On January 2, amid further negotiations the government agreed to allow online lotteries and keno to compensate Mifal Hapayis for the loss of its slots. As well as extra lottery draws, the government will permit eight keno draws per day, but only for residents living in areas with a socio-economic rating of 6 and higher. Israel rates neighborhoods on scales of 1-10 for income, but how they plan to enforce this dictum is unclear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mifal Hapayis has also secured a new permit that will allow it to operate the lottery until at least the end of 2021.<\/p>\n
But despite the compromise, Mifal Hapayis says it’s concerned that the reduction in state-regulated gambling will be a boon to unlicensed rogue gambling operators.<\/p>\n
\u201cBettors continue to gamble, but instead of the money going to Mifal Hapayis, which builds schools, it\u2019s going into the pockets of loan sharks of the underworld,\u201d a lawyer for the gaming operator told the High Court. \u201cThe treasury may want to save gamblers, but it\u2019s causing them to sink deeper into the mud with loans from the gray market.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The government wants to cap the growth of its gambling sector to three percent per year, a significant reduction of the 10 percent growth it has experienced every year for the past seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Israeli judge has ordered the country\u2019s slot machines, shut down by government order at midnight on New Year\u2019s Eve, switched back on. With a smack of his gavel, Justice Yoram Danzinger set the reels spinning again on Sunday, mandating that the machines be reactivated, at least until the High Court of Justice could reach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":43631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Judge Orders Israel's Slot Machines Reactivated, Operator Battles State<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n