Czech Republic is one of the most developed gambling nations in Europe. Among the 23 cities in Czech Republic with legal gambling facilities, there are 43 legal locations which consist of casinos and pari-mutuel facilities, the only legal activities together with horse tracks.
The city with the most casinos is Prague, with 11 casino facilities and 22 slot machines.
Neglecting the legal aspect, the country hosts over 100 casinos, along with innumerable gaming bars and arcades, along with scattered slots and other machines found in cafes and pubs. The numbers reveal that the country has one gambling machine for every 200 citizens. Taking a look back in time, we discover that the Czech gambling industry was not always flourishing. In fact, its growth started in the mid 1990s.