{"id":29340,"date":"2022-04-27T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29340"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:13:42","slug":"nepal-to-tighten-control-over-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nepal-to-tighten-control-over-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Nepal to tighten control over illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nepalese government has announced that it will tighten its measures against online gambling and the use of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal.-\u00a0The <strong>Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)<\/strong> has announced tighter measures to control illegal economic activity, has cracking down websites and applications that offer virtual currencies and online gambling. Such sites are prohibited in Nepal and have been blacklisted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator has urged people to email information about sites that violate the ban and warned of legal action if anyone involved with such sites. According to local media reports, the NTA found that many Nepalese living inside and outside the country were involved in illegal transactions, including using cryptocurrencies and via online gambling, and their use is rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nepal-authorities-close-three-casinos-for-failing-to-pay-royalty-fees\" target=\"_blank\">Nepal\u2019s Ministry of Tourism<\/a>\u00a0reportedly<strong>\u00a0cancelled three casinos\u2019 licences\u00a0<\/strong>after the operators allegedly failed to pay unpaid duties and renewal fees by deadlines set. The three casinos failed to pay outstanding fees totalling NPR905.5m (US$7.4m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nepalese government has collected<strong>\u00a0RS$810m in royalties from Nepal\u2019s casinos<\/strong>, but more than RS$1.1bn (US$9.2m) remains unpaid. Some 17 casinos have paid their licence fees, according to the tourism ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, authorities also revoked the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-in-nepal-closed-two-casinos-for-failing-to-pay-royalty-fees\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">licences of two hotels<\/a>&nbsp;for failing to pay royalties. Yak &amp; Yeti Hotel failed to pay Rs420m while Dreamland Hotel failed to pay Rs3.8m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nepalese government has announced that it will tighten its measures against online gambling and the use of cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Nepalese government, through the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), is intensifying its crackdown on illegal online gambling and cryptocurrency transactions, blacklisting sites and threatening legal action due to rising local involvement. Concurrently, the Ministry of Tourism has revoked licenses for three casinos and two hotels over significant unpaid duties and renewal fees, highlighting a broader issue of regulatory non-compliance and revenue collection challenges within Nepal's land-based gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), Ministry of Tourism, Yak & Yeti Hotel, Dreamland Hotel","focusai_location":"Nepal","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Nepal's Regulatory Impact","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms will the NTA deploy to effectively blacklist and block access to prohibited online gambling and cryptocurrency platforms, and what are the potential technical challenges?"},{"label":"Casino Revenue Collection","query":"How will the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism address the systemic issue of unpaid casino royalties, and what governance framework adjustments are planned to prevent future non-compliance and ensure sustainable revenue collection?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-29340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29344,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29340\/revisions\/29344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}