Islamic State (IS) is running online casinos to compensate for financial setbacks driven by battlefield losses, Russia’s top diplomat at the United Nations has said.
Illicit oil trafficking and extortion have until recently been Islamic State’s main sources of revenue. IS "has been forced to adapt" to military defeats and continues to pose an evolving threat, the UN’s counterterrorism office reported at the Security Council.
‘They are honing their skills with modern technology,‘ Vasily Nebenzya, the head of Russia’s UN mission, said at the Security Council meeting on Thursday.
’Caliphate fighters are not shying away from seeking revenue from online casinos,‘ Nebenzya said, citing a UN counterterrorism office’s report.
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Update: ISIS Moves Into Online Casinos To Offset Dwindled Oil Revenue (OilPrice.com)
WNU Editor: I am skeptical that they are actually making money out of this. You need servers and a place to host your website. Then you will need your banking set-up. Bottom line .... if ISIS is now in the online casino business .... they will be quickly shut down.