Online casino hosting

Terms and Conditions

The very first thing you should read when starting any type of an online business is this page. Every hosting company has it, and within it, and Acceptable Use Policy. Pay close attention to details and go over these two multiple times.

And, even if the policy doesn’t mention your content, double check with their support team. If you are not a % sure your casino will be safe there, keep searching. If you are not careful enough you could end up losing the casino, without even getting a backup of your data. You might think that this is impossible, but check forums and you’ll see a bunch of people who lost their websites and either had to transfer in a hurry, or lost a significant amount of their data due to sudden shutdowns.

Is it legal?

Online gambling is usually frowned upon, as is gambling in general, and online casinos are no exception. In fact, it tends to be straight up forbidden, especially in countries like Japan, Turkey, China, and a lot of countries that follow the Muslim faith. So, you will have to find a host that is from a country that allows online casinos. And you should be extra careful if you are from the United States. Out of all the countries in the world, only several have decided to legalize online gambling. You can safely choose a host that is based in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, certain provinces of Canada, Netherlands, and most of Europe in general. If you insist on US hosting, you should know that California, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Delaware, Washington, New Jersey, and Nevada allow online gambling.

So, if you want to be safe, make sure to consider the state laws of your host. The best bet would be to go for offshore hosting in a country where online casinos are completely legal.

Just one more warning – even though online casinos are legal in these countries we listed, you should check if the host allows them to be hosted on its servers, as sometimes they don’t.