Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:57:22 +0200https://english.radio.cz/alarming-number-gambling-addicts-raises-questions-over-liberal-gaming-laws-8611380© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThere are around 130 casinos in the Czech Republic. Alongside them, there are hundreds more arcades known as herna - gaming - bars. In fact, there are over 50,000 slot machines in the country. That equals roughly one machine per 200 Czechs, over twice the number per capita as in Germany. Adding lotteries and other forms of gambling, Czechs bet a whopping 90 billion crowns last year (over 4 billion USD).encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/alarming-number-gambling-addicts-raises-questions-over-liberal-gaming-laws-8611380 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9