FEDERAL LAW

NO. 244-FZ OF DECEMBER 29, 2006

ON THE STATE REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANISATION
OF AND CARRYING ON GAMBLING AND ON AMENDING INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIVE
ACTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Passed by the State Duma on December 20, 2006

Approved by the Federation Council on December 27, 2006

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Article 1. Scope of This Federal Law

1. This Federal Law determines the legal framework of state regulation of activities associated with
organisation of and carrying on gambling in the territory of the Russian Federation and imposes restrictions on
those activities with a view to protecting the morality, rights and legitimate interests of citizens.
2. This Federal Law shall not apply to activities associated with organisation and conduct of lotteries
and operation of Stock Exchanges.

Article 2. Legislation on the State Regulation of Activities Associated with the Organisation of and
Carrying on Gambling
The legal regulation of activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling shall be
effected in accordance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, this Federal Law, other federal laws, laws
of the subjects of the Russian Federation and may also be realised by other statutory legal acts that were
adopted in keeping with this Federal Law.

Article 3. State Regulation of Activities Associated with Organisation of and Carrying on Gambling
1. The state regulation of activities associated with organisation of and carrying on gambling shall be
realised:
1) by establishing a certain procedure for conducting activities associated with the organisation of and
carrying on gambling and also by imposing appropriate restrictions upon and binding requirements for
organisers of gambling, gambling houses, visitors of gambling houses and gambling zones;
2) by setting aside areas intended for conduct of activities of organisation and carrying on gambling -
gambling zones;
3) by issuing authorisation to conduct activities associated with organisation of and carrying on
gambling within gambling zones;
4) by issuing licenses to conduct activities associated with organisation of and carrying on gambling at
book-maker's offices and totalisers;
5) by detecting, banning and stopping the activity of persons engaged in activities associated with
organization of and carrying on gambling in violation of legislation on the state regulation of activities associated
with the organisation of and carrying on gambling.
2. The state regulation of activities associated with organisation of and carrying on gambling in
accordance with this Federal Law shall be the competence of the Government of the Russian Federation, the
federal executive body duly authorised by the Government of the Russian Federation to perform the functions of
statutory legal regulation in the sphere of organisation of and carrying on gambling, of other federal executive
authorities of the Russian Federation within the limits of their respective competence and also of state power
structures of the subjects of the Russian Federation duly authorised to perform the functions of control over
gambling zones.
3. The checking of the technical state of gambling facilities shall be effected by the executive power
body duly authorised by the Government of the Russian Federation which performs the functions of control and
supervision of compliance with the laws on taxes and fees.

