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The swift progress in technology has resulted in hundreds of online casinos coming to prominence, welcoming customers from a staggering number of jurisdictions. However, since the World Wide Web reaches a global audience and cannot be effectively monitored, there is no unified piece of legislation to cover the legal status of online gambling around the world. There is a disparity in legal status, the forms of interactive gambling allowed, and the taxes imposed on turnover. Some of these discrepancies concern the legal status of making and accepting bets; others relate…