Is online gambling legal in Israel?
Illegal
Online gambling is illegal in Israel, with some exceptions for specific games like backgammon.
Israel is one of 8 countries classified “Illegal” for online gambling — 36% of the 22 with data. (Also searched as online betting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Online gambling
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Serbia
- Partially legal Serbia requires online casinos to comply with new certification games.
- Ukraine
- Legal & regulated Ukraine legalized online gambling, bookmaking, and casinos in August 2020 through bill 2285-D.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Varies by region Online gambling is legal but regulated differently by each entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- United Arab Emirates
- Legal & regulated The UAE legalized online gambling in 2023 through the GCGRA, granting licenses for casinos, lotteries, and internet gaming with strict regulations.
- Belarus
- Legal & regulated Belarus legalized online gambling in 2018, with licensed operations allowed from April 2019 under strict state controls.
- Poland
- Partially legal Poland requires online gambling sites to have Polish licenses starting April 2017.
Other laws in Israel
- Cryptocurrency
- Legal
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.