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title: "Testing Issues in Gambling Disputes: Control-System Data as Evidence"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/testing-issues-in-gambling-disputes-control-system-data-as-evidence-en"
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description: "Testing in gambling disputes — Articles 36, 36-1: control-system data, the authorisation certificate and the 15-year contract frame. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-15"
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# Testing Issues in Gambling Disputes: Control-System Data as Evidence

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## Two Levels of Control: The Ministry of Finance and the Electronic Control System

Testing issues surface in gambling disputes whenever one side's case rests on a technical fact — the outcome of a draw, the state of a player account, or the behaviour of the gaming system itself. The Georgian Law on Organising Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games connects these technical facts to state control at two levels. Article 36 obliges the Ministry of Finance to supervise compliance with every requirement of the law and of the game rules (regulations). Article 36-1 adds a dedicated instrument: the electronic control system for the gambling business, which a selected person deploys and operates under a contract with the Revenue Service, in accordance with rules set by the Minister of Finance.

Under the same article, the electronic control system monitors the compliance of the organiser of a gaming machine, of system-electronic gambling (other than promotional draws) and of the totalizator organiser with their permit conditions and with Georgian legislation. The system is therefore not merely the operator's internal tool: it is a form of state control that records the technical interaction between player and organiser as it happens. As a direct consequence, the data of this system frequently ends up at the centre of the parties' arguments in disputes.

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### Who operates the electronic control system for the gambling business?

A selected person, under a contract with the Revenue Service concluded for a term of no more than 15 years; its server must be located in Georgia, and the system's requirements are set by the Minister of Finance.

### What role does the authorisation certificate play in a dispute?

It confirms that the operator's own online system complies with the Minister of Finance's standards and serves as the documentary trail of technical conformity in litigation.

### Why is control-system data important evidence?

The system is a form of state control recording the operator's permit-condition compliance in a standardised way; its data is treated as a more reliable source than the operator's internal reporting.

### When is an expert examination appointed in a gambling dispute?

When establishing the disputed technical fact requires specialist knowledge; the procedure is set by separate legislation, with the system's records and certificate documentation as expert material.