What the Dependent and Prohibited Person Lists Are
In the gambling sphere, the “black list” combines two different mechanisms, and distinguishing them is decisive. Article 3 of the law defines: a person dependent on gambling is a natural person with an irresistible desire for and dependence on gambling and promotional games, whose data has been entered in the list of dependent persons. A prohibited person is something else: a person who is prohibited by law from participating in gambling and promotional games (except promotional draws) — including where the game is organised in systematic-electronic form.
The circle of prohibited persons is set by the law itself: a person employed in a budgetary organisation — including civil and public servants and persons in state-political and political positions; a person employed in a regulatory authority; a person employed in the National Bank; and a member of a family registered in the unified database of socially vulnerable families. So if you are on a list, the first task is to determine which list it concerns — self-exclusion or status-based prohibition — because the way out is completely different in each case.
The Mechanics of the List: Entry and Term
Article 7-1 provides that the list of dependent persons and the list of prohibited persons are maintained by the Revenue Service, and only data concerning a citizen of Georgia may be entered in these lists. Data enters the dependent persons list in two ways: on the basis of the person’s own application — a statement on entering their own data — or on the basis of a judge’s order, in accordance with the administrative procedural legislation.
The term is clearly defined: data in the dependent persons list is entered for a term of 5 years. That is the real price of self-exclusion — for five years, participation in gambling, including in systematic-electronic form, is blocked.
The Two Possibilities for Removal
Early removal of data is possible only in two cases: where the person’s Georgian citizenship has been terminated in accordance with the Organic Law on Georgian Citizenship, or on the basis of a judge’s order — no earlier than 3 years from entry into the list. The law provides no other route: neither the operator’s consent, nor a conditional application, nor a “temporary exit” exists.
From this follows a practical rule: a self-exclusion application should be filed correctly and in a considered manner, and if you want removal from the list, the judge’s order is the only real mechanism before the term expires — and it can be used only after 3 years have passed from entry. The procedures for maintaining the lists are established by normative acts of the Minister of Finance and of the Government, so the procedural details are determined by those acts.