The Parliament of Georgia discussed for the I reading and in an expedited manner the Draft Law on Organising Lotteries, Games of Chance and Other Prize Games and adopted it with 71 votes; the Draft was introduced by the Deputy Chair of the Faction “Georgian Dream”, Irakli Kirtskhalia.
“The amendments regulate the permission activity issues to facilitate the specification of the permit conditions, namely, the effective monitoring, transparency and accounting”, - he stated.
According to him, the Draft determines the number of internet domains and websites and the operation rules thereof for the permit holders. At that, additional obligations are imposed on the permit holders concerning the organization and management of the games from the territory of Georgia and the installment of the server infrastructure in the country.
The Draft also determines a new taxable base and modifies the fees for the organizers of the gambling and/or betting games in a system-electronic form for the foreign citizen players.