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title: "Opening a Gaming Machine (Slots) Hall"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/opening-a-gaming-machine-slots-hall-en"
field: "Media, Entertainment & Sports Law"
description: "A slot hall: a 5-year permit, regulations, authorization and at least 80% of the bet as winnings. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-15"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Opening a Gaming Machine (Slots) Hall

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/opening-a-gaming-machine-slots-hall-en

## The Slot Machine Hall: Concept and Features

A slot machine hall is a specially equipped building or part of it where the organizer conducts gambling games by means of gaming machines — so defines the third article of the law. The gaming machine itself is also defined: an electronic, mechanical or electromechanical device with a special program or mechanism for monetary winnings. A multi-seat machine counts as as many machines as it consists of gaming seats — except an electronic roulette.

This detail is critical for budgeting: the number of machines also determines the base of the hall's fee, so when placing multi-seat devices their count must follow the rule of the law.

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### How is a multi-seat machine counted?

By the number of seats — except an electronic roulette; the rule concerns both accounting and taxation.

### What is in the regulations?

The list of machines with details, the limits of bets and winnings, the rules of the games and the claims deadline — 30 days.

### What is the 80 percent rule?

A machine must provide at least 80 percent of the placed bet as winnings.

### Is authorization needed?

Yes — both for the essential products and for the content of each game.