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Georgia PM moves forward on tax, age and advertising clampdown of gambling

SBC News Georgia PM moves forward on tax, age and advertising clampdown of gambling

Georgia PM Irakli Garibashvili has followed through on his demands for drastic restrictions to be placed on the online gambling industry protecting citizens and the economy.  In an update at the Executive Government Meeting, Garibashvili backed a new draft proposal recommending that taxation on online gambling be increased, to an ‘overall tax base of the sector’ rising by between 65% …

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Georgia PM calls for the prohibition of online casino 

SBC News Georgia PM calls for the prohibition of online casino 

Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, has declared that the government will enforce the toughest online casino protections of all Eastern European states.  Yesterday, Gharibashvili instructed the government to adopt a ‘two-phase approach’ to reform Georgia’s gambling laws, enforcing stringent protections that will mirror a near ‘prohibition status’ for online casino. Lasha Khutsishvili Georgia’s Minister of Finance has been instructed …

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