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Legal gambling in 2023
Traditionally, in December, we sum up the past year. Fortunately, even war cannot affect this. So, let's talk about how 2023 turned out...

UGC
Dec 20, 2023


Viktoriya Zakrevskayа: Notes from Tbilisi…Ukraine gambling is still to play for
CIS gambling expert, Viktoriya Zakrevskay, Founding Member and Deputy Chair of the Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC) shares her insights...

UGC
Dec 20, 2023


Anton Kuchukhidze: What can the legal gambling sector expect in 2024?
Legal gambling sector fulfilled the objectives established for 2023 despite all the challenges. Revenue to the state budget exceeded the...

UGC
Dec 12, 2023


"2023 has become the year of survival for the sphere of gambling in Ukraine", - Anton Kuchukhidze
The Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council, Anton Kuchukhidze, summed up the results of 2023 for the gambling business in Ukraine. He...

UGC
Dec 11, 2023


Paradoxes of domestic gambling: lotteries exist, but without licenses
2023 is coming to an end, and it is possible to begin summing up the results of the third full year of reforming the gambling market in...

UGC
Dec 4, 2023


It's time to equate lotteries with gambling at the legislative level
When we look at the set of issues the legal gambling market currently faces besides the war, the fight against illegal businesses ranks...

UGC
Nov 29, 2023


Beat the casino by 50 billion. Why does tax office demands colossal fines from gambling industry?
The State Tax Service believes that the gambling business underpaid the state UAH 51.2 billion in taxes, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, deputy...

UGC
Nov 23, 2023


The lottery lobby is killing the legal gambling market
Legal business is the basis of the functioning of the economy of all civilized countries without exception. And in these countries,...

UGC
Nov 23, 2023


Lotteries Prevent Legal Gambling Business from Realising its Full Potential
Anton Kuchukhidze, Head of Ukrainian Gambling Council, in his recent blog post highlighted some of the issues with lotteries that are...

UGC
Nov 15, 2023


State lotteries or casinos: what does Hetmantsev suggests
The gambling market of Ukraine is a sphere of the economy that is going through not the best times. After an 11-year ban on activity in...

UGC
Nov 13, 2023


The legal gambling market in Ukraine is under threat of destruction
On Thursday, November 9 at 12:00 in the press center of the "Interfax-Ukraine" news agency, a press conference was held on the topic...

UGC
Nov 9, 2023


Ukraine’s Evolving Gambling Landscape: Insights from the Panel of European Gaming Congress in Warsaw
The panel discussion last week, at the European Gaming Congress made me feel inspired to contemplate on critical facets of Ukraine’s...

UGC
Nov 6, 2023


Another upheaval is being prepared in the gambling market: what is it about?
The Verkhovna Rada is preparing another change in the field of gambling business. In October, draft law No. 10101 was registered, which...

UGC
Nov 3, 2023


In the legal gambling market, the state wins
Creating better conditions for the development of legal business is always more effective than a simple fight against violators of too...

UGC
Oct 19, 2023


How the Ukrainian gambling industry is overcoming difficulties
In the ever-changing landscape of the Ukrainian gambling industry, significant processes are taking place in attempts to restore the lost...

UGC
Oct 12, 2023


Resilient Ukrainian Gambling Industry: Global Trends and Local Challenges
Viktoriya will be taking the stage at the European Gaming Congress by Hipther, on 31 October at the InterContinental Warsaw, to discuss...

UGC
Oct 10, 2023


About 1,100 illegal casinos and bookmakers remain in Ukraine
For the effective development of the gambling business in Ukraine, it is necessary to more actively fight against the illegal segment and...

UGC
Sep 22, 2023


About 1,100 illegal casinos and bookmakers remain in Ukraine
For the effective development of the gambling business in Ukraine, it is necessary to more actively fight against the illegal segment and...

UGC
Sep 22, 2023


Ukrainian gambling amidst war: Survival strategies and regulatory evolution
During the onset of a comprehensive Russian military incursion into Ukraine, the Ukrainian gambling sector found itself in a nascent...

UGC
Aug 31, 2023


Casinos, players and even officials have been waiting for the draft law 2713-d for two years
The legal gambling industry is waiting for changes in the taxation system. Supporters of the reform assure that revenues to the budget...

UGC
Aug 30, 2023
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