The Georgian Gambling Business Association organized a conference on November 4-5 in Telavi on the topic: "How to Manipulate Numbers Against the Gambling Business - Methodological Peculiarities of the Statistics of Gambling Enterprises"

The conference was opened by the Head of Administration of the Georgian Gambling Business Association, Giorgi Mamulaishvili, who spoke on the formation of gambling business revenues according to IFRS standards. Gogita Todradze, Executive Director of Geostat, a partner organization of the Gambling Business Association, also spoke at the conference, speaking about the methodological peculiarities of calculating gambling business indicators. The speakers of the final part of the conference were the heads of the legal and analytical departments of Random Systems (which is also a partner organization of the gambling business) - Giorgi Tsamalaidze and Shota Batilashvili

Digital media has changed the agenda and dynamics of information dissemination. Inaccurate facts and data about the gambling business are often spread on social media, which creates a basis for ambiguity and speculation. Improperly processed and extracted statistics are often manipulated against the gambling business. The evaluation of the activity of enterprises engaged in gambling activities started with a new methodology, which had a significant impact on the turnover of enterprises in the relevant sector.

From 2018, the volume of turnover is determined by the sum of bets placed each time. False statistics arise against the gambling business and numbers are manipulated. The aim of the conference was for media representatives to have comprehensive and accurate information on the new counting methodology as well as the sharp differences between turnover volume and revenue. As a result of the conference, the representatives of the media will be able to more effectively find, process and publish the statistical data of the enterprises engaged in the gambling business. This will eliminate the spread of unverified and inaccurate facts in the future.