Article 4. Basic Notions Used in This Federal Law

For purposes of this Federal Law the use shall be made of the following basic notions:
1) gamble - a risk-based agreement for possible winnings made by two or several parties to that
agreement either between themselves or with the organiser of a gamble according to the rules established by
the organiser of gambling;
2) wager - a gamble in which the outcome of the risk-based agreement for possible winnings made by
two or several parties to the wager either between themselves or with the organiser of the gamble depends on
an event the occurrence of which is doubtful;
3) stake - monies to be passed by a gambler over either to the organiser of gambling or to other
gambler which serves as a condition for playing the gamble according to the rules established by the organiser
of gambling;
4) winnings - monetary funds or other property, including property-related rights, which shall be paid
out or passed over to a gambler upon the occurrence of the result of the gamble as provided under the rules
established by the organiser of gambling;
5) organiser of gambling - a legal person engaged in activities associated with the organisation of and
carrying on gambling;
6) activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling - activities aimed at
making risk-based agreements for possible winnings with gamblers and/or at arrangement of such agreements
made between two or several gamblers;
7) gambling zone - a part of the territory of the Russian Federation which is intended for carrying on
activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling whose boundaries are set in accordance
with this Federal Law;
8) authorisation to engage in activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on
gambling within a gambling zone - a document issued in accordance with this Federal Law which authorises
the organiser of gambling to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling
within a single gambling zone without limiting the number and type of gambling houses;
9) license to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling at
book-maker's offices and totalisers - a document issued in accordance with this Federal Law which
authorises the organiser of gambling to engage in activities associated with organisation of and carrying on
gambling at bookmaker's offices and totalisers outside gambling zones, bearing obligatory reference in the
attachment thereto as to the number and location of affiliates and other places where activities associated with
the organisation of and carrying on gambling at bookmaker's offices and the totalisers are conducted;
10) gambler - an individual taking part in a gamble who makes a risk-based agreement for possible
winnings either with the organiser of gambling or with the other participant in the gamble;
11) gambling house - a building, structure, construction (an undivided and separate portion of the
building, structure, construction) which is used exclusively for activities associated with the organisation of and
carrying on gambling and also with provision of gambling-related services (including an affiliate or other place
for conducting activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on gambling and provision of gambling-
related services);
12) casino - a gambling house in which activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on
gambling is conducted by using gambling tables or both gambling tables and other gambling facilities stipulated
under this Federal Law;
13) hall of gambling machines - a gambling house in which activities associated with the organisation
of and carrying on gambling are conducted by using gambling machines or both gambling machines and other
gambling facilities provided for under this Federal Law, except for gambling tables;
14) book-maker's office - a gambling house or part thereof in which the organiser of gambling makes a
wager with participants in the given gamble;
15) totaliser - a gambling house or part thereof in which the organiser of gambling arranges for a wager
made between participants in the given gamble;
16) gambling facilities - devices or attachments used in carrying on gambling;
17) gambling table - a gambling facility which represents a place with a single or several fields
thereupon by using which the organiser of gambling carries on gambling between gamblers therein or acts as a
gambler therein through its employees;
18) gambling machine - a gambling facility (mechanical, electric, electronic or other technical
equipment) used to carry on gambling yielding a financial profit which is determined by chance by a device
placed inside the body of that gambling facility, without the organiser of gambling or its employees being
involved;
19) book-maker's office cash-desk - a part of a gambling house in which the organiser of gambling
makes a wager with participants in that gamble and which houses special equipment making it possible to
register stakes, determine the results of a gamble and pay out winnings in cash;
20) totaliser cash-desk - a part of the gambling house in which the organiser of gambling arranges for
a wager made between participants in that gamble and which houses special equipment making it possible to
register stakes, determine the outcome of a gamble and pay out winnings in cash;
21) gambling house cash-desk - a part of the gambling house in which the organiser of gambling
carries out operations with monetary funds and which houses special equipment making it possible to carry out
said operations;
22) gamblers' servicing zone - a part of the gambling house which accommodates gambling facilities,
gambling house cash-desk, totaliser, book-maker's office and also other equipment used by gamblers;
23) gambling house official zone - a separate part of the gambling house intended for employees of
the organiser of gambling which is off limits to gamblers;
24) gambling-related services - hotel services, catering services, show and entertainment-related
services.

Article 5. Restrictions on Carrying on Activities Associated with the Organisation of and Carrying on of
Gambling
1. Activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling may be conducted
exclusively by organisers of gambling subject to the requirements set under this Federal Law, other federal
laws, laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation and other statutory legal acts.
2. Activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling may be conducted
exclusively inside the gambling houses which are in compliance with requirements stipulated under this Federal
Law, other federal laws, laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation, other statutory legal acts of the Russian
Federation.
3. Activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling by using information -
telecommunications networks, including the Internet, and also means of communication, including mobile
communication shall be prohibited.
4. Gambling houses (except for book-maker's offices and totalisers) may be opened exclusively within
the gambling zones in the procedure established under this Federal Law.
5. Gambling zones may not be set up on the lands of settlements.

