ArmInfo. A company created specifically for this purpose, "Gaming Analysis and Monitoring System," founded by the Maltese company "Random Systems International LLC," will regulate gambling activities.
As Eduard Hakobyan, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia, noted at a government meeting on August 6, a tender was held in accordance with the requirements of the republic's legislation to identify a gambling operator, in which three companies participated. The winner was Random Systems International LLC, which also operates in neighboring Georgia. The winner, in turn, established the company "Gaming Analysis and Monitoring System" in Armenia, with which the head of the State Revenue Committee must now conclude an agreement with the operator within 10 days. The new company will be tasked with electronically monitoring bets, restricting the participation of vulnerable groups, civil servants, and community employees, and establishing fair rules. The agreement with the operator will be valid for 15 years. In turn, the winning company is obligated to implement a digital monitoring system within six months.
As a reminder, on August 14, 2025, the government approved the procedure for holding a tender to select a gambling operator, participating in the operator selection process as a consortium, concluding an agreement with the operator, and determining grounds for invalidating the tender. This procedure will be in effect for a 15-year term. Until now, the current system lacked a clear and comprehensive procedure to ensure a transparent, competitive, and non-discriminatory organization of the operator selection process, as well as predictability of the requirements and evaluation criteria for applicants. Now, however, a number of important issues are being addressed: the legality and transparency of the operator selection process are being ensured, clear criteria for the qualification and evaluation of proposals are being established, and a mechanism for excluding interested parties from participation and participation as a consortium is being introduced. Furthermore, the decision provides for clear cases for invalidating a tender, thus preventing artificial delays in the tender process and ensuring normal industry governance. The procedure for concluding an agreement with the winner of the tender is also being established. It is noted that the purpose of the regulation is to establish clear and legal regulations for the organization and conduct of competitions for the selection of gambling regulatory operators, including cases of consortium participation and the recognition of the competition as invalid, which creates the basis for the implementation of full state control over gambling activities.
The operator must be selected through an open competition, which is a two-stage process consisting of a qualification request and a request for proposals.
The draft establishes the procedure for each of these stages, the eligibility requirements for applicants, and the list of documents and certificates to be submitted by applicants to the commission. The minimum deadlines for submitting applications for the qualification selection and the request for proposals are set at 40 and 60 days, respectively. The draft also defines the requirements for the technical proposal and financial proposal submitted by applicants who have passed the request for proposals (qualified applicants), including the technical proposal criteria:
1. Business plan,
2. Information system (software), and
3. Physical infrastructure) and the subcriteria for each, as well as the weight and assessment assigned to each. The weight and assessment of the financial proposal are also defined. The draft also stipulates that the initial selection of the gambling regulatory operator will be conducted using the selection evaluation method based on quality and cost.
