Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Reforms continue, but lotteries are still "non-gambling"
The issues of transparency and responsibility in gambling and lotteries are important topics for public discussion, and therefore, facts...
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Anton Kuchukhidze
- 5 days ago
The fight against illegal operators is gradually progressing
By mid-2024, there was a clear impression that someone was deliberately trying to strengthen the illegal gambling market as opposed to...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Sep 25
Advertising ban has almost destroyed competition in the legal gambling market
It is very positive that finally, in the fifth year of the gambling market reform in Ukraine, even the biggest critics of gambling...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 24
PRE MATCH brand is an example of dark competition in the gambling market
The Constitution of Ukraine guarantees that the state will ensure the free development of an environment where entrepreneurial activity...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 17
Consequences of gambling advertising ban deepen the crisis on the legal market
The first months of the ban on gambling advertising demonstrated the problematic nature of this initiative. Negative consequences were...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Sep 11
It becomes harder for illegal gambling to operate online with impunity
Illegal gambling is facing increasing difficulties in operating online. This global trend is primarily due to the tightening of...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 10
Gambling advertising ban is a wrong way to go, and therefore an alternative is needed
There is indeed a trend in developed Western markets to ban gambling advertising. Regulatory legislation is becoming more and more...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Sep 5
Illegal activities of lottery operators were "noticed" only after criminal proceedings by the BES
The situation with the taxation of gambling market organisers has been viewed extremely biased since the return of gambling to the legal...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 3
The end of the era of impunity for "state" lotteries?
Recently, the overarching theme of my blogs has been the illegal operation of lotteries, which remains one of the key problems of the...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Aug 28
Inadequate taxation of gambling deprived the budget of billions of hryvnias
Between January and July of this year, legal gambling organisers paid UAH 9.8 billion in tax payments to the state budget of Ukraine....
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 27
CRGL and Facebook partnership brings first significant results
CRGL uses every opportunity to fight illegal activities in the gambling market. In particular, the Commission has recently tightened...
Yurii Havrilechko
- Aug 21
The fight against domestic illegal gambling goes international
Our world is increasingly immersed in virtual space, and modern technology has become such an integral part of life that it is hard to...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 20
UAH 9.8 billion in taxes is not the limit
Legal gambling organizers have adapted to doing business in a time of war. Neither tax uncertainty, nor loss of assets and customers, nor...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Aug 13
Playing with credit money will become more difficult
Regulation of the gambling sector by the state is quite complex and multidimensional, given the special attention of society to the...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Aug 7
CRGL will fight against illegal gambling advertising on Facebook and Instagram
It is no secret that illegal gambling companies actively use social media to advertise their services and attract players. In particular,...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 6
A little-noticed, but very important step by CRGL in the fight against gambling addiction
Gambling is primarily entertainment, not a way to make money. However, not all players realize this. That is why CRGL continues to...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Jul 31
Register of gambling addicts and gambling culture - how it works
The issue of preventing and overcoming gambling addiction (ludomania) arose during the preparation of the draft law on the legalization...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 30
CRGL strengthens partnership with Facebook in the fight against illegal gambling advertising
CRGL tries to use every opportunity to fight illegal gambling operators. This fight is especially difficult in the online space, where...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
- Jul 24
Fighting illegal gambling is about helping legal businesses
The fight against illegal gambling is one of the most important tasks of the authorities to be performed in order to develop the legal...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 23
Unexpected consequences of attacks on the legal gambling market
An unexpected consequence of the discrediting hype around the legal gambling market was an "increase" in the number of people in the...
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