Culture and history

Historically, table entertainment without cash bets was common in Persia - backgammon, chess, card games in friends' circles and in coffee shops.

In the middle of the 20th century, in the wake of modernization, clubs and casinos appeared in large cities aimed at tourists and the secular elite, but the Islamic Revolution of 1979 led to their closure and a criminal ban on gambling practices.

In the modern cultural norm, excitement is seen as contrary to religious principles: the emphasis is on family leisure, traditions of art and sports without betting. "Gaming" curiosity partially goes into desktop and video games without money, while the memory of pre-revolutionary casinos is preserved only as a historical episode, incompatible with the current legal and cultural structure.