100 times the minimum income rate annually are not permitted to enter the casino.
Te casino is known as the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ and is made up around 60 table games housed in the International Room on the ground floor with American Roulette, Blackjack, Star Poker and Heads up Hold’em. Te room is open from 4pm until 4am.
Slots Palace houses more than 600 slots, VLTs and roulette games and is open from 10am until 6am. Machines are operated via the TITO System and all major currencies are accepted.
Poker games include Texas Hold’em No Limits and Omaha Pot-Limit whilst there is also a Salon Prive.
Meanwhile there are various restaurants including the Cercle D’or, the Teresa and Martingale Restaurant which is also a wedding venue.
Previously a cruise ship, the Orient Queen which regularly docked in Beirut, allowed its passengers to gamble when it was in international waters. Te ship was destroyed in the 2020 Beirut port explosion.
The casino is known as the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ and is made up around 60 table games housed in the
International Room on the ground floor with American Roulette, Blackjack, Star Poker and Heads up
Hold’em. The room is open from 4pm until 4am.
Slots Palace houses more than 600 slots, VLTs and
roulette games and is open from 10am until 6am.
When the protests began in 2019 followed by the currency devaluation the Casino du Liban had to re-evaluate its operations although it claimed visitor numbers didn’t change drastically and the casino still made a profit.
Te casino was forced to shut during the Covid pandemic between mid March 2020 and early June. Te closure costs the venue between $35m
and $40m in lost revenue whilst the current economic crisis in Lebanon is also hindering revenues and visitor figures.
In a bid to recoup losses the casino has been looking at ways to branch out with talks of a bingo hall and the launch of the long-awaited online gambling platform.
Meanwhile there have been various negotiations between casino employees recently due to working hours and transportation allowance due to the rising costs in fuel. Talks were also raised in 2020 about selling off the casino.
Roland Khoury is the current manager. Tere have been rumours of corruption whilst high running costs coupled with a decline in tourism which have all affected the business.
THE LEBANESE LOTTERY
Te other form of gambling in Lebanon is via the Loto Libanais. Te loto has been around for a relatively long period of time but in 2002 the game underwent a re-branding and was re- launched by La Libanaise des Jeux.
La Libanaise des Jeux (LLDJ) was established WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS P63
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