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Ceding to Religious Online Casino Demands

The Malaysian government has just announced that it will not be legalizing sports betting in the country although there were initial talks about this for the past few months. The Asian governments are very tough when it comes to the online casino gambling industry and have strict policies in place intended to keep gambling sites out of the market and to harshly penalizing those companies and operators who break the laws and bring internet gambling into the market. Although the online casinos have long been highly blocked the Malaysian government there has been a huge push lately to have the sports betting sites legally licensed and allowed into the market by the end of the year.

The religious groups in Malaysia though are not too keen on having any forms of legalized online casino gambling in the country, even if it is betting. Malaysia has a high concentration of Muslims in the country who for religious reasons feel that gambling and betting should remain illegal. In addition to the Muslim groups there are a handful of anti-online casino gambling groups who are also protesting the legalization and licensing talks. Gambling opponents claim that newly legalized internet gambling will foster societal ills and other issues.

The online casino betting issue really came to a head this summer because Ascot Sports was specifically seeking a Malaysian license to operate in the country and though there was some support there was a far larger outcry against the legalization that the support for licensing and legalization. It seems that although Malaysia was on the cusp of some changes the government is going to take a step back and continue thinking about the potential changes.