Article 6. Requirements for Organisers of Gambling

1. The organisers of gambling may include exclusively legal entities duly registered in the established
procedure in the territory of the Russian Federation.
2. The organisers of gambling may not include legal entities whose founders (participants) are the
Russian Federation, the subjects of the Russian Federation or local self-government bodies.
3. The organiser of gambling shall be obligated to furnish the data required for exercise of control over
compliance with the requirements of legislation on the state regulation of activities associated with the
organisation of and carrying on of gambling. The makeup of and procedure for furnishing those data shall be
such as may be prescribed by the Government of the Russian Federation.
4. The organiser of gambling shall be obligated to provide for the personal security of gamblers, other
visitors of a gambling house and employees of the organiser of gambling during their stay in the gambling
house.
5. The organiser of gambling shall be obligated to comply with the rules established by the Government
of the Russian Federation in accordance with this Federal Law on operations with monetary funds effected in
the organisation of and carrying on of gambling.
6. The value of the net assets of the organiser of gambling may not, throughout the period of conducting
activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling, be less than|:
1) 600 million Rubles - in respect of organisers of gambling in casinos and halls of gambling machines;
2) 100 million Rubles - in respect of organisers of gambling at book-maker's offices and totalisers.
7. For purposes of this Federal Law the procedure for estimating the value of the net assets of
organisers of gambling shall be established by the federal executive body duly authorised by the Government of
the Russian Federation.
8. The Government of the Russian Federation shall have the right to impose further requirements for
organisers of gambling.

Article 7. Requirements for Visitors of a Gambling House

1. The visitors of a gambling house shall be gamblers staying in a gambling house and other persons
who are not banned from entering gambling houses under this Federal Law.
2. The visitors of a gambling house may not be persons who have not reached the age of eighteen.
3. The organiser of gambling shall have the right, using its own judgment, to establish the rules for
visiting a gambling house that do not conflict with this Federal Law.
4. At the request of employees of the organiser of gambling, a visitor of a gambling house who is
violating the rules for visiting a gambling house established under this Federal Law, shall be obligated to leave
the gambling house without delay.

Article 8. General Requirements for a Gambling House

1. A gambling house must be divided into a gamblers' servicing zone and a gambling house official
zone.
 2. The text of this Federal Law, rules on gambling and for visiting a gambling house established by the
organiser of gambling, the authorisation to conduct activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of
gambling within a gambling zone or a license to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and
carrying on of gambling at book-maker's offices and totalisers shall be posted in a place accessible to the
visitors of a gambling house.
3. Organisation of gambling and gambling shall be conducted exclusively by employees of the organiser
of gambling. The gambling organiser's employees may not include persons who have not reached the age of
eighteen.
4. The gambling facilities used in a gambling house must be in compliance with the requirements of
legislation of the Russian Federation on technical regulation, technical specifications, standards and also with
other binding requirements and shall be held in the ownership of the organiser of gambling. The documents
confirming compliance of gambling facilities with the said requirements shall be kept at all times in the premises
of a gambling house.
5. The technically built-in average percentage of winnings of each gambling machine may not be less
than ninety percent.

Chapter 2. Gambling Zones

Article 9. Setting up and liquidation of gambling zones

1. The territory of the Russian Federation shall be the site of four gambling zones. The territory of a
subject of the Russian Federation may not be the site of more than one gambling zone. When a gambling zone
comprises portions of territories of several subjects of the Russian Federation, other gambling zones may not be
set up in the territories of relevant subjects of the Russian Federation.
2. Gambling zones shall be set up on the territories of the following subjects of the Russian Federation:
the Altai territory;
the Primorsky territory;
the Kalinin region;
the Krasnodar territory and Rostov region (the given gambling zone shall comprise a portion of territory
of each said subject of the Russian Federation).
3. The procedure for setting up and liquidation of gambling zones and also their denomination, borders
and other parameters of gambling zones shall be such as prescribed by the Government of the Russian
Federation.
4. Decisions to set up and liquidate gambling zones shall be taken by the Government of the Russian
Federation by agreement with the state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Notably, the
borders of gambling zones shall be fixed on the basis of proposals of the state power bodies of the subjects of
the Russian Federation made to the Government of the Russian Federation.
5. Proposals on the borders of gambling zones comprising portions of territories of several subjects of
the Russian Federation shall be made to the Government of the Russian Federation on the basis of agreement
to be made between the state power bodies of relevant subjects of the Russian Federation.
6. The procedure for control of the gambling zones comprising portions of territories of several subjects
of the Russian Federation, procedure for realising within those gambling zones the rights vested in the subjects
of the Russian Federation by the legislation of the Russian Federation on taxes and fees, procedure for
distribution between the budgets of relevant subjects of the Russian Federation of the funds resulted from
payment of taxes and fees directed to the budgets of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall be
determined on the basis of agreement between the state power bodies of relevant subjects of the Russian
Federation.
7. The period of validity of the gambling zones may not be limited. The decision to liquidate a gambling
zone may not be taken by the Government of the Russian Federation prior to the expiration of ten years from
the date when it was set up.
8. Decision to set up a gambling zone may establish additional requirements for individual types of
gambling zones and other restrictions.

