In a nutshell, no, online gambling is not legal in the United Arab Emirates! There are a lot of restrictions and laws that don’t allow Emirians to try their luck at an online operator. A big part of the online casinos are restricted by the infamous Internet Access Management Policy, established by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. The law is very strict when it comes to online gambling and engaging in such activities is highly inadvisable. Dollars are accepted in the legal gambling facilities in the UAE and this is a great opportunity for Arabic gamblers to play.īefore we move on, we would like to quickly mention what’s the current legal situation in the Emirates. We should also advise you that you cannot play with the official currency of the Emirates (dirhams), which is why a common way to deposit and to withdrawal is to do it in USD. The largest gambling city, of course, is Dubai and includes table games, slots and video poker machines.

There are 3 cities with gambling facilities – all 8 legal facilities in total. As we’ve already mentioned, gambling is not a very common ‘practice’ in the UAE.

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