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Armenia introduces new regulation covering physical location of bookmakers

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Armenia introduces new regulation covering physical location of bookmakers

In an effort to protect people from being allured by bookmakers and subsequent potential losses, the Armenian government passed a decision on September 17 that allows bookmakers to operate solely at locations which are a certain distance away from heavily populated areas, as well as educational or cultural institutions, governmental offices or hospitals.

Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan said at the Cabinet meeting that currently bookmakers have offices mostly in heavily populated areas. “This is negatively impacting the society by creating the dangers of easily being allured with gambling,” he said.

In Yerevan, bookmakers will have to relocate ...

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