The Legal Axis of Exit: Who Administers Cancellation
Exiting the gambling business begins with the recognition that under Georgian law a permit does not disappear by private decision. Under the Law of Georgia on Organising Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games, the issuance of permits to organise gambling and profitable games and to supply games, amendments to them, their cancellation and the passage of the corresponding data through the departmental permit registry are administered by the Revenue Service, in accordance with the Law on Licences and Permits and this law. An exit plan must therefore begin with a formalised procedure before a state authority — not with simply locking the door.
The continuation-of-control rule matters as well: the Revenue Service exercises control over the fulfilment of permit conditions through the selected person and the electronic control system, and where a violation exists, an inspection of fulfilment may be conducted for the period of the currently valid permit too. In other words, exit does not rewind the past: violations committed during the permit's validity may become the subject of inspection even after departure. The deadline for paying an imposed fine is likewise set by law — 30 calendar days from delivery of the individual administrative-legal act.