Thursday, October 25 2018 15:06

ArmInfo. The Armenian  government will refrain from assessing the package of bills banning  the activities of all winnings and casinos proposed by a group of  deputies of the National Assembly.

As the Acting Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia Atom  Janjughazyan stressed at the October 25 meeting of the executive  body,agreeing with the estimates presented in the document, the RA  government, however, will refrain from giving its conclusion.  Adoption of the document, as the Minister continued, will lead to the  emergence of new problems and corruption risks.  To note earlier  Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking of the need to change  the structure of the Armenian economy, pointed to the presence of  three main areas at the present time - agriculture, the mining  industry and gambling business.

From September 2 of this yearnew rules for casino visitors began to  operate in the country. In particular, it is prohibited for anyone  under the age of 21 to enter a casino.  In July 2018, the Minister of  Finance of Armenia Atom Janjugazyan signed an order and regulatory  documents, according to which, at the entrance to a casino, employees  of institutions are obliged to check a passport or other identity  document  of a player. Now these rules have come into force. For  their non-observance, Armenian casinos will be fined for 300 thousand  drams (about 42 thousand rubles). Also spelled out a procedure  providing for a ban on entry to casinos for people with gambling  addiction. To enforce this provision of the law, lists of citizens  will be created, who are recognized by the court as lgambling  addicts. In order to make such a decision, the court must have enough  arguments to confirm that the gambling passion puts the family of a  person in a difficult financial situation. These people will not be  able to pass the test in the land gambling establishments, for their  admission to the gaming tables and slot machines at the casino will  be imposed a fine.

Armenian authorities are systematically tightening legislation  related to gambling and online casinos.  Currently, the Ministry of  Finance of the Republic is considering the possibility of restricting  the activities of foreign gambling sites and a partial ban on  advertising casinos in the streets and in the media. At the same  time, the government does not plan in the near future to revise the  income tax for gambling establishments, which now is 20%.