Online Casinos are quite popular in Iran despite laws there that forbid online gambling. This is similar to the situation in the United States where the laws are hazy and online gamblers are still going online to their favorite casino, bingo hall or poker room.

Rummy Royal is a online gambling operator that has determined that by the percentage of the population, the number of online gamblers in Iran is the highest in Asia. The amount that is wagered by Iranians with a population of 66 million people is more then that is bet by the China with 1.3 billion people.

There are some that have demanded that personal freedoms are being subjugated to the their particular perception of how individuals should live thier lives and that the existence of such laws that appt empt to block and forbid online gambling is wrong.

Gambling is forbidden by Islam as well as by Iranian state laws but players are still making their way online in large numbers. A Spokesmen from Rummy Royal pointed out that the Western strategy on bringing the religious totalitarianism in Iran to an end is well-served by online gambling. "Through the exchange of messages and money, [Iranians] are breaking out of their isolation imposed by the State."





- 2008-08-03