GAMBLING LANDSCAPE IN ISRAEL

Greed and reliance on pure luck are strictly rejected in most religions. The ancient sages have always taken a skeptical view of profit through gambling and betting. However, since no proper standard could be found in the Bible to refer to, some scholars of the Talmud provided a kind of interpretation with the Assmachta, by which a bet in a gambling house could never be meant seriously. Since every gambler would expect to win himself and not seriously believe in the prize of the winning bet, this legal transaction is invalid. Thus, Jewish people are also allowed to spend their free time in a casino or casino from time to time, as long as the gambling is not commercial and not constant and uncontrolled. And lotteries and sports betting are officially allowed in Israel. In Israel Jewish peop