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Western companies are interested in Ukrainian gambling market, but they are not in a hurry
Representatives of various Western companies consider investing in the Ukrainian economy. However, none of the potential investors is in...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 26, 2023


Fiscalization regulation and state online monitoring should be implemented simultaneously
On June 5-