Now my question is if the Bookies have the legal rights to feature matches from these countries where gambling is forbidden? Is there any legal reason the bookies will feature such matches and can those countries take legal actions against the bookies? Let me know what you think.
Casinos and betting sites still operate in a gray area of law, so it's tricky to say something is prohibited or permitted when it's something that operates outside a country's legal territory or reach.
However, I go a little in the opposite direction to what most people have commented here....
Even if gambling is carried out in a country where betting is allowed, it should not be done.
Because there are certainly legal prohibitions on using the image or name of a national team, football team or individual athlete.
If someone is making money by using someone's image and name, wouldn't that be illegal and immoral? I think so.