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 classifies coin-operated or otherwise automatically run gambling machines as prohibited gambling games, bans importing, owning and operating them, and sets prison and fine penalties for violators and players, with confiscation of the machines.

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.