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North Cyprus Casinos: The Complete Casino Guide

Sooner or later, most visitors to North Cyprus run into the casino question. The reason is simple: the island operates under a completely different legal system from Turkey. Casinos have been closed in Turkey since 1998, while on the island…

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Who Can Enter Cyprus Casinos? Age, Dress Code and Rules

A guest heading down to the casino floor of a Kyrenia hotel stops at the reception desk before reaching any table. The attendant takes their ID and enters the details into a computer — and remember, that record isn't deleted for a long time.

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Gambling in Cyprus: The Legal Framework and What You Should Know

On the night of 11 February 1998, 78 casinos in Turkey were sealed shut at the same moment. A significant part of the industry soon relocated to North Cyprus. Today the island has, by the industry's own count, exactly…

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The Best Casinos in Kyrenia

For anyone choosing a casino hotel in Kyrenia, it's not the hotel's name but its location that shapes the evening. At the four hotels around the ancient harbour, the gaming floor is in the same building as your room or a few minutes' walk…

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Iskele & Bafra Casinos: The Long Beach Strip

The Bafra casino hotels come down to four names, and all four have a gaming floor: Kaya Artemis, Concorde, Limak and Noah's Ark. The Bafra here isn't the district in Samsun, Turkey, but the Bafra Tourism Region attached to the TRNC's Iskele district…

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Nicosia Casinos

Two hotels opened twelve years apart mark the two ends of Nicosia's casino scene: the Merit Lefkoşa, built in 2008, and the Concorde Tower, opened in 2020. Of the other three names, the Grand Pasha sits on Dereboyu…

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How Casino Hotel Stay Packages Work

On Etstur, a page titled "Cyprus Casino Hotels" lists 16 properties: Acapulco, Lords Palace, Merit Park, Kaya Palazzo, Cratos Premium, Elexus and others. What that page sells is a holiday package of flight, transfer and room. The VIP programme run by the casino itself…

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A First-Timer's Guide to the Casino: Games and Minimum Bets

Someone walking onto the gaming floor for the first time usually carries just their ID and the money they've set aside for the evening. The ID is registered at reception, the cash turns into chips at the cage, and the rest depends on the table you sit at…

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Cyprus Casino Tours: A Guide to Flight + Hotel Packages

In a casino hotel package departing from Izmir, 19,900 TL buys you return flights, the Ercan transfer and a hotel room. Not a single kurus of that total is set aside for the gaming floor.