Court orders Israel’s Mifal Hapayis to turn on slot machines

Slot machines and other automated games of chance in Israel are back online. For now, that is.

This was after the High Court of Justice ordered national lottery monopoly Mifal Hapayis to reactivate the 500 slot machines and 150 keno machines “until the court finally rules on the matter,” Haaretz reported.

The order was issued by Justice Yoram Danzinger, according to the report.

If you recall, the state-backed lottery company had to shut down its slot and keno machines on New Year’s Eve after it failed to reach an agreement with the treasury on the renewal of its operating license. Mifal Hapayis requested for an extension, which officials from the finance ministry allowed but on the condition that the lottery operator would immediately switch off its automated games of chance.