Land-based casinos

In Israel, casinos are not licensed and prohibited: hotels and entertainment centers cannot install gaming tables and machines.

Law enforcement agencies periodically suppress underground clubs (poker, roulette, "halls of machine guns"), equipment is confiscated, organizers face heavy fines and criminal liability.

Additional tightening - closing VLT/keno and abandoning horse racing bets - cemented the conservative pattern.

From time to time, the idea of ​ ​ a casino in Eilat is discussed, but there are no solutions to implementation.

The result is "game tourism" to neighboring jurisdictions (Northern Cyprus, Batumi, Bulgaria/Romania), while only lottery and sports bets are legal within the country.