Violation of Gambling Business Rules — Liability and Defense

What fine applies to a casino?

Violation of permit conditions — 20 000 lari; violation of the fee deadline — 20 000 lari; systemic-electronic permits — also 20 000 lari.

And smaller formats?

Lotto, bingo and promotional games — 1 000 lari; a totalizator — 2 000 lari; a hall, club and supply — 10 000 lari.

An unauthorized lottery?

50000 lari for the first case and 150000 lari for each subsequent one; imposed by the Revenue Service.

Where does the defense begin?

With checking the qualification, amount and deadlines; on the facts, video recording and the winnings database often protect the operator.

4 min·22 Sep 2026

The General Rule of Liability

The thirty-seventh article of the Law of Georgia on Organizing Lotteries, Gambling and Profitable Games establishes: liability for violation of this law is determined by the legislation of Georgia. The concrete sanctions are distributed among different laws, yet the central knot lies precisely in this law: the non-fulfillment by persons organizing gambling and/or profitable games and supplying games of the requirements established by this law is a violation of permit conditions and entails liability in accordance with the Law on Licenses and Permits.

This qualification is the axis of the whole dispute: any violation — from the rule of paying winnings to video recording — is treated as a violation of permit conditions, which ends with a fine and the risk of suspension or cancellation of the permit. Therefore the defense strategy begins with establishing the exact content of the permit conditions: what was imposed and what is presented as a violation.

Violation of Gambling Business Rules — Liability and Defense

What fine applies to a casino?

Violation of permit conditions — 20 000 lari; violation of the fee deadline — 20 000 lari; systemic-electronic permits — also 20 000 lari.

And smaller formats?

Lotto, bingo and promotional games — 1 000 lari; a totalizator — 2 000 lari; a hall, club and supply — 10 000 lari.

An unauthorized lottery?

50000 lari for the first case and 150000 lari for each subsequent one; imposed by the Revenue Service.

Where does the defense begin?

With checking the qualification, amount and deadlines; on the facts, video recording and the winnings database often protect the operator.

4 min·22 Sep 2026

The General Rule of Liability