Economics and statistics

Bangladesh does not extract fiscal revenues from gambling: there are no licenses, therefore there is no gross revenue (GGR), taxes and specialized employment.

Official figures relate mainly to law enforcement - the number of raids, seized terminals/devices, blocked sites and suppressed payment transactions.

The tourism model does not provide for casino clusters, so the sector's contribution to GDP and export of services is zero.

At the same time, demand partially goes to offshore online services, which creates a leak of payments abroad and social costs (debts, fraud, lack of mechanisms for responsible play).

Domestic fintech operators and banks are strengthening KYC/AML filters, but the gray market is maintained by cryptocurrencies and VPNs.

The basic conclusion: there is no legal gambling economy, and the main "statistics" are control and prevention measures.