It doesn’t sound very inviting. Gambling in Israel is not exactly what you dream of if you are an avid gambler. Not that visiting casinos in Israel can not be fun, but if you see the news every day you know that it is not equally pleasant everywhere. The bombs are flying around your ears and the attacks on innocent people just don’t stop. Would you like to gamble there? At first, it seems that no one is waiting for that. Nevertheless, there is a chance that one will soon be able to take a seat at the roulette table in Eilat. We’ll tell you more about it.
Forbidden to gamble
Gambling has been banned in Israel for decades. That has everything to do with faith. There is nothing wrong with that in itself. Every country has its own culture, and if gambling in a casino doesn’t fit or belong there, we have to respect that. It is, however, remarkable when one suddenly deviates from this. Where the orthodox belief has long thwarted the presence of a casino, the current Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu suddenly seems to think differently. Anyway, and apart from all the sentiments that this undoubtedly evokes, we are curious about the plans.
Eilat airport
The said prime minister has put many ministers to work. They have to investigate whether a casino at Eilat airport can be realized. Two options are being considered. Firstly, it will be investigated whether one or more casinos can be opened in already existing hotels. That is a realistic and easy-to-realize option. It is also being examined whether it is possible to do this at the old airport of Eilat. At the moment they are busy with the construction and construction of a new airport. We are looking at what to do with the old airport once the new one is ready. It is now clear that the old complex may lend itself to a large casino complex.The person behind the plans is casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. He is the boss of Las Vegas Sands Corporation. And of course, we know this guy from The Venetian casino complex in Las Vegas and Macau. A little over ten years ago, Adelson was already trying to realize a casino in the Sinai desert. He then failed to get Las Eilat off the ground. Now he wants to make another attempt at something similar. He is therefore looking with great interest at the plans of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the possible possibilities to build a beautiful and large casino complex in the old airport of Eilat. Particularly because Eilat is on the sea and it never gets colder than 20 degrees Celsius there, unlike other popular places like Tel Aviv, this place is ideally suited for the nefarious casino plans of Netanyahu and Sheldon Adelson.