ArmInfo. Gambling advertising requirements will be tightened in Armenia. At the March 29 sitting, the RA government issued a positive opinion on the draft law amending the Advertising Law and in the package of related laws submitted by the parliamentary member from the ruling "Yelk" faction Hrachya Hakobyan.
According to Atom Janjughazyan, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, the presented document specifies the time and duration of advertising of games with prizes on television, radio and social networks. Thus, the advertising of gambling with the mention of sponsors on television and radio is allowed from 12:00pm to 6:00am. During this period of time, the duration of the commercial should not exceed 4 minutes. In networks, the size of advertising should not exceed 20% of the site interface. At the same time, advertising of gambling on educational, medical, children's and social sites is completely prohibited. Violators of this provision will face an administrative fine in the amount of thousand times the minimum wage.