Article 10. Control of gambling zones

1. The control of gambling zones shall be effected by the duly authorised state power bodies of subject
of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the bodies for control of gambling zones). The bodies for
control of gambling zones covering parts of territories of several subjects of the Russian Federation shall be
designated on the basis of agreements made between the state power bodies of relevant subjects of the
Russian Federation.
2. The bodies for control of gambling zones shall:
 1) perform the functions of organising the interaction between state power bodies, local self-government
bodies, organisers of gambling and also other persons in connection with the implementation of the state
regulation of activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling;
2) in the procedure established under the legislation of subject of the Russian Federation (an
agreement between state power bodies of relevant subjects of the Russian Federation of the Russian
Federation) pass over to the organisers of gambling and also to other persons either into their ownership or for
lease land plots situated within gambling zones;
3) perform the functions of issuing, re-execution and cancellation of authorisations to conduct activities
associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone;
4) exercise control over compliance by organisers of gambling and also by other persons with the
provisions of legislation on the state regulation of activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on
of gambling.
3. The organisers of gambling within gambling zones shall have the right to set up non-commercial
organisations whose goal is to organise the interaction between the organisers of gambling and bodies for
control of a single gambling zone and also between other state power bodies and local self-government bodies
(hereinafter referred to as associations of organisers of gambling).
4. A portion of the functions of the bodies for control of gambling zones may be passed over to the
association of organisers of gambling under an agreement the procedure for whose conclusion shall be
established by the legislation of subject of the Russian Federation (agreement between state power bodies of
relevant subjects of the Russian Federation).
5. With a view to exercising control over compliance by the organisers of gambling with the
requirements of this Federal Law and other statutory legal acts of the Russian Federation the bodies for control
of gambling zones shall furnish reports and accounts the content of and procedure for whose submission shall
be established by the federal executive body duly authorised by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Article 11. Criteria for Selection of Land Plots for Setting up Gambling Zones
1. At the time of setting up a gambling zone, the land plots making up such a zone, shall not be held in
the ownership of and/or in use by citizens and legal entities, except for the land plots which were made available
for location and use of engineering infrastructure facilities and which are the site of such facilities.
2. At the time of setting up a gambling zone, the land plots making up such a zone, may be the site of
only such facilities which are held in the state and municipal ownership and which are not owned and/or used by
citizens and legal entities, except for engineering and transport infrastructure facilities.

Article 12. Using the land plots of gambling zones

1. The land plots of gambling zones and/or facilities situated thereupon (except for engineering and
transport infrastructure facilities and also land plots which are the site of those facilities) shall be passed into the
ownership or for lease over to the organisers of gambling or to other persons.
2. The passing over to the organisers of gambling or other persons into their ownership or for lease of
the land plots situated within gambling zones shall be effected by the bodies for control of gambling zones in the
procedure established under the legislation of subject of the Russian Federation (agreement between the state
power bodies of relevant subjects of the Russian Federation).

