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Online casino games are famous all around the world and the craze for most famous games like online poker, slots, and rummy will never end. But over the years many countries have made strict rules for the operators and fair rules for the players who are into social casino games. Let’s take a look at some of these countries and their stand on gambling:-
Australia is one of the best countries where one can gamble legally. The Australian legal system has offered people a safe haven for gambling. Australia has favourable laws for online card game players, as well as for the online casino game websites running in Australia. The only problem in Australia was that dozens of sites were there but only a few of them offered the safe haven for players to play online casino games. However Aus based and non Non-Aus based casino websites were ordered under the Interactive Gambling Act (2001) to have customer care support and complaints based system. So if you have a social casino game website in Australia, you better have a good customer support or it's hell down under.
The U.S. has a very flexible law for online casino games. The concept of gambling and online casino is not a new thing for USA. The law only differs from state to state, and is governed by the respective State Legal Bodies. Nevada where Las Vegas is situated, is the well known casino playing destination of the world. The State of Nevada runs only two major online poker sites (WSOP and Ultimate Poker). New Jersey on the other hand gives license to those poker sites which are originated from the State of New Jersey and only playable by the players residing in New Jersey. The online poker scene in Delaware is scarce due to the high taxes, people over there are losing interest in online casino games. Eventually Delaware will join the likes of Washington and Utah which are considered too strict about their non-gambling policies. It is said that if a person is caught running an illegal casino or playing casino games, they can land up being thrown in prison for 5 years along with $10,000/violation. Utah is just the opposite of Nevada, here there is a prohibition for both online casino and physical casino.
In U.K. The Gambling Act (2005), forbids all foreigners to play and cash-out their winnings. Casinos without a Gambling Commission license are not allowed to advertise their social casino game services to customers in the UK. The whitelist makes exceptions to the advertising ban for certain jurisdictions that prove they meet the standards set forth by the Gambling Act 2005. This act also ensures that online casino does not become a source of crime or a funding for terror. It ensures to conduct online casino in a fair fashion. It also ensures that no children or vulnerable person or a gambling addict can play in online casino games.
In France, the laws are more flexible to get a license for running an online casino game website.The legal system has made a very polished law about the gambling scene in the country. But an operator has to go through rigorous authorization process to start a online casino website. As Wine bottles go through tasting contest in Paris, the same happens with Online casino games here. But, on the other hand Germany has very messy online casino game regulations. The country bans most forms of online casino gameplay, although one state within Germany started issuing licenses but they were also revoked a year later.
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China had a rich culture of playing card games and used to be one of the most popular gambling places of the world. Most of the card games in modern times are derived from the Ancient Chinese Card games. But being a communist country China is now strictly anti-gambling nation. Both online and offline wagering are illegal with both punishable by fines and imprisonment. This goes for both operators and users. The country even attempts to block citizens' access to online casino games. Despite so many laws passed the people of China, which is a huge population, still indulge in card games from time to time. The Chinese government has tried multiple times to enforce the law but couldn’t achieve the desired result of stopping the gambling scene running in the country. However, Macau and Hong Kong which are special region zone of China practice every form of casino games except the online casino games. The laws are more strict than the rest of the China.
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Sri Lanka have favourable gambling laws and supports both, physical and online casino. But the only issue is that the Sri Lankan Government has authorised only 4 online gambling and betting sites.Those sites don’t support Sri Lankan Currency and players have to use third party portals for cashing in and out.
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Singapore has a very weird online gambling policy but a noble one. Singapore government has no such law against the physical casinos but the Singapore parliament passed the Remote Gambling Act two years ago, banning online and phone gambling. Companies that organise, manage or supervise remote gambling services and make them available to Singapore consumers face fines of up to $500,000 (£281,000). However, the Act allows operators to be exempt if they are not-for-profit and contribute to public, social and charitable causes in Singapore.
Now Last but not the least, India has a very restrictive law for online casino games and does not have one central law that is applicable to the whole country. There is a growing trend in India for online casino games. People from southern region of India are quite fond of Rummy whereas, people from Northern region of India are quite fond of Poker and Blackjack. According to Supreme Court of India under the Public Gaming Act of 1867 and IT Act of 2000, any online casino games which are based on luck and involves money are illegal. However High Courts of West Bengal, Sikkim, Goa, Karnataka classified Poker and Rummy as game of skill. So any game that has skill can be played legally. It is felt that it is legal for players to play on legal poker sites in India, but the rub here is that it isn’t all that clear what would constitute a legal online poker site in India, and this remains in shadow as far as the law is concerned.