About This Service
Technical compliance of gaming machines is not a routine operational matter for an organiser of gambling games — it is a set of statutory obligations whose non-fulfilment is recorded directly as a violation at inspection. The law of Georgia on the organisation of lotteries, gambling and profitable games establishes three pillars in this field: Article 23 governs the minimum provision of winnings on gaming machines, Article 33 governs the identification and equipment of tables and machines, and Article 36 establishes the control of the Ministry of Finance over every point of the law and the rules of play (regulations).
This service is designed for operators of casinos, clubs and halls of gaming machines who verify the readiness of their equipment before an inspection. We analyse your equipment on the basis of these three articles, identify defects and put in order what the law demands directly — so that no requirement is invented and no figure is taken from any other source.
The Minimum Payout Guarantee: Article 23
Article 23 formulates the principal economic standard of a machine briefly and categorically: gaming machines must provide for winnings of at least 80 percent of the stake placed. This means that the machine’s configuration must be arranged so that, in relation to the stakes placed on it, the provided share of winnings does not fall below that threshold. The law establishes a single numerical limit, and no other percentages can be derived from this article by anyone.
In practical terms this standard is the first object of verification: any change in a machine’s parameters, any reconfiguration or update must be checked for whether this minimum guarantee has been breached. If a machine does not meet this requirement, its use for gaming becomes unlawful in itself, regardless of how impeccable the rest of its equipment may be.
The Factory Number and the Electronic Control Device: Article 33
The first paragraph of Article 33 determines the legal position of gaming inventory: casino tables, club tables, gaming machines and other gaming inventory used for gaming may be in the ownership or in the use of the organiser of the gambling game. The law thus recognises both variants — inventory held in ownership and inventory held in use — but in either case it must be documentarily linked to the organiser of the games.
Under the second paragraph of Article 33, the use of a casino table or a club table for gaming is permissible only where a distinguishing mark — a factory number — exists on that table. The factory number is the means of identifying the table: during an inspection it is precisely by this number that a particular table is located and compared against its documentary description.
For gaming machines the requirement is stricter: under the third paragraph of Article 33, in force since 1 September 2021, the use of a gaming machine for gaming is permissible only where a distinguishing mark (a factory number) and a device necessary for electronic control exist on that machine. A machine without a factory number or without a control device cannot be used for gaming, however refined it may be in every other technical respect.