Gambling regulation
Gambling in the country:
Forbidden
Local License:
-
Top brands in the country
Top 10 popular iGaming brands (November 2024):
Top payment systems
Bangladeshi localized payment methods:
iGaming news in the country
Nothing found
Affiliates receiving traffic
CPA rate of different affiliate programmes
20 - 35 $/€
More about gambling regulation
Any type of gambling is prohibited in the country, except betting on horse racing.
The main piece of legislation in the sector is the Gambling Act 1867, as amended. In fact, there are no rules for online gambling in this and other related laws.
Despite this, citizens of the country, driven by the desire to win, hit the jackpot and improve their financial situation, are increasingly playing on offshore platforms and using VPN services.
About blocking and liability
Medium
Legislation:
Ambiguous / local regulation
The activity of the authorities:
Medium
Risk of harassment of non-residents:
Low
The risk in entering the country:
Low
Risk of extradition to the country:
Low
Precedents (against non-residents):
No data
Comment on the level of risk:
Bangladesh: Can be operated with caution; local due diligence is recommended before large-scale campaigns. Risk of extradition to the country is low, requests are rare.
Blask.com data - index and top brands
Indicates the aggregate level of engagement and interest in all brands in a country. This indicator serves as a barometer for the iGaming industry and combines various indicators to give an overview of trends and changes in the market.
*BAP (Brand's Accumulated Power) - accumulated brand power, reflects the brand's share of consumer interest in the online gambling market. The relative presence of a brand in a country. The BAP graph is presented below:
Data for the section is provided by the analytical service Blask.com.. At the moment, the service's database contains information on more than 80+ countries and more than 2500 brands.
Gambling in the country
In recent years, Bangladeshi authorities have significantly stepped up the fight against iGaming by blocking illegal websites and online gambling advertisements. However, the effectiveness of these measures remains limited due to the active use of VPNs by the population, the weakness of the country's network technology and outdated laws that do not cover iGaming.
Consequently, the online gambling market here can be seen as a gray area where there are quite free conditions for offshore products to operate.
It is quite obvious that Bangladeshis will continue to gamble as a large portion of the population lives in poverty, which increases their desire and belief in making quick and easy money through online gambling.
In addition, the increased availability of the internet has contributed to the proliferation and popularization of e-wallets and online payments in the country, which is also one of the factors contributing to the active involvement of Bangladeshis in iGaming and creating a more sustainable environment for the gambling industry.
The population is over 174 million (65% live in rural areas). The average age is 25 years. The total adult literacy rate is 61%. The total literacy rate among youth (15-24 years old) is 83,18%.
In 2024, the population of Bangladesh is increasing by 3,370 people per day.
Language: The official language is Bengali (Bengali, Bangla), which differs from the languages of eastern India by some dialectal forms, but has a distinct Thai, Arabic and Persian influence.
This ancient language is an important element of Bangladeshi national identity. When the country was part of Pakistan, the attempt to introduce Urdu instead of Bangla was one of the reasons for the national uprising and subsequent independence of the Bangladeshis. Thus, the people of the country consider themselves to be the only people on Earth who went to war only to preserve their language.
The second language is English. Currently it is a language of interethnic communication and is widely used in the service sector, in state institutions and mass media.
Religion: Islam (89.8%), Hinduism (9.1%), as well as Buddhism, folk beliefs, and Christianity.
Major cities: Dhaka (capital), Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi.
Currency: Bangladeshi taka (BDT). 100 BDT = $0.84.
Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. The extreme poverty rate (citizens receive less than $1.9 per day) in the country is projected to rise to 5.2% in 2024 from 4.9% in the previous year. The moderate poverty rate (citizens receive just over $3.6 per day) is 40%.
To earn livelihood, Bangladeshis, including children, work in textile and brick factories. More than 40% working children in Bangladesh live below the poverty line, 25% children live in extreme poverty (deprived of basic facilities - food, shelter, health care, sanitation and drinking water).
The minimum wage is $110 per month and the average wage is just over $250 per month. The unemployment rate is 6.5%.
Until 1947, the territory of Bangladesh was part of British India and was under British colonial rule, which left a distinct mark on the country's culture.
The population has not lost faith in pagan rituals and traditions. This is especially pronounced in the villages. An empty jug or an odd number is considered an unfavorable sign for starting a journey or a new business.
Every local is proud of their family tree and can tell you about their ancestors 5-7 generations back.
Respect for elders is widespread. They are privileged to be the first to initiate and lead any action. They often act as advisors in various situations and as clan leaders, regardless of the religious preferences of a community.
Most of all, the local population loves music and dancing. Almost all year round there are holidays and festivals in the country. Most of them have a religious meaning.
The level of education is one of the most important elements of social status, and for many young people serves as a real idea-fix. Therefore, the overall level of education in the country, despite the poverty of the majority of the population, is quite high.
ARPU (average product revenue per player): $120 per year.
As of 2023, there are more than 70 million internet users in Bangladesh.
The average speed of a fixed Internet connection is 34.85 Mbps.
The average speed of the mobile Internet connection was 13.95 Mbps.
Degree of device utilization:
Popular Web Applications: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn.
In 2023, Facebook had 43.25 million users, YouTube had 34.4 million users, and Instagram had 4.45 million users.
Cricket is the most popular sport in Bangladesh. Betting on IPL, PSL, BPL and Big Bash are the most popular among the fans of the country.
Traditional sports such as swimming, boli khela (martial arts), lathi khela (a form of stick fighting), kabaddi (a team sport combining wrestling and rugby) are common in rural areas. Volleyball, hockey, handball, golf and badminton are common among urban residents.
