Declaring Electric or Non-Electric Play Machines Operated Automatically or by Any Other Means to Be Prohibited Gambling Games

Type

Law

Date of the text

01/02/1961

Official Gazette

published in 1961

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

6

What it provides

This law bans gambling games played on electric or non-electric machines operated automatically after a coin or other item is inserted, prohibits importing, owning and running such machines, and sets prison terms, fines and confiscation of machines for violators.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1961. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.