Strengthening monitoring of the gambling business by the Georgian government

As it became known from the statement of authorized officials of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the country plans to launch a government program for monitoring, forecasting and assessing the gambling sector, as a result of which the level of control in the gambling industry in the state should increase. From the sources of the Revenue Service, which operates under the Ministry, it became known that in the very near future the government of Georgia will have a practical opportunity to obtain information on the history of expenses and payments, the degree of efficiency of slot machines, as well as information on the crediting and allocation of the available amount of cash. from all accessible special technical devices designed for the implementation of gambling entertainment. As a result of all this, the employees of the service announced the beginning of a competition for the implementation of an idea that could help the government to exercise full control over the gambling industry.

This large business has been legalized in Georgia for more than twenty five years and has all the conditions for successful development and attracting more and more specialized companies to its market. Today, there are more than 6,000 slot machines, 7 online casino sites, and another 90 offices that accept money from players for various upcoming gambling and sports events (sweepstakes) on the territory of the country. And according to the opinions of a large number of users and employees of companies, Georgia is a state that is very sympathetic to the conduct of various gambling entertainment, because ordinary and online casinos, bookmakers and lottery firms operate here. By the way, in the field of online gambling, only those companies that own land-based gambling establishments are allowed to operate. There are at least 400 thousand users of virtual casinos.

Do not forget the fact that the residents of Georgia will be prohibited from carrying out any monetary transactions on the pages of foreign companies using credit cards.

It should be noted that many companies and players put Georgia in the category of those countries that are most loyal to the gambling industry. However, recently, the Georgian government announced its intention to prohibit citizens of the country from performing monetary transactions using credit cards on foreign online casino sites.