Online sports betting has been around since the mid-1990s and has grown significantly since then. In 2023, several important rules, laws, and regulations are in place to ensure safe and legal online betting.

How legal is online sports betting
Every online sportsbook operator knows that the international legal landscape is very complex and prone to changes. One always has to be on the lookout for news and developments in the industry. However, there are few havens of stability across the globe.
Online sportsbooks are legal and regulated in many countries, like the UK, Australia, Denmark, France, the Philippines, Nigeria, Ghana, and Colombia. The nature and extent of allowed activities vary, with some countries permitting only specific types of bets to be made or only allowing betting on particular sports or events. In some countries, online offerings are tied to a land-based license, and in others, they are regulated separately or not at all.

Africa, home to 1.3 billion people, is a region of enormous interest for sportsbook operators.
Of the continent’s 54 countries, only seven completely forbid all gambling activities (Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Burundi, and Eritrea). Some countries, like Tunisia and Egypt, prohibit gambling but make exceptions for tourists and foreigners. Others make an exception specifically for sports betting — for example, in Nigeria, sports betting is considered a game of skill, not chance, making it legal.
South Africa is the biggest market on the continent, despite numerous legal restrictions. Online gambling, in general, is prohibited, but bookmakers licensed at a provincial level can accept bets online. Numerous provinces have their own rules and regulations, so it is not an easy market to enter.

Nigeria, Africa’s second-biggest market, faces similar issues. Regulations at both the federal and provincial levels often clash and overlap, creating a regulatory landscape that’s difficult to navigate and introducing a risk of being exposed to double taxation. In both countries, there are talks of introducing a unified gambling law, which would finally eliminate all of these complications.

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