Moscow City Duma suggests imprisonment for illegal totalizators
On Monday in Moscow City Duma there was a session of the legislation committee; at the session they discussed introducing criminal and administrative liability for breaches of the law in the area of gambling organization and arrangement.
According to the press service of Moscow City Duma, a legislation initiative project is proposed to introduce criminal liability under which unlicensed or unpermitted gambling organization and arrangement (including bookmakers` offices and totalizators) will be punished with a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles or with imprisonment up to 4 years and a fine up to 80 thousand rubles. The same acts committed by an organized group and connected with especially high profits will be punished with imprisonment from 3 to 7 years and a fine up to 1mn rubles.
Gazeta