Google is changing its policy to allow gambling and betting apps utilizing real money to exist. The apps will be allowed in an additional 15 countries, and one of them is the US. Right now, gambling apps are available in just four different countries, but that will be changing soon. The new rules become active on March 1st and bring in all the additional countries.
The countries to be included are Belgium, Colombia, Japan, Australia, Canada, Norway, the United States, Sweden, Romania, Span, Mexico, Denmark, Germany, Finland, and New Zealand. Each country will have its limitations concerning what sort of real money apps are allowed. Still, each country will offer its own approved combination of daily fantasy sports, casinos, lotteries, sports betting, and more.
The country-specific restrictions can be challenging to understand because they are so different depending on the location where they're formed. For instance, in many countries, lotteries are only allowed if they're run by the government. This is not how the laws work in the UK, though, and lotteries are available to other entities as well. It's also important to remember that laws in places like the US vary for each state. So, while wagering apps will be allowed in some states, they won't be allowed everywhere, and there will be different restrictions depending on the location.
Anyone interested in taking advantage of these legal changes will have to spend time getting very familiar with the laws. However, the changes are still an excellent opportunity to bring gambling to more people.
It's an exciting time to be an app developer in the gambling industry, and it's also an excellent time to be a mobile gambler looking for more games to play.
These legal changes won't make it possible for just anyone to develop a gambling app, though. There's an application process that each developer must go through if they're interested in releasing apps. During the application process, developers must prove that they're legally licensed to run gambling operations from within the country where they're located. This new change will make gambling apps easier to get for more US residents and Android users around the world.
Before this policy change, Android users had to sideload gambling apps on their devices rather than downloading them through the Google Play Store. This was a major inconvenience compared to the simple process that Apple users get to go through for wagering apps. This exciting new change will allow gambling apps to start showing in the Google Play Store and give interested players a way to start wagering conveniently.
