Yerevan/Mediamax/. Today, the government of Armenia approved the decision on the requirements and criteria set to the location of casinos and entities organizing games of chance (including entities organizing online games of chance).

During today’s session of the government Armenian Minister of Finance Vache Gabrielyan said that in accord with the law “On entities organizing games of chance and casino” which will come into force since January 2013, a casino or an entity organizing games of chance may open only in Tsakhkadzor, Jermuk and Sevan or nearby territories.

According to the decision, entities organizing games of chance and casinos should be located 500 meters away from educational and historical-cultural objects, governmental institutions and hospitals and should be at least 250 square meters in size, whereas entities organizing games of chance should have an area of at least 100 square meters.

The draft law of the government’s decision is available here.