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Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Updated: November 11 at 12:36 PM UTC
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Updated: November 11 at 12:36 PM UTC
You can play poker online in Israel for free in Anubis City: No-Limit Texas Hold’em against real people, with bingo, European roulette, blackjack and three slot machines next door, all in the browser. There is no real money anywhere in it — chips are free debens that can’t be cashed out. The game speaks English, Russian and Ukrainian; Hebrew is not there yet.
That language list fits Israel better than most countries. About a million people came here from the former Soviet Union after 1989, and plenty of families are still split between Haifa and Kharkiv, Ashdod and Almaty. For them the most useful thing here is the private poker table: it opens by a code or a link, so a nephew in Netanya and an uncle in Odesa sit down together, each reading the cards in their own language.
Israel’s week shapes the timing too. Work starts on Sunday, so Saturday evening, after Shabbat, is the easiest time to gather a family table: relatives in Ukraine or Moldova still have Sunday off, and for most of the year Israel keeps Kyiv’s clock. Short tables fill up with opponents marked “AI”, so a game starts even at 2 a.m. after a night shift.
The game is No-Limit Texas Hold’em in the Temple of Fortune, at three levels: the Scribes’ Table (blinds 50 / 100), the Priests’ Table (500 / 1,000) and the Pharaoh’s Table (5,000 / 10,000). Tables have 5 or 9 seats and 15 seconds per move. The 100,000 debens you get on arrival are plenty for the Scribes’ Table. Full rules are on the Texas Hold’em page.
For a family game, open the Own table tab in the hall: a saved character creates the table, and relatives join through By code or the link, even as guests. The poker with friends guide walks through it step by step.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
If you grew up with Russian lotto — 90 numbers, three-row cards, a caller with a nickname for every barrel — our bingo feels different: 75 balls and a 5 × 5 card with the columns B, I, N, G, O and a free space in the middle. A line takes 30 % of the pot, the full card 70 %; the 75-ball vs 90-ball guide compares the two.
In the Hall of Seshat, AUTO halls mark numbers for you; in MANUAL halls you mark them and press “BINGO!” yourself, for one and a half times the experience. Details on the bingo page.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
The Rotunda of Shai has European roulette with a single zero and a shared wheel: bets are open for 20 seconds, then the wheel spins for everyone at the table. Below is Israel’s favourite number this week. Bets and payouts are on the roulette page.
In the Hall of Thoth you play blackjack from a six-deck shoe: the dealer stands on every 17, a blackjack pays 3 to 2, and you can double, split and take insurance.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
Three machines, bets from 100 to 50,000 debens a spin: Sevens of Ra pays small wins often, Book of Thoth saves its big moments for free spins, and Treasures of Horus has Hold & Win with fixed jackpots. Over a long run every machine returns about 95 %. See the slots page.
Numbers appear here as soon as players from this place play a few games this week.
The ten players from Israel with the most experience this week, under their game names. Every game counts, as do daily visits and Ra’s Boat. Players who hide their place are never named.
The weekly top is shown when at least five players from here have chosen to show their place.
Save your character with an email and a password to get 500,000 debens and play from any device. More in how to play.
Gambling in Israel is covered by chapter 12 of the Penal Law, 1977. Section 224 defines a “prohibited game” as one where a person can win money, money’s worth or another benefit and the result depends more on chance than on understanding or ability. Organising such games is an offence; the legal exceptions are run by the state — the National Lottery and the sports betting board. A good summary is the Chambers guide to gaming law in Israel.
Anubis City is built without the money part: you never pay to play, nothing is for sale, and debens and ankhs can’t be withdrawn, sold or exchanged for money, goods or prizes. Only adults, 18 and over, can play. We are not lawyers — this is how we read the Penal Law, not legal advice.
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Only in state-run forms — the national lottery and the sports betting board. Anubis City has no stakes and no prizes, so by our reading it is not gambling at all.
Not yet. The game and this site are in English, Russian and Ukrainian; switching changes even the signs on the buildings.
Yes. Create your own table in the Temple of Fortune and send them the code or the link; each of you sees the game in your own language.
No. The game runs in the browser on a computer, a phone or a tablet.
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