The country’s casino sector justifies its existence via its contributions to the Costa Rican economy. What is also interesting about Costa Rica is that, while residents cannot bet on games that produce unexpected results legally, the Ministry of Public Security provides licenses to operators to offer table games and electronic machines to everyone. That has led it to become an internet gambling haven, similar to its neighbor to the south, Panama. The country is a unique territory because it lacks online gambling legislation, and its laws do not consider servers as locations where gambling takes place. In Costa Rica, private gambling is officially illegal, but it has been permitted de facto since 1886. Only a select few countries regulate various forms of betting, and even fewer allow their residents to wager over the internet. When it comes to gambling in the Americas, things are not as progressive as most people think.
