Sports and betting

In Bangladesh, sports are part of national identity: cricket (Tigers and BPL T20) dominates in audience, football is popular at the league and broadcast level, and kabaddi has the status of a national sport.

At the same time, there is no legal betting market: betting points are prohibited, online betting is not licensed, providers block access to offshore sites, payment services (bKash, Nagad, etc.) filter transactions related to excitement.

Despite this, some fans go gray online via VPNs and cryptocurrencies, which carries the risks of non-payment, fraud and lack of responsible gaming tools.

The state focus is prevention and law enforcement, not legalization: betting on mass sports, school programs and the honesty of competitions (the fight against match-fixing and illegal sweepstakes).