Article 13. Authorisation to Conduct Activities Associated with the Organisation of and Carrying on of
Gambling
1. Authorisation to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling
within a gambling zone shall provide the organiser of gambling with the right to conduct activities associated
with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone subject to the requirements and
restrictions imposed by the decision to set up an appropriate gambling zone.
2. Authorisation to conduct activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling within
a gambling zone shall be given by the body for control of a gambling zone in accordance with the legislation of
subject of the Russian Federation (agreement between the state power bodies of relevant subjects of the
Russian Federation), including by conducting an auction or tender.
3. Authorisation to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling
within a gambling zone shall be given without limiting the validity period and shall be valid until the time of
liquidation of an appropriate gambling zone. The authorisation to conduct activities associated with organisation
of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone shall specify the date from which the organiser of
gambling is entitled to start appropriate activities and also the denomination of a gambling zone within which
such activity may be conducted.
4. Authorisation to conduct activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling within
a gambling zone may be cancelled by the body for control of a gambling zone in the following cases:
 1) liquidation in the established procedure of a legal entity that is the organiser of gambling;
2) failure of a gambling house to comply with the requirements set under this Federal Law;
3) violation by the organiser of gambling of the procedure established by this Federal Law for
conducting activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling, including when the activities
associated with organisation of and carrying on gambling are conducted outside a gambling zone;
4) repeated violation by the organiser of gambling of the established procedure for providing information
envisaged under this Federal Law or detection of facts of inaccuracy of such information;
5) application filed by the organiser of gambling.
5. Should the organiser of gambling fails, within three years from receipt of the authorisation to conduct
activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone, to start the
activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling within an appropriate gambling zone,
that authorisation shall be cancelled.
6. Decision to refuse issuance, re-execution or to cancel authorisation to conduct activities associated
with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone may be appealed in the established
procedure before the court.

Chapter 3. The Organization and Carrying on of Gambling at Book-Maker's

Offices and Totalisers Outside Gambling Zones

Article 14. Procedure for Opening Book-maker's Offices and Totalisers

1. Activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling at book-maker's offices and
totalisers may be organised outside gambling zones in the procedure established by this Chapter.
2. Book-makers' offices and totalisers (except for those opened within a gambling zone) may be opened
exclusively on the basis of licenses to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of
gambling at book-maker's offices and totalisers whose issuing procedure shall be determined by the
Government of the Russian Federation.
3. Book-makers' offices and totalisers located outside gambling zones may not be sites for activities
associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling by using gambling machines and gambling
tables.

Article 15. Requirements for book-makers' offices and totalisers

1. Book-makers' offices and totalisers may be located only in buildings, structures and constructions
that are projects of capital construction.
2. Book-maker's offices and totalisers may not be located:
1) inside projects of the housing fund or projects uncompleted with construction or inside temporary
structures, kiosks, under cover and in other similar buildings;
2) in buildings, structures and constructions which house children', educational, medical and sanatoria-
resort institutions;
3) in buildings, structures and constructions of motor terminals, railway terminals, river terminals, river
ports, airports, at stations and stops of any and all types of public transport (transport of public use) of city and
local communications;
4) inside premises which are the site of activities not connected with the organisation of and carrying on
of gambling or provision of gambling-related services;
5) in buildings, structures and constructions which are held in state or municipal ownership and which
house federal state power bodies, state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, local self-
government bodies, state-owned or municipal institutions and unitary enterprises;
6) in buildings, structures and constructions which house organisations of worship and religious
organisations.
3. Book-maker's offices and totalisers may not likewise be located on the land plots which are occupied
by projects specified under Part 2 of this Article. The Government of the Russian Federation shall have the right
to set additional requirements for book-maker's offices and totalisers.

