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Ukrainian Gambling Council

OUR PURPOSES:

Сreating an effective mechanism for dialogue between the government authorities and licensed gambling operators

Сreating a positive image for the legal gambling market

OUR TASKS:

Uniting of all legal gambling operators into a single NGO

Сonsolidation of professional NGOs and market experts into a single center

Drafting of regulatory legal acts for the development of the gambling market

Representing the interests of legal operators in communication with government authorities

Assistance in increasing the amount of expert information on the legal gambling market in the media

Preparation and distribution of an analytical product about the gambling market

Assistance in the fight against the shadow market of gambling

Anton Kuchukhidze

Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council

2 days ago

Position of the Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council on Draft Law 9256-D

Firstly, it has unfortunately become the norm for the Head of the Committee on Taxation, Customs and Financial Policy to develop gambling...

Apr 18

Statement of the Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council on pressure on gambling organizers

Unfortunately, Ukraine continues to exert pressure on legal gambling market players who operate in a legal environment and are...

Apr 9

Qorvis appoints Viktoriya Zakrevskaya as Director

Nov 2, 2023

Statement of the Chairman of the UGC on systemic pressure on the legal gambling

Last week, unprecedented searches were held in legal gambling companies. They attacked a lot of B2B companies that actually provide the...

Oct 27, 2023

Statement of the Chairman of the UGC on the pressure on the legal gambling business

SPACEIKS LLC, the owner of the Cosmolot brand, became another victim of a mistake by law enforcement agencies. This company is a legal...

Sep 4, 2023

UGC signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with higher authorities and the public

On 28 August, Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council Anton Kuchukhidze signed on behalf of the Gambling Council a Memorandum of...

Mar 17, 2023

OPEN LETTER of gambling organizersregarding the situation in the gambling sector

17 March 2023 To: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Anatoliiovych Shmyhal Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Oleksiiovych...

Mar 13, 2023

Statement of the UGC Chairman regarding sanctions against Parimatch international brand

Any industry always has difficult times. Currently, legal gambling sector of Ukraine is being tested for strength and maturity. I would...

Mar 3, 2023

UGC and EXPO-2030 Odesa concluded a Memorandum of Partnership and Cooperation

Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC) and Public Organization Public Council of EXPO-2030 Odesa concluded a Memorandum of Partnership and...

Mar 2, 2023

Legal land-based gambling sector is on the verge of closing

Ukrainian Gambling Council and legal gambling organizers in the land-based sector CASINO PREMIER PALACE LLC, VOLNA 4444 LLC, BILLIONARE...

Nov 4, 2022

Statement on the inappropriateness of reforming the public administration in the sphere of gambling

As the Chairman of the largest specialized gambling Association, I keep seeing calls in the media for reforming the gambling industry and...

Oct 24, 2022

Statement of the UGC Chairman on gambling financial monitoring criteria

On 08 September 2022, a draft document of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, “Risk criteria for the Legalization (Laundering) of...

News

Efforts of lottery operators to discredit legal gambling are doomed

Anton Kuchukhidze

2 days ago

Efforts of lottery operators to discredit legal gambling are doomed

Unfortunately, attacks on the legal gambling business have already become a kind of "norm". Legal organizers are blamed for all the...

Behind the screen of hype about gambling addiction in the Armed Forces, lottery operators are trying to get rid of CRGL

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Apr 18

Behind the screen of hype about gambling addiction in the Armed Forces, lottery operators are trying to get rid of CRGL

For the fourth year in a row, Ukraine has been reviving its legal gambling market. The market that was brazenly destroyed fifteen years...

What does legal gambling do for the state during the war?

Anton Kuchukhidze

Apr 17

What does legal gambling do for the state during the war?

Recently, the volume of unreasonable hate against legal gambling in the public sphere has been growing exponentially. Through...

Gambling legalization brought Ukraine tens of billions of hryvnias

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Apr 10

Gambling legalization brought Ukraine tens of billions of hryvnias

The situation around the legal gambling market in Ukraine is increasingly reminiscent of the events of early 2009, when the number of...

Gambling and war: are these two concepts compatible?

Anton Kuchukhidze

Apr 8

Gambling and war: are these two concepts compatible?

For more than eleven years - from May 2009 to August 2020 - the gambling market in Ukraine existed only in the illegal plane, as there...

The state should receive adequate funds from organizing and conducting lotteries

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Apr 3

The state should receive adequate funds from organizing and conducting lotteries

Throughout the history of gambling business development in Ukraine, lotteries have been singled out by the state as a separate category...

Unjustified attacks on legal gambling are gaining momentum

Anton Kuchukhidze

Apr 1

Unjustified attacks on legal gambling are gaining momentum

Having lost hope that the legal gambling market would not be able to withstand the challenges posed by the war, illegal gamblers hoped...

All over the world, lottery is a game of chance, and only in Ukraine it is not. Why?

