Casinos are an important part of Tunisia’s tourist sector and its economy in general, although in recent years, the number of tourists visiting the country was decreased significantly due to political instabilities. However, tourism is still one of the most important sources of revenue for the country and that’s the reason casinos are exempt from under the blanket ban prohibiting nearly all other forms of gambling. There are currently four casinos in Tunisia, the Grand Casino Djerba, the Grand Casino Yasmine, the Kantaoui Port Casino, and the Diar Lemdina Hotel Hammamet, all located at popular tourist destinations.

It is illegal for players from Tunisia to play at online casinos. However, many of these sites accept players from the country, and the government doesn’t block them through ISPs either. Despite the ban, individual players of such platforms don’t seem to be prosecuted.

The online casinos below accept players from Tunisia.

None of the licensed brick and mortar casinos seem to have a Bingo hall in Tunisia and since these are the only venues where gambling is not prohibited, it’s safe to say that legal, land based Bingo is pretty much non existent in the country. It doesn’t seem to be a very popular game here anyway.

Online Bingo, as a form of gambling, is also prohibited by law, but many online gambling sites offering Bingo games accept registrations from Tunisia and individual players are not prosecuted for playing at one of these.

The following bingo websites accept players from Tunisia:

All the four brick and mortar casinos in Tunisia have Poker tables, however as mentioned earlier, these are only available for tourists playing in foreign currencies. Tunisian law doesn’t make any distinction between Poker and other forms of gambling, so outside these venues playing real money Poker is prohibited.

Online Poker is illegal as well, but the majority of the largest online Poker sites accepts the registrations of Tunisians and players are not prosecuted in the country.

The following online poker sites accept players from Tunisia.

Sports betting, as other forms of gambling, is illegal in Tunisia. However, its reported that a certain kind of betting game organised by Promosport, a public enterprise under the supervision of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Physical Education can be legally played. 50% of the profits of the game go to the National Fund for the Promotion of Sports and Youth, 40% to winners and the remaining 10% covers the operational costs of Promosport*.

Although, the country has some nice thoroughbred tracks as well, betting is not allowed in these venues. Legally, visitors are only allowed to watch the races.

The state doesn’t issue licenses to commercial online sports betting operators. Despite it being basically illegal, many foreign sports books accept bets from Tunisia and authorities don’t seem to prosecute players.

The online sportsbooks below accept registrations from Tunisia.

Lotteries are prohibited by the Tunisian Gaming and Lotteries Act 20/74 of 24 October 1974*. There is no National Lottery in the country either. Lotteries can be approved by the authorities, if they are organised by certain societies or public organisations and if the profits support some charitable or societal cause only.

Playing foreign online lotteries is also illegal, but people who purchase lottery tickets on these sites don’t seem to be prosecuted.

The following websites allow people from Tunisia to purchase lottery tickets online:

Bitcoin is legal in Tunisia but gambling and online gambling are not. Despite all this, Bitcoin casinos accept players from the country.

Moreover, many of these claim, that because Bitcoin is not ‘money’, gambling using the cryptocurrency is legal even in countries, that have prohibitive legal statutes in force. According to my research, the latter claim is at least dubious, but more likely untrue all together.

However, individual players of online gambling sites of any sort don’t appear to be prosecuted by the authorities in Tunisia.

The bitcoin casinos below accept players from Tunisia.