Vice Speaker Alen Simonyan suggests limiting bookmaking activities in Armenia

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, ARMENPRESS. Vice Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan has introduced a bill on amending the law that regulated gambling.

“These will limit the activities of bookmaking offices in the territory of Armenia, and gambling through the well-known devices at filling stations and different public locations will be banned,” he said on Facebook, referring to the slot-machine type bookmaking equipment that are mostly placed at CNG stations.

“This initiative was introduced back during the previous parliament, although it received a positive conclusion from the government the HHK representatives obstructed the possibility of launching debates,” he said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan