"The cases of blocking the possibility of participation and access to internet winning games and lotteries organized by organizations in foreign countries and which do not have the appropriate license defined by the RA legislation, the procedure and the procedure for blocking websites, the deadlines are defined," Minister of Finance Vahe Hovhannisyan said at the government session. The minister added that the decision also defines the procedure for issuing conclusions of the interdepartmental commission identifying websites to be blocked.
According to Hovhannisyan, this will start the system by which access to websites will be limited, the list of bank wallets that will be blocked will be published, and the possibility of making transfers by banks to these wallets will also be limited.
"Organizers of gambling games operating in RA and under our regulation are under our regulation and control and are subject to the requirements that we have set to protect RA citizens from risks related to gambling games," said the Minister of Finance and added that these risks in order to manage, the websites operating in foreign countries, which are outside the scope of RA regulations, should be limited. Tigran Khachatryan, the deputy prime minister who chaired the session, responded that not everything can be done in one day and at once, it is necessary to be very consistent so that there are no circumvention mechanisms. .
