director - Ministarstvo finansija

Functioning of the games of chance system
BULLETIN OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE/JANUARY-MARCH 2006
Functioning of the games
of chance system, highlighting
activities aimed at
suppressing grey economy
(CONTROL, REGISTRATION AND RE-REGISTRATION OF ORGANIZERS OF GAMES OF CHANCE)
Introduction:
New Law on Games of Chance (»Official
Gazette of RM«, No. 52/04) entered
into force on 7 August 2004. Pursuant to
the Law, the Ministry of Finance, as a
competent authority, gives approvals -
concessions for organization of games of
chance, examines whether space-related
and technical conditions are met, and supervises
activities of organizers of games
of chance. Following adoption of the Law,
necessary by-laws were adopted within
set deadline, such as:
Rulebook on casino’s spatial and
technical conditions to be met;
Rulebook on spatial and technical
conditions for organization of games of
chance;
Rulebook on spatial and technical conditions
for a gambling machines parlor;
Rulebook on spatial and technical
conditions for organizing of bingo, TV
tombola and limited-access tombola, and
Rulebook setting conditions for performing
technical review of gambling
machines and game tables.
Accordingly, normative prerequisites
have been put in place, which are required
for implementation of the Law and
efficient functioning of the games of
chance system in general and supervision
of such system as well.
Chance Department and information
provided by local self-government authorities,
a register of organizers of games of
chance conducting activities in line with
the previous Law has been established.
According to the register, there were 72
organizers arranging games of chance, as
follows:
- TV tombola arranged by 6 organizers;
- Limited-access tombola arranged by
10 organizers;
- Lottery games arranged by 1 organizer;
- Casino games of chance arranged by
1 organizer;
- Betting games arranged by 48 organizers
within 160 betting places;
- Games of chance in gambling machines
parlor arrange by 7 organizers.
According to data under the register
and information obtained from on-site
inspection, it was clear that there had
been a large number of organizers of games
of chance who conducted their activities
without prior approval for work
and/or who violated the Games of Chance
Law by expanding their activities. As a
result of their activities in the grey zone,
budgetary revenues stemming from concession
charges were lower and, more important,
it had direct negative effect on
activities of registered organizers.
From 27 April 2005, in co-operation
with the Tax Administration inspectors,
the Ministry of Finance initiated regular
controls with regard to possession of approval
for work by organizers of games of
chance in casinos, gambling machines
parlors and betting places, as well as controls
of their business activities. 205 controls
have been conducted so far. All orga-
ACTIVITIES AIMED AT
SUPPRESSING GREY
ECONOMY IN THE
GAMES OF CHANCE FIELD:
First of all, based on data available
with the Ministry of Finance, Games of
GAMES OF CHANES DEPARTMENT: Radmila Vorotović, Head of GAMES OF CHANES
DEPARTMENT Veljko Begović, Chief inspector - GAMES OF CHANES department
34