To some points, maybe the country's leaders are trying to protect its citizens from gambling addiction or something related, and that could be the reasons behind the restrictions and ban. Online gambling has made gamblers bye pass some country's rules and restrictions placed on gambling. In my country, it is not restricted by anyone, and for the online gambling, it is free as bird. If not for the recent ban uplift from Bitcoin/Crypto currencies, gambling sites has never faced any form of ban, restriction or regulations before to the little best of my knowledge, related to gambling.