Legal Hosting for Gambling Site?

[advantages]

Where do you host your sites advertising gambling? Are you doing it legally?
I am looking for a country, where I can legally host a site advertising internet casinos and poker rooms. I would like to advertise worldwide gambling operators, but usually it is allowed to advertise only these gambling operators that are located in (or licensed by) particular country.
Is there any country, that dose not use such restrictions and allow to advertise gambling even, if the company is not located in or licensed by this country?
How to choose the best country for hosting site advertising gambling?

[Webzcas]

If you are running just portals and providing information to your visitors then the UK is perfect. No licence is required.

[aksana]

I host my site in Canada, have no any problems

[SportsBookie]

I've been looking for a hosting as well since my current server is hosted in US. I found a host in the UK called UKfast.net, tested the speed from Asia (where I'm from) and it seems good. Price is a little steep though but that's to be expected from an europe hosting company, you can check out their web hosting packages. Good luck!

[Doolally]

From what I understand, sites hosted in the UK will fall under the new Gambling Commission rules, set to come out in September. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can confirm?

[advantages]

Thanks for help!

Please look at:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do...dvertising.htm

I think it is (or will be in few months) prohibited to advertise gambling sites outside the European Union – look at Advertising of Foreign Gambling in section The future position.
What do you think about it?

[MichaelBluejay]

I don't think it's necessarily illegal for a U.S.-based site to advertise online gambling, as per my analysis. So far as I know, no U.S. website owner has ever been convicted of carrying online gambling ads. And in the Casino City case, the court said specifically that advertising did not constitute aiding & abetting.

Then again, the current U.S. administration has a frightening disregard for the rule of law....

[Webzcas]

I don't think it's necessarily illegal for a U.S.-based site to advertise online gambling, as per my analysis. So far as I know, no U.S. website owner has ever been convicted of carrying online gambling ads. And in the Casino City case, the court said specifically that advertising did not constitute aiding & abetting.

Then again, the current U.S. administration has a frightening disregard for the rule of law....

The aiding and abetting angle depends on whether you affiliate with a casino and accrue revenue off a referred players losses. Or whether you just accept paid advertising.

I have been told that affiliation and the linking to those casinos which still accept US Players, could be seen as aiding and abetting as a result of the UIGEA.

As such I have no plans at all to fly west of Ireland until such time online gambling regulation and not prohibition is in place in the United States.

Michael in his speech on the opening morning of Cap Euro, also stated he believes it will get much worse. I am inclined to agree with him. I am not scaremongering, I am just unfortunately appraising the entire situation, from the information I have read and obtained from talking to people including those in the legal profession.

[helpyou]

You try www.vidahost.com : it is good to start......

they have server in U.K. and in U.S.A.

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[Webzcas]

Thanks for help!

Please look at:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do...dvertising.htm

I think it is (or will be in few months) prohibited to advertise gambling sites outside the European Union – look at Advertising of Foreign Gambling in section The future position.
What do you think about it?

This I believe does not cover the Internet.

[anyone926]

which host do you all use?

[Webzcas]

I have my dedicated server with UK Based Coreix.net - They are superb. Offering very fast tech support service if and when required. Pricey but well worth every penny.

[advantages]

OK, now you have server in UK. But if you advertise non-EU gambling operators, it will be illegal in few months. What then?
Are you going to move your hosting outside UK or you think it will not be observed?

[merijn_pu]

As we ourselves are orienting on migrating from the netherlands (terrible jurisdiction) this topic is of particular interest to me. Where to migrate?

Of course (1) (future) legality is the most important consideration, closely followed by (2) ease and accessibilty of support sysadmin contacts and (3) speed of connection relative to our location (which is Western Europe).

As I understand things, but please correct me if my assumptions are wrong, the legality of our enterprises is defined solely by the location of the servers. And thus not by location of the persons actually running the website nor by the residence of the domain name registrars.

If this is so, it would be tremendously helpful to set up a database of jurisdictions where (online) gambling is more or less legal, and, more to the point, of hosting companies with decent english-speaking support.

[Webzcas]

OK, now you have server in UK. But if you advertise non-EU gambling operators, it will be illegal in few months. What then?
Are you going to move your hosting outside UK or you think it will not be observed?

This is an area I am currently monitoring. There are viable workarounds which will enable me to keep a server in the UK.

[WinYourWayKyle]

I run my sites out of Canada, and I have had no problem with it....The Kanawake Gaming Commission (or whatever it is called) is run out of Canada as welll, which provides licenses for many online gaming sites, so I think Canada would be a safe bet for you.

[CityGuard]

I run my sites out of Canada, and I have had no problem with it....The Kanawake Gaming Commission (or whatever it is called) is run out of Canada as welll, which provides licenses for many online gaming sites, so I think Canada would be a safe bet for you.

One slight distinction here -- the Kahnawake Gaming Commission is based in Kahnawake, a sovereign native tribal territory, so I wouldn't use it as an indicator about Canadian law.

[WinYourWayKyle]

Very true! Native land may not be regulated under Canadian Law. But to further my point, I use a Canadian hosting company for my sites, and online gaming (playing) is legal in Canada, so I dont think you would have a problem hosting a portal... and there has been no talk or rumors about any laws going through congress about banning online gaming here in Canada anytime soon.

[JohnR2B]

Drop me a PM and I will refer you to an affordable offshore host

[Gamblingdungeon]

Hi All,

My sites are currently hosted at Hostica.com, they are in the US, will they have to stop my site being hosted there? If they do, would hosting in South Africa do? (my home country)

Glenn