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Mar 28

All over the world, lottery is a game of chance, and only in Ukraine it is not. Why?

The history of gambling goes back five thousand years, and lotteries as a type of gambling have been known for over two thousand years....

Ignoring tax payments by lotteries should be stopped

Anton Kuchukhidze

Mar 26

Ignoring tax payments by lotteries should be stopped

Tax evasion is a violation of the law for which any company must be held accountable. However, for some unknown reason, there are still...

Unlocking the potential of legal gambling depends on parliamentarians

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Mar 21

Unlocking the potential of legal gambling depends on parliamentarians

Every time I feel surprised and cannot ignore publications and statements that "the entire potential of gambling in Ukraine has been...

Housing subsidies should be used to pay for housing and communal services, not for gambling

Yurii Havrilechko

Mar 19

Housing subsidies should be used to pay for housing and communal services, not for gambling

Legal gambling is not only an opportunity for both businesses and players, but also a responsibility. First and foremost, it is about the...

Virus-carrying gambling to circumvent sanctions is a game of chance for russia and North Korea

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Mar 14

Virus-carrying gambling to circumvent sanctions is a game of chance for russia and North Korea

The modern world is gradually moving to an increasingly technological system that affects all areas of our lives, from buying goods and...

Anton Kuchukhidze

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov

Blogs

UGC partners provide free psychological assistance during wartime

Ukrainian Gambling Council launches project for the provision of psychological support for gamblers

Members

Associate Members

Anton Kuchukhidze

as the Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council

Borys Baum

as the Honorary Chairman for the Development of Gambling Market

Mykhailo Koval

as the Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council for Legal Issues

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

as the Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council for Communications

Ukrainian Gambling Council Leaders

Psychological assistance

Free psychological assistance on gambling addiction

UGC Research

Periodic and special UGC researches and studies on various gambling topics

Media about us

1 day ago

Under stress of war, gambling grips Ukrainian soldiers

Last month Pavlo Petrychenko, a junior sergeant in the Ukrainian army, issued a stark warning to President Volodymyr Zelensky about a...

2 days ago

Head of CRGL responds to the discussion on the gambling market

The heated discussion of the current situation in the gambling industry was triggered by the problem of gambling addiction, particularly...

Apr 11

The number of illegal casinos in Ukraine is simply off the charts

In 2023, legal gambling companies received 53 billion hryvnias of revenue and 6.9 billion hryvnias of net profit. In fact, despite the...

Apr 6

Gambling and war: are these two concepts compatible?

We should not forget that a significant number of illegal gambling sites are controlled by rashists For more than eleven years - from May...

Apr 5

In the first months of 2024, legal casinos paid almost four times more taxes than in the same period of 2023

There are 22 companies operating in the gambling sector in Ukraine that are officially licensed by the Commission for Regulation of...

Apr 2

Discrediting legal gambling is only beneficial for illegals

"They create a negative image for the industry, emphasizing that the legalization of gambling has led to the spread of gambling...

Apr 1

Unjustified attacks on legal gambling are gaining momentum

Having lost hope that the legal gambling market would not be able to withstand the challenges posed by the war, illegal gambling business...

Mar 28

Legal gambling in Ukraine: from recovery to capacity building

No matter how difficult times are, in the history of mankind since the emergence of states, it is difficult to find periods when two...

Mar 27

Innovations in the Ukrainian gambling market: integration with Diya and global standards

In August 2020, the Law on State Regulation of Activities Related to the Organization and Conduct of Gambling came into force in Ukraine....

Mar 18

Unrealized potential of legal gambling

Part of the criticism of legal gambling in Ukraine is the claim that the legal gambling sector has exhausted its potential. This argument...

Mar 4

What did gambling legalization bring to the state, business, and citizens: opinion of a gambling market expert

The Ukrainian gambling industry was given the opportunity to develop legally in 2020. The licensing process and the entry of companies...

Feb 28

Turbulence in the gambling market affects investments in the industry

If the Verkhovna Rada goes ahead with reformatting the gambling market control system in Ukraine, it is safe to say that there will be no...

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UGC presented the second independent opinion survey on the attitude of Ukrainians to gambling

UGC presented the first sociological survey of citizens' attitudes to gambling in Ukraine

Ukrainian Gambling Council launches the series of regular studies "UGC Index of Events"

Ukrainian Gambling Council

Ukrainian Gambling Council

OUR PURPOSES:

OUR TASKS:

Anton Kuchukhidze

Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council

News

Blogs

Members

Associate Members

Anton Kuchukhidze

Borys Baum

Mykhailo Koval

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya

Ukrainian Gambling Council Leaders

Psychological assistance

UGC Research

Media about us

info@uagc.org.ua

Public Association "Ukrainian Gambling Council"

Presentation for partners

Contacts

Public Association
"Ukrainian Gambling Council"