In my country it is also ban, if someone try to do gambling in their places and if the government come to know about that then they immediately arrest them.
same is the case in our country, all version of gambling are banned and if some one caught by the police then the police really have a very worst attitude with them. but still here people are regularly playing gambling and do not take care of government.
it happens in my country. they catch people gambling, but if gambling was made payments of protection money to the police, the gambling is not banned by them. the gamblers in the country chose to compromise with elements of police who are not responsible for tasking.