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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...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Sep 5, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Sep 2, 2024


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....

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 27, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 26, 2024


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...

Yurii Havrilechko
Aug 21, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 19, 2024


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 12, 2024


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,...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 6, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 5, 2024


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...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 30, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 29, 2024


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...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 23, 2024


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...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 22, 2024


Legal gambling advertising ban is the best gift for the black market
The ban on legal gambling advertising provides endless opportunities for black market gambling advertising. This was clear to all experts...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 16, 2024


De-shadowing of the gambling business: running in circles
Recently, Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, in an extensive interview...

Yurii Havrilechko
Jul 15, 2024


The ban on legal gambling advertising helps illegal organizers to get rich
The 2024 Summer Olympics will soon begin. This will be the XXXIII Olympics since Pierre de Coubertin restored the tradition of these...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 10, 2024


First results of the ban on gambling advertising are disappointing
It's been a month since legal gambling organizers and responsible media companies started to comply with the rule banning gambling...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 8, 2024


De-shadowing of gambling did not reach lotteries
Unfortunately, the gambling market reform, which has been underway for almost four years, has not managed to fulfill all the tasks of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 3, 2024


Can pressure on legal gambling organizers really solve the problem of gambling addiction?
Taking into account new initiatives to regulate the gambling market one gets the clear impression that someone has decided to get rid...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 1, 2024


Social advertising from CRGL is an important element of the educational campaign
The history of social advertising goes back more than a hundred years, and all this time its main customers have been non-governmental...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 25, 2024
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