Article 16. Final Provisions

1. The gambling houses holding appropriate licences subject to compliance with the requirements set
under Part 6 of Article 6, Parts 1, 3-5 of Article 8, Parts 2 and 3 of Article 15 of this Federal Law, Part 2 of this
Article, shall have the right to pursue their activities until June 30, 2009 without receipt of authorisation
envisaged under this Federal Law to conduct activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of
gambling within a gambling zone. Notably, the requirements set under Part 2 of Article 15 of this Federal Law
shall apply to all gambling houses regardless of their type.
 2. Gambling houses shall comply with the following requirements:
1) gambling houses may be located only in buildings, structures and constructions that are projects of
capital construction, occupy the said projects in full or be located in a single, alone-standing part of same;
2) a gambling house may not be located in buildings, structures and constructions of physical culture,
health-improvement and sporting facilities (except for book-maker's offices and totalisers);
3) the area of the gamblers' servicing zone in a casino may not measure less than eight hundred square
meters and shall accommodate a gambling house cash-desk, cloak-room, rooms for rest and recreation of the
gambling house visitors and a toilet. In a place easily accessible to visitors of the gambling house there shall be
posted a text of this Federal Law, the rules of gambling established by the organiser of gambling, the rules for
visiting the gambling house, a licence for organisation and running of totalisers and gambling houses;
4) a gamblers' servicing zone in a casino shall accommodate no less than ten gambling tables; it may
also house gambling machines and cash-desks of the totaliser and/or book-maker's office. Gambling tables and
gambling machines installed in a casino shall be held exclusively in the ownership of the organiser of gambling;
5) an official zone of the gambling house shall accommodate premises for rest of employees of the
organiser of gambling, specially fitted out premises for taking up, paying out and temporary safe-keeping
monies and premises for organisation of the gambling house security service;
6) in case of gambling machines installed within a gamblers' servicing zone in a casino, the gambling
house shall be subject to requirements specified under Items 8, 10 of this Part;
7) the area of a gamblers' servicing zone in the hall of gambling machines may not measure less than
one hundred square meters and shall accommodate a gambling house cash-desk and a toilet;
8) a gamblers' servicing zone of the hall of gambling machines shall accommodate not less than fifty
gambling machines and also cash-desks of the totaliser and/or book-maker's office;
9) an official zone of the hall of gambling machines shall house specially fitted out premises or
equipment for taking up, paying out and temporary safe-keeping monies;
10) gambling machines installed in the hall of gambling machines shall be held in the exclusive
ownership of the organizer of gambling. Technologically built-in average percentage of winnings in cash of each
gambling machine must not be lower than ninety per cent.
11) a gamblers' servicing zone at a book-maker's office shall accommodate a book-maker's office cash-
desk and it may also accommodate a totaliser cash-desk;
12) the organiser of gambling at a book-maker's office shall, by using special equipment, be obligated to
provide for taking up, uniform registration and processing of stakes and also for paying out the winnings;
13) the organiser of gambling at a book-maker's office shall have the right, by its own judgment, to
identify an event which may determine the outcome of a wager, except for instances established by federal
laws;
14) the provisions of Items 11-13 of this part shall also apply in respect of cash-desks of book-maker's
offices located inside casinos and halls of gambling machines;
15) gamblers' servicing zones at totaliser shall accommodate a totaliser cash-desk;
16) the organiser of gambling at totaliser shall, by using special equipment, be obligated to provide for
taking up, uniform registration and processing of stakes and for paying out the winnings;
17) the organiser of gambling at totaliser shall be obligated to provide gamblers with the possibility to
watch the development and outcome of events determining the result of the wager, including by using special
equipment;
18) the provisions of Items 15-17 of this Part shall also apply to totaliser cash-desks located in casinos,
halls of gambling machines and book-maker's offices.
3. Control over compliance by the organisers of gambling with the requirements set under Parts 1 and 2
of this Article shall be exercised by the federal executive body duly authorized by the Government of the
Russian Federation which performs the functions of control and supervision over compliance with the legislation
on taxes and fees.
4. In respect of the appropriate licences, the validity period of licenses issued prior to the effective day
of this Federal Law and valid on the effective day of this Federal Law, for organisation and running of totalisers
and gambling houses, shall be extended until June 30, 2009 regardless of the period fixed in the licenses held
by those licensees.
5. Beginning from the effective day of this Federal Law, the issuance of fresh licenses to conduct the
activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling and/or wagers shall cease, except for
the licenses issued under this Federal Law to conduct the activities associated with the organisation of and
carrying on of gambling within book-maker's offices and totalisers.
6. The activity of gambling houses not in compliance with the requirements set under Parts 1 and 2 of
this Article shall be terminated prior to July 1, 2007.
7. The state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall have the right to take, prior to
July 1, 2007, decision on banning, starting from July 1, 2007, on the territory of the subject of the Russian
Federation (except for within gambling zones) the activities associated with organisation of and carrying on of
gambling (including in respect of individual types of gambling houses).
8. Decisions taken by the state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation prior to the
effective day of this Federal Law on banning the activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of
gambling (including in respect of individual types of gambling houses) and on setting restrictions upon that
activity on the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation (except for gambling zones) shall be held valid.
9. The gambling zones envisaged under this Federal Law shall be set up prior to July 1, 2007. The
activity of gambling houses lacking authorisation provided for under this Federal Law to conduct activities
associated with organisation of and carrying on of gambling within a gambling zone shall be terminated prior to
July 1, 2009, except for book-maker's offices and totalisers corresponding to the requirements of this Federal
Law.
10. Prior to the expiry of six months from the effective day of this Federal Law the Government of the
Russian Federation and state power bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation shall adopt statutory legal
acts essential for realisation of the provisions of this Federal Law.

