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Georgia’s Revenue Service says 1,577,247 citizens were listed on Georgia’s national gambling exclusion register by the end of December 2025, marking the completion of a year-end sweep as the government continues tightening limits on domestic gambling participation.
The register is maintained under Georgia’s law governing lotteries and games of chance, applies to Georgian citizens, and is managed by the Revenue Service, which also oversees the linked database for individuals recorded as having a gambling addiction.
The Revenue Service breakdown distinguishes between broad prohibitions and formal “addiction registry” entries.
Between March 1, 2022 and early January 2026, 36,115 people were added to the database of individuals with gambling addiction, 36,053 by personal request and 62 via court order, according to SBC Eurasia’s report of the Revenue Service figures.
Georgia’s rules also extend beyond self-exclusion. Since 2022, the country has enforced prohibitions for citizens under 25, public servants, and people with “socially vulnerable” status, the same Revenue Service update said.
Policy roots: raising the bar on domestic access
Georgia’s current stance has been years in the making. In late 2021, then-Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili outlined a package of tougher controls, including a ban on under-25s for Georgian citizens and tighter advertising rules.
Reports say that Garibashvili told a government session that the country would prohibit gambling ads across television, websites, and outdoor placements, and that the plan would also raise the gambling age for Georgian citizens to 25, while stating that the age restriction would not apply to foreign nationals.
Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili also described restrictions on multiple categories, including socially vulnerable persons, civil servants, those requesting self-restriction through the Revenue Service, and those added by court decision.
Source: SBC Eurasia
