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Big politics and gambling: International experience vs Ukrainian practice
The joint position of any smart business is not to get involved in politics. Analysing global trends, it is safe to say that gambling is...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 15, 2022


The struggle of CRGL to introduce DSOM
The introduction of the State Online Monitoring System (DSOM) is one of the key aspects of completing the gambling legalization reform in...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 13, 2022


Gambling: Entertainment must be safe
A war significantly changes the life and work priorities of most citizens and, unfortunately, does not change or eliminate the desire of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 8, 2022


Why the state system of online monitoring of gambling is still not launched?
I have already written about the importance of the State System of Online Monitoring. This system makes control over operations of...

Ihor Petrenko
Dec 7, 2022


Every single gambling operator must have up-to-date licensing documents
Despite the war and numerous legislative initiatives to alleviate its economic effects on legal gambling operators, legal requirements...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 6, 2022


World Cup as a synergy of sports and betting
The current 22nd World Cup, the final part of which takes place from November 20 to December 18 in Qatar, has already become a sensation...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 1, 2022


When financial monitoring hinders business: Ukrainian practice vs. international experience
31 years since independence, Ukraine remains the only country among the former Soviet republics that has not managed to reach the GDP...

Yurii Havrilechko
Nov 30, 2022


The State Online Monitoring System. CRGL is doing its best
The Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries is working on the gambling industry’s comprehensive recovery and development. In...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 29, 2022


How to evaluate the performance of the national regulator?
Every time the media or social networks raise the issue about the public service efficiency, the main conversations usually happen around...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 25, 2022


The Ministry of Finance ignores the recommendations made by the gambling industry
Like any other business today, gambling is facing major challenges. Partial loss of assets, falling demand for services, and an economic...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 23, 2022


All civilized countries have national regulators. Why should we be different?
The prospects of introducing a general reform of the system of central executive bodies, which the government plans to carry out, seem to...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 17, 2022


CRGL continues to effectively implement its duties
The Ukrainian legal gambling market has officially existed for only two years, but it has already faced numerous trials. In addition to...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 15, 2022


New financial monitoring requirements may make legal gambling impossible
Under martial law, the observance of financial discipline becomes the most important task for all business entities. It is crucial to...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 10, 2022


Social responsibility is the philosophy of the legal gambling business
Social responsibility for the legal gambling industry is not just a requirement of the law, it is a philosophy of building a correct and...

Ihor Petrenko
Nov 9, 2022


What is the current state of online gambling today?
Compared to traditional economy sectors, IT business has always been not only more innovative but also more flexible. IT companies create...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 8, 2022


The introduction of the State Online Monitoring System will contribute to the legal gambling develop
It is crucial that the national regulator, other responsible public authorities, and professional gambling community representatives...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 3, 2022


Financial monitoring of the gambling business: how it should be and what is wrong with the project
In September, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine published a draft regulation of the Ministry of Finance "On the criteria for the risks...

Ihor Petrenko
Nov 2, 2022


UGC has resumed the operation of its hotline to provide psychological support to gamblers
Definitely, the war made adjustments to the activities of the Ukrainian Gambling Council. In the first months of the war, we had to adapt...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 1, 2022


Fighting gambling addiction: World practices and Ukrainian experience
The rapid growth of the global gambling market in the past few years, approximately three times faster in its growth rates than the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 26, 2022


The state system of online monitoring is a must have for a civilized gambling business
A civilized gambling business has its own logic, rules and mechanisms that should ensure its functioning and usefulness for the state and...

Ihor Petrenko
Oct 25, 2022
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