Article 17. On Amending Federal Law On the Licensing of Individual Types of Activity
To amend Item 1 of Article 17 of Federal Law No. 128-FZ of August 8, 2001 On the Licensing of
Individual Types of Activity (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, 2001, No. 33, Item 3430; 2002,
No. 11, Item 1020; No. 50, Item 4925; 2003, No. 2, Item 169; No. 11, Item 956; No. 13, Item 1178; 2005, No.
13, Item 1078; No. 27, Item 2719; 2006, No. 50, Item 5279) as follows:

Item 1 of Article 17 of this Federal Law shall take effect from June 30, 2009

1) Subitems 76 and 77 shall be invalidated;

2) to add Subitem 104 reading as follows:
"104) activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling at book-maker's offices
and totalisers;

Article 18. On Amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation
To amend Item 1 of Article 333.33 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye
Zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoy Federatsii, 2000, No. 32, Item 3340; 2004, No. 45, Item 4377; 2005, No. 30, Item
3117; No. 52, Item 5581; 2006, No. 1, Item 12; No. 27, Item 2881; No. 43, Item 4412) as follows:

Item 1 of Article 18 of this Federal Law shall take effect from June 30, 2009

1) Subitem 72) shall be invalidated;

Item 2 of Article 18 of this Federal Law shall take effect upon the expiry of one month from its official
publication

2) to supplement with Subitem (85) reading as follows:

"85) in consideration of actions undertaken by duly authorised bodies connected with issuance of
licences to conduct the activities associated with the organisation of and carrying on of gambling at book-
maker's offices and totalisers:
review of application for a licence - Rbl. 300;
issuing of a licence - Rbl. 3000;
re-execution of a licence - Rbl. 1000."

Article 19 of this Federal Law shall take effect from June 30, 2009

Article 19. On Invalidation of individual provisions of legislative acts of the

Russian Federation
To invalidate:
1) Paragraphs Four Hundred and Thirty - Four Hundred and Thirty Three of Item 5 of Article 2 of
Federal Law No. 127-FZ of November 2, 2004 On Amending Part One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian
Federation and Certain Other Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and also On Invalidation of Individual
Legislative Acts (Provisions of Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva
Rossiiskoy Federatsii, 2004, No. 45, Item 4377);
2) Paragraphs Seventy Eight and Seventy Nine of Subitem (a) of Item 9 of Article 1 of Federal Law No.
80-FZ of July 2, 2005 On Amending the Federal Law On the Licensing of Individual Types of Activity, the
Federal Law On the Protection of Rights of Legal Persons and Individual Entrepreneurs In Exercise of State
Control (Supervision) and the Code of the Russian Federation On Administrative Offences (Sobraniye
zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoi Federatsii, 2005, No. 27, Item 2719).

Article 20. This Federal Law Taking Effect

1. This Federal Law shall take effect from January 1, 2007, except for Item 1 of Article 17, Articles 18
and 19 of this Federal Law.
2. Item 1 of Article 17, Item 1 of Article 18 and Article 19 of this Federal Law shall take effect from June
30, 2009.
3. Item 2 of Article 18 of this Federal Law shall take effect upon the expiry of one month from its official
publication.

President of the Russian V. Putin

Federation
The Kremlin, Moscow