OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2009. In Zakarpatie they have set up a committee which will licence betting and gambling operations, as the UNIAN was informed in Zakarpatie Regional State Administration`s Office of Information and Public Relations.

According to the message, the regional licensing committee for business activities on arrangement and maintenance of betting and gambling facilities will secure preparation of proposals and recommendations by the licensing authority on deciding to grant a licence or to refuse it. In addition, the committee will deal with matters of re-issuing, giving duplicates of licences, annulling licences for these operations.

The Deputy Chairman of Zakarpatie Regional State Administration Vladimir Goblik was appointed as the Chairman of the state committee.

The committee is created due to the fact that the gaming business in Zakarpatie has significantly extended within the last three years. In particular, according to the official data of Zakarpatie Regional State Administration`s Chief Directorate of Economy, the number of slot machines only increased twofold – to 4 015 – from 2005 to 2008.