Economist Mesrop Arakelyan, a former social welfare minister, says that betting amounted to 115 billion drams in Armenia in the first half of 2021.
"Bookmaking continues to be one of the biggest evil practices in our society,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
“The government has drafted amendments to the law on advertising, which increases the restrictions on gambling adverts. However, the main type of advertising remains out of home advertising, the alleged ban on which has flooded the entire city with new, small billboards,” he said.
The economist calls ...
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