What's Your Favourite Gambling Jurisdicion?

[Cassaon-casino]

Before I sign up with an operator I normally do a quick due diligence on it to see if it's been blacklisted, quality of its promotional offers, software, amount of games and in which jurisdiction it's licensed. I consider the latter a very important metric.

 

In my opinion the following jurisdictions are reputable: Alderney, Gibraltar, Isle of Man and Malta. Obviously there are other jurisdictions that are also reputable but I consider these the industry yardstick. Why? The operators licensed here are held to the highest of standards. In other words they must offer responsible gambling policies, quality software providers, well-trained staff, offer a payment dispute resolution and so forth. However, the latter is often debatable since I've read about sites complaining about Malta's inability to successfully resolve player complaints.

 

Thanks.

[Luciana]

Great question

 

My favourite one is Gibraltar, since I noticed that the best casinos I've played in, had it, Bet365 for example. I also trust casinos under MGA, but I'm also familiar with a lot of unresolved cases on their side.

 

What do you think about joined UKGC?

[cocopop3011]

Well, what a great question..however, and Valdes is really going to shoot me for this - I hardly ever check the gambling jurisdiction!

 

Aaaand Luciana I'm so surprised you check ? Lol

[ValDes]

My favorite gambling jurisdiction is definitely...the one, which I was never forced by circumstances to ask for an assistance.  

 

In other words, if you did your homework while searching for a new online casino to play at, the chance to familiarize closely with the relevant licensing authority is almost zero.  You will simply not need to...

[Luciana]

Well, what a great question..however, and Valdes is really going to shoot me for this - I hardly ever check the gambling jurisdiction!

 

Aaaand Luciana I'm so surprised you check ? Lol

 

I am curious sometimes, but I check it from our review, not while I'm registering or playing in casino.

I was probably looking for some things in common and trying to figure out the rankings, for the best ranked casinos and I paid my attention to the licences too

[Cassaon-casino]

Luciana: Thank you! Yes of course I clean forgot about the UKGC a very reputable jurisdiction indeed.

 

As a side note, I'd like to mention Costa Rica while we're on the topic of jurisdictions. I'm surprised that you still get players that sign up with online casinos licensed here. In my opinion the worst jurisdiction since it has become a breeding ground for rogue operators. Also, the Costa Rican's government's ineptitude to properly police and enforce its gaming laws. Operators licensed here predominantly target U.S based players.

 

So why do I consider it a rogue jurisdiction?

1. Some operators have ludicrous terms and conditions: excessive playthrough attached to their bonuses, progressive games included in withdrawal limit, at times dodgy software.

2. Ridicilous withdrawal time frame, can take up to 90 days plus before a withdrawal is processed. Obviously this depends on the deposit method used.

3. Shoddy customer service further exacerbated by poorly trained staff.

 

Which other jurisdictions do you regard as rogue?

 

 

[Luciana]

I wouldn't say these are rogue, but not the happiest ones - Curacao and Cyprus. That's just my opinion or more like impression.

I also feel that software provider has bigger "power" over casino than it's licence. Some casinos have a decent licence, but they remain rogue, because of being provided by not so reputable software.

 

And I'm curious - What is happening if one casino has more than one licence and their rules are not completely harmonised? Just wondering how it works then. For example, Redbet has 3 of it. 

[cocopop3011]

I wonder how many of our players here actually do do their homework on jurisdictions before they play?

[Cassaon-casino]

I wouldn't say these are rogue, but not the happiest ones - Curacao and Cyprus. That's just my opinion or more like impression.

I also feel that software provider has bigger "power" over casino than it's licence. Some casinos have a decent licence, but they remain rogue, because of being provided by not so reputable software.

 

And I'm curious - What is happening if one casino has more than one licence and their rules are not completely harmonised? Just wondering how it works then. For example, Redbet has 3 of it.

You're on to something here since a couple of operators licensed in these jurisdictions have been blacklisted. Cyprus's economy is dodgy at best I won't trust an online casino licensed in this jurisdiction.

 

I noted that many operators carry a dual license but never heard of one that carries three-good catch! This is somewhat confusing to me too. The way I see it, please correct me if I'm wrong, is from an affiliate perspective as well. For instance if the casino carries a Maltes or UK license its affiliate program is not necessarily based in the same jurisdiction.

 

I've seen operators that carry a Maltese license but their affiliate programs are based in Israel where online gambling is not regulated. I suppose this also explains why so many affiliate programs' casinos based in this country have been rogued over the years.