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On August 6, 2026, Armenia's government approved a decision designating "Games Analysis and Monitoring System" (GAMS) as the operator for the regulation of the gaming sector. Eduard Hakobyan, acting chair of the State Revenue Committee (SRC), presented the decision at a cabinet meeting, emphasising that the 2024 Law on Gaming Activity Regulation introduced significant reforms centred on implementing new digital oversight tools through public-private partnership. The SRC conducted an open competition to select the gaming sector regulation operator, which attracted three foreign organisations. RANDOM SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, a company with relevant experience performing a similar function as a gaming operator in Georgia, won the competition. The company established GAMS as a local entity in Armenia, which the government designated as the official gaming sector regulation operator. Hakobyan stated that the partnership aims to create a modern, digitalised, and effective regulatory and oversight system enabling real-time betting monitoring and implementing participation restrictions for vulnerable populations, public servants, and other legally designated individuals. The system is also intended to ensure fair and responsible gaming rules. Following the decision's entry into force, the SRC will execute a 15-year contract with the operator within ten days. The operator must fully deploy the electronic management system within six months and commence performing statutory functions. Hakobyan indicated the system should be fully operational by early 2027. Following the commencement of the operator's activities in 2027, Armenia plans to introduce new gaming winnings income tax rates: up to five percent annually new gaming winnings income tax rates: up to five percent winnings and ten percent for large winnings.