Official language: Arabic
Population: 23,013,376
Currency: Yemeni Rial (YER)

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = 300.4542 YER
1 GBP = 335.3194 YER
1 USD = 202.9410 YER

Bingo in Yemen
Bingo is an interactive lottery game played on cards that contain a grid filled with random numbers. An announcer calls numbers that are drawn from a basket, and players mark the called numbers off on their cards. The first player to get a specific pattern of marked numbers will win a prize. Because bingo is a form of gambling, it is illegal in Yemen. All gambling in the country is banned, even casual games like bingo. Because of this, bingo in Yemen is not well known, and is not very popular either. The country offers no bingo halls or casinos where real-money games might be played. It is even illegal to play the game for prizes instead of money. Yemen's strict gambling laws have ensured that bingo does not spread through the country.

Online Bingo in Yemen
The only way to enjoy live bingo in Yemen is by playing online. The government does not allow companies to offer online gambling services from within Yemen, so players will have to use foreign internet bingo sites. The government tries to keep players in Yemen form accessing these sites by filtering the internet, but the filters are not strong enough to catch all online bingo halls, and many still make it through the filters. These foreign rooms will let players in Yemen enjoy many different styles of Bingo, and will let players wager and win real money on live online bingo games. Since gambling will probably never be legalized in Yemen, playing bingo online is the only way to play.