If there's any government officials reading this
You said religious reasons is the reason such countries banned gambling. You should know that your post does not count at all to them. They will prefer to just ban gambling unless they see the world more modern and think in another direction. And a lot of things may be considered and gambling may be restricted everywhere than maybe in tourist centres which is common in own or two Muslim countries now.
There are countries who have multiple religions being practiced at their area. If gambling was prohibited because of one (1) religion among all the religions being practiced, then they are violating the common rule of separation against the Church and the State since they ruled in favor of such.
Similarly to what I mentioned before, the government must balance the interest of the State in generating revenue and the moral consideration of addiction brought by gambling. If the government absolutely prohibits gambling, then they are bound to find alternative means of generating revenue equal to how much gambling brings to a certain country.
Most popular services. You can use some unknown VPN or deploy your own VPN as i did. If someone need - he can find a way to break restrictions, but common gambler would prefer to stop the game. If restrictions would be not enough to decrease gamblers quantity - government can improve fines for example.
Can we really call those who constantly pass restrictive and prohibitive laws smart and wise rulers? This is simply absurd. They shoot themselves in the foot, and then complain that the budget lacks money due to a poorly organized tax collection process. After all, the legal gambling business brings in a lot of money for the country's income. So why should it be banned? This is some kind of nonsense and short-sightedness of those in power.
I definitely agree with you.
If you use VPN services to circumvent the law, then you are exposing yourself to future litigation given that you are doing something which is prohibited by law. There is this
hanging sword of Damocles looming around which can put you both criminally and civilly liable in the future.