The Gambling Organizer as an Accountable Person
The Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Suppression of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing places the gambling business directly within the financial security system: under the third article of the law, among accountable persons are the lottery organizer and the organizer of gambling or profitable games — in the category of persons conducting non-financial activity. This means that the operator is responsible for the same standards of client identification, monitoring and storage of information as subjects of the financial sector.
In practice, accountable status means that the daily operations of a gambling facility — receiving funds, paying out winnings, online registration — each become a ground for fulfilling reporting obligations. Therefore an AML compliance system in the gambling business is not a formal add-on — it is part of the operating processes.