The most popular casino games are roulette, blackjack and poker.
| Lic | AVG | Rank | MS | Brand | Rank/MS | iGaming | Rank/MS | Sportsbook | Brand | iGaming / Sportsbook |
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What information is provided in the table?
Here are the statistics on search queries of the Bangladesh brand separately by different countries and separately by iGaming and Sportsbook clusters (for convenience the columns are visually highlighted: red - for iGaming information, blue - for Sportsbook information). In case a brand consists of a word or phrase in widespread use - Brand frequency is calculated summarily from the frequencies of queries from iGaming + Sportsbook clusters.
Lic - this column indicates the icon of local licence of the brand in the country. Licence data is updated manually, without automatic aggregation, so there may be discrepancies with reality.
AVG (Average Frequency) - in this table, this is the average frequency of a branded query over the year (yellow graph).
Rank - shows the brand's place (by frequency of brand query or query cluster) in the country compared to other brands found in the country.
MS (Market Share) - market share calculated by brand frequency (or query cluster frequency) compared to other brands across the country.
If a brand frequency is found in a country that was not previously found in that country, this country is marked as "NEW..." (i.e. it is labelled as a recommendation to study the brand+country bundle as a possible new promotion market). (i.e. it is labelled as a recommendation to study the brand+country combination as a possible new promotion market).
Data is updated at least once a month. Collected from Google search engine.
Can this data be trusted?
All frequency data for analysis is collected automatically via API directly from the Google search engine. To form queries, combinations of queries like (brand + word/phrase) are used. It should be taken into account that although the data is taken from the Google search engine, but in some places it may contain contradictory information, both due to anomalies in the analytics on the Google side and human errors in the formation of brand queries. We review the received and generated data on the site and, if anomalies are detected, we make adjustments, which in the subsequent update collects data more accurately.
The data from the website should not be relied upon as an accurate measurement. This data is collected and generated on the platform in order to understand the possible demand for brands in different countries, as well as to understand the gambling market and the distribution of "forces" in it.
How does the data collection process take place?
There are several stages of data collection:
1. brand query. The system takes the name of the brand and collects the frequency of the brand query across the countries of the world available on Google. It is not uncommon for a branded query to be a commonly used word or phrase (e.g. "Raspberry" or "Alpha" or "Las Vegas"), then the frequency of the query will have completely inaccurate data that is not relevant to the company in question. In this case, "brand + casino" or "brand + bet" is added to the branded query, or the sum of frequencies from iGaming + Sportsbook clusters is taken into account instead of the branded frequency. This is done in order to exclude complete zeroing of brand frequency, and to collect instead narrower queries, but allowing to keep the brand statistics in the general picture of brands in the world and in each country separately.
2. iGaming and Sportsbook clusters - are collected from combinations of queries like "brand + casino" (+casino, +cassino, etc.) and "brand + bet" (+betting, +paris sportifs, +apuestas, etc.). That is, for each country the phrase "brand + casino" is formed, as well as phrases with the local use of the word "casino" in the native language. The same for the Sportsbook cluster, queries with "sports betting" are used, both widely used and localised in each country. The overall graph (red and blue) shows the sum of frequencies from all countries for each cluster, as well as their dynamics. The table by country shows local data formed from the sum of frequencies of cluster queries just for the country in question. If a brand already has the words "casino" or "bet" in its name, for example, "Coral casino", "Premier bet" - then when forming phrases for iGaming and Sportsbook clusters the words "casino" and "bet" added through a space are automatically removed and are not used in the formed phrases. This allows to more accurately form the key queries of users used in the search.
3. Clusters Registration, Promocode, Bonus, App - are formed similarly to the previous clusters, from combinations of commonly used queries in each country separately.
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Gambling regulation
Gambling in the country:
Forbidden
Local License:
-
About the population of the country
Official Language:
English, Bengali
Believers:
93 %
Second Religion:
About the internet in the country
Mobile Internet:
74.1 %
Landline Internet:
25.1 %
Cf. internet speed:
10.4 Mbps
The country's domain zone:
.BD
Population growth:
Internet users:
Urbanization:
Urbanization - 40.5%
Languages in the country:
Bangla (official) - 98.8%.
Other - 1.2%
Age structure:
0-14 - 25.1%.
15-64 years old - 67.1%
65+ - 7.8%
Middle age:
Total - 29.6
Men - 28.7
Women - 30.4
Literacy:
Total - 74.9%
Men - 77.8%
Women - 72%
Real GDP:
2021 - $1.248 trillion.
2022 - $1.336 trillion.
2023 - $1.413 trillion.
Real GDP growth:
2021 - 6.94%.
2022 - 7.1%.
2023 - 5.78%.
GDP per capita:
2021 - $7,400
2022 - $7,800
2023 - $8,200
Basic information about the country
Name of country:
Bangladesh
Code (2-digit):
BD
Continent:
Asia
Capital:
Dhaka
Area of the country:
144,000 square kilometers.
Phone Code:
880
Currency (currency code):
Bangladeshi taka (BDT)
Geographical features of the country
Area (7): Barisal, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Chittagong.
The modern territory of the country was partially or fully occupied by the following states: Magadha, Nanda Empire, Maurya Empire, Shunga (Sunga), Gupta State, Kamarupa, British Empire (now Great Britain).
Bangladesh is washed by seas: Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh has access to lakes: Kaptai.
There are rivers running through the area: Brahmaputra, Ganges, Wang Chu.
Bangladesh owns the islands: Bhola, Sandweep, Hatia, Kutubdia, Nijhum, Manpura.
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