to the young, as well as the old and it can also have serious consequences too.

If you look very well in our environment today, teenagers and youths are more prone to getting addicted which can easily result to depression, unnecessary debt and other things.

[darkangel11]

Because the foreign/local online casino must obtain a license from the Nigeria gaming commission before they are able to operating in Nigeria.
and:

The legal games are lottery, land-based casino, and sports betting. Roulette, dice games, and non-skilled card games are illegal.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Nigeria

Perhaps that is a reason why some of the casino providers dont want to apply/extend a license there, because live casino games, original games and maybe slots too are considered illegal there.

That's a very good answer that covers the entirety of the OP's question.
Casinos have to operate under guidelines of their licenses and nobody is going to look at statistics that say how many people in that country gamble. It doesn't matter to a clerk that issues the license. Most likely it's due to internal regulations of a country that other countries (license issuers) don't want to violate, or there's a problem with unstable currency/government or scams that aren't addressed by local enforcement agencies and the license issuers just don't want to deal with potential loss by a player/investor as they'd have to handle complaints.

[Crypto Library]

More than 50% people are betting it's really huge population for a country who are involved with playing gambling. And also there is no restriction on gambling I haven't also not got the matter why this giant don't looking forward to your country.
But the first reason that comes to my mind is that maybe their license companies have restricted your country. And this may be the biggest reason. 
Also secondly another reason I want to mention is do you know what percentage vat your government charges on sports gambling? And if this VAT is excessive, maybe because of this, those gambling companies have restricted it in your country.
Anyway if you want there are a large amount of casinos are still for you why you are worry about it. Have you try anytime duelbits.com you can try it out if it is not restricted in your country .

[Cantsay]

If all casinos and most providers don't allow sports betting in your country then something might be stopping them to disallow it.

The question now is “what?” What exactly is stopping them from providing their service?

From what I know there’s no law in Nigeria that prohibits gambling so I don’t see any reason why a gambling site would prevent Nigerians from accessing their site. I have encountered this issue several times, even in some site that I just want to try it so that I’d have an idea of how they operate - the most recent one was “nitrobetting”, I know I have visited that site several times to read some of their articles they drop concerning bets and all of a sudden I’m being prevented from accessing the site. It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

You aren't following up, it is becoming a big concern to the government about how billions of naira is going into gambling in Nigeria, I heard it myself and they promise to make it stop, someway or somehow, they never said.

Maybe they will start doing the same shit they do with Binance exchange who knows? If the government of the country reaches out to the popular online gambling platform to not render their services to Nigerians or risk facing the law do you think that it won't work? It will work bro.


The government is worried, too many citizens of Nigeria are into gambling and most of them are losing tons of money to those gambling companies, every casinos online and offline want to make money, they don't have any reasons not to provide their services to any country unless there is a issue.

I am also aware of this - but all they did was talk no action was taken against any gambling site.

Assuming they did, we all know the first site that they would have attacked which is "sporty bet" because that's where majority of Nigerians do their Bettings and even those are just entering the gambling industry usually start with sporty bet before they proceeds to other platforms, but since it's still active then it means nothing has happened yet - those site that are currently blocking Nigerians from accessing their site are doing based on their own reason not based on the government's news.

[SmartGold01]

There is an answer a poster give above made me wonder why they can't adhered to our country regulations. Why?
Most casino/gambling site providers goes with the regulations that seems very easily for them comply, if what they are being tasked on is much or seems too hard for them where they can't comply they will have restricted operation from those country because as I know too well that our country is a gambling nation and this has been helping the unemployment individuals in the country, where most of the young teenage and youths involved themselves in so much gambling.

We all know that gambling and casino laws are mostly always in favour of the house rather than the individuals who use them, and it's very true that in most countries, gambling can be a very important part of the economy and that is why it's almost impossible for the government to enact laws that'll completely prohibit people from gambling, even after being aware of the negative impact of gambling to the individuals at large.

Gambling can indeed create employment opportunities for some young people and that's pretty much an advantage, but we should also consider the dangerous side, being the addictive part of gambling. Gambling addiction can be a very serious danger, both to the young, as well as the old and it can also have serious consequences too.

If you look very well in our environment today, teenagers and youths are more prone to getting addicted which can easily result to depression, unnecessary debt and other things.

If looking or judging by the addictive phases then we should be held responsible for not gambling responsibly, and I also understood that in all gambling site they always have this warning (+18) meaning anyone who is not up-to the age bracket shouldn't go gamble. The reason for this is, emotion can be controlled which including; Responsible gambling, limiting oneself and also being able to make personal decisions towards risk management. The amount to be used, when to gamble, where to gamble, and gambling limits any one who can't control all this shouldn't gamble or even go closed to the gambling site.

[Doan9269]

Sports betting is not illegal in my country. According to some key gambling and betting statistics^1,2:

• There are over 60 million active gamblers.
• $2 billion is spent on gambling everyday
• 53% of people in my country bet at least once per day. Our population is around 200 million people.
• There are 14 million bet stakes and payments that are made over the internet every day
• and others

We are actually a gambling nation and the market is highly profitable. I wonder why despite these statistics, yet some sport betting and casino sites haven't taken advantage of it. As I conducted my research, I noticed that some casinos don't offer or no longer offers their services to people in my country. There are other countries with similar situation too. And it begs the question: why the reluctance? Such hesitation seems out of place in a country where gambling is legal.

