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Gambling legislation is changing, but lotteries remain non-gambling
For more than half a year - from the first reading of the draft law 9256-d in the parliament and until its adoption on 4 December 2024 -...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 25, 2024


Was legal gambling useful for Ukraine in 2024?
2024 was an eventful year for the legal gambling market. The introduction of strict restrictions on advertising, still unclear tax...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 23, 2024


Assessing the changes envisaged by the draft law No. 9256-d for the gambling sector
In early December, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading and in general the draft law No. 9256-d "On Amendments to...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 19, 2024


9256-d was adopted, but has the situation with illegal lotteries changed?
Draft Law 9256-d was adopted. Undoubtedly, some provisions of this law are somewhat optimistic , in particular those aimed at limiting...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 17, 2024


About the positive experience of Germany in the fight against illegal gambling advertising
Cooperation between government agencies and multinational IT companies is becoming increasingly important to ensure effective monitoring...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 12, 2024


New changes in gambling regulation
On 4 December 2024, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Draft Law No. 9256-d, which introduces significant changes to the regulation of...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 10, 2024


Gambling advertising: control vs. ban - which is more effective?
The Ukrainian economy regularly suffers from experiments organised by national parliamentarians and government officials. It has already...

Yurii Havrilechko
Dec 4, 2024


Google and gambling in Germany
Recent changes in Google's advertising policy in Germany have become a significant step in the fight against illegal gambling. In...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Dec 3, 2024


Adoption of Draft Law 9256-d will reduce the investment attractiveness of legal gambling
Lottery operators are doing everything they can to avoid working according to the general rules set for the legal gambling market in...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 27, 2024


Legalisation of online casinos in France is a confirmation of the global trend of gambling liberalisation
The French government has recently announced that it has started a dialogue with relevant companies and associations on the legalisation...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 26, 2024


Streamlining gambling taxation will bring more money to the budget
Every year that passes since the re-launch of the legal gambling market in Ukraine, the activities of gambling companies bring more and...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 20, 2024


Draft law 9256-d cannot be taken seriously in its current version
At the current stage, the Ukrainian gambling market is under serious pressure due to a number of legislative initiatives, especially the...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 19, 2024


Gambling advertising should be controlled, not banned
It has been six months since the Government adopted amendments to the CMU Resolution No. 566 of 17 May 2024 "Some issues of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 13, 2024


Under certain conditions, the gambling business can bring even more profits to the state budget
Legal gambling organisers were able to adapt to the war and continue to operate their businesses. Neither tax uncertainty, nor the loss...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 12, 2024


Gambling advertising ban creates problems, not solves them
The ban on gambling advertising was a very unpleasant event for the legal gambling market in Ukraine. From the very first months , it has...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Nov 5, 2024


Why lotteries are gambling. The case of the UK
A series of my blogs on streamlining, standardising and unifying requirements for the definition of gambling market participants, where I...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 30, 2024


Global gambling market continues to grow
Нещодавно компанія H2 Gambling Capital, яка є одним із найавторитетніших анал Recently, H2 Gambling Capital, one of the most respected...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Oct 29, 2024


Where the welfare of citizens is higher, there is more gambling
Public opinion surveys conducted by sociological companies commissioned by government agencies, commercial companies, and civil society...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 21, 2024


Ukrainians clearly identify lotteries as gambling
Lotteries are gambling! And the vast majority of Ukrainians understand this, as evidenced by the results of a recent public opinion poll...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 16, 2024


Metamorphosis of Ukrainian gambling: how critics become supporters
The last year has already become a unique one for the legal domestic gambling market: many of its critics from the authorities have...

Yurii Havrilechko
Oct 15, 2024
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