Gambling regulation bill introduced in Armenia

Armenian Vice Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan has proposed a bill in the parliament to add further regulation to gambling industry. The bill seeks to amend the existing gambling law.

“These will limit the activities of bookmaking offices in the territory of Armenia, and gambling through the well-known devices at filling stations and different public locations will be banned,” said Simonyan on social media in regards to the slot-machine type bookmaking equipment that are mainly located at CNG stations across Armenia, Armenpress reported.

The territory has walked around other gambling proposals, which include a total ban on sports betting. The Ministry of Finance also expressed the intention of changing how gambling operators are taxed in the country in order to get taxes directly from revenue.