1 https://www.betensured.com/blog/top-10-nigeria-gambling-statistics/
2 https://www.noi-polls.com/post/gambling-and-betting-poll-2019

Maybe you should also consider the statistic of the numbers of the newly introduced gambling platforms on a daily basis, the numbers of active gamblers to that of the inactive each day if there is increase on both or decrease, we should henceforth know that we cannot continue to have the same kind of gambling experience over time with the same statistical data, things changes and varies over time, operating a casino demands money to fund the establishment for one, how many are experienced and willing to afford starting one.

[seoincorporation]

Well, is the casino who decides the rules, and they can block any country they want as part of their policy. Usually, this kind of limitation comes from the license provider, but the casino can decide if to block any other country that isn't on the license list.

If sports gambling is legit in your country then stop fighting with the casinos who don't allow it and just find the right providers, that should be the easy way to deal with this.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

If, unfortunately, they no longer offer such service to customers living in your country, that means they have been offering the service before they actually stopped, probably due to some circumstances that were not disclosed. Before a casino decides to stop their service in a country, it means something might have caused it, which is why they may not want to disclose the problem to their customers. @OP, I am not doubting that you are from a gambling nation like you said, but the fact that a casino was earlier offering a service in your country before they stopped means that they already knew the level of profit that they were getting from the country, but something must have caused them to stop at will or not. 

[Yogee]

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and:

The legal games are lottery, land-based casino, and sports betting. Roulette, dice games, and non-skilled card games are illegal.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Nigeria

Perhaps that is a reason why some of the casino providers dont want to apply/extend a license there, because live casino games, original games and maybe slots too are considered illegal there.

Yes this is likely the reason why. A lot of gambling platforms today offer both online sports betting and casino games so it makes little sense to even bother going all the trouble of registering in a country where their services is limited.

[Fortify]

Sports betting is not illegal in my country. According to some key gambling and betting statistics^1,2:

• There are over 60 million active gamblers.
• $2 billion is spent on gambling everyday
• 53% of people in my country bet at least once per day. Our population is around 200 million people.
• There are 14 million bet stakes and payments that are made over the internet every day
• and others

We are actually a gambling nation and the market is highly profitable. I wonder why despite these statistics, yet some sport betting and casino sites haven't taken advantage of it. As I conducted my research, I noticed that some casinos don't offer or no longer offers their services to people in my country. There are other countries with similar situation too. And it begs the question: why the reluctance? Such hesitation seems out of place in a country where gambling is legal.

Unlike the people who place the bets on their sites, the owners of these massive gambling companies will know the limits of their competence and the risks involved. Take America for instance, they are starting to open up the sports betting market more and more, however in the past many European based operators would avoid American players like the plague because it was illegal. American enforcement agencies have taken, often overzealous, actions against overseas companies who gave the slightest hint they were targeting US players in the past. Not only that, it is a very litigious market and as sports betting is still relatively new, who knows it it might be repealed and the huge promotional money would end up wasted. Some markets are simply not worth the hassle, at least not at first - let other people make the mistakes or set the ground work so you can learn from them.

[Wexnident]

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Can probably be due to regional laws or religion itself, who knows? Idk how much influence religion has in Nigeria but if that was the major factor, then I reckon there's only a specific number of casinos that they themselves specifically allowed to sell their services in the country. If it was regional, same thing maybe, they just allowed a specific number of casinos instead of allowing everything all at once. Might be because they want to better regulate it, or just that the casinos paid the country so as to prevent competition.

Can also include that some providers aren't allowed in the country. And with casinos sometimes having said providers as their key entertainment, they can't exactly compete with existing ones or fully be able to sell their services to the country with those kinds of limitations.

[Samlucky O]

Sports betting is not illegal in my country. According to some key gambling and betting statistics^1,2:

• There are over 60 million active gamblers.
• $2 billion is spent on gambling everyday
• 53% of people in my country bet at least once per day. Our population is around 200 million people.
• There are 14 million bet stakes and payments that are made over the internet every day
• and others

We are actually a gambling nation and the market is highly profitable. I wonder why despite these statistics, yet some sport betting and casino sites haven't taken advantage of it. As I conducted my research, I noticed that some casinos don't offer or no longer offers their services to people in my country. There are other countries with similar situation too. And it begs the question: why the reluctance? Such hesitation seems out of place in a country where gambling is legal.

There are many factors that can cause reluctance. Most at times the reason behind reluctancy is bankruptcy. When a gambling site has proposed a budget of certain amount for the gambling business and some folks swift all the money in just twinkle of an eye, then they see no need to continue. Sometimes the cause of reluctancy is poor management. Just like any other business which people may tend to manage and succeed or lose, whenever there  is more progress there is a tendency of proceeding but when there is no progress, there comes unseriousness and the spirit of reluctancy.

[Nwada001]

Some of the outside-based gambling platforms are not finding the amended Nigerian gambling policies friendly, which I believe is a good enough reason for most of them to stay out of the Nigerian market in order to be on the safer side rather than operating illegally or having licences for one particular thing and offering service for another. 
 
As a gambling platform owner, if you want to register in the country, you need to be on what service you want to be providing,  and each of the services has different licences that you need to acquire separately, which I also assumed they had to pay separately for with other terms to meet.

[ralle14]

I've always seen those restrictions appear from sites based in the US. Those gambling sites probably don't want to get involved in something that could cause unnecessary problems for them in the future, and they might need to go through other procedures before they accept users from a specific country. It's probably why we sometimes see sportsbooks and casinos try to create another copy of their site, but it's only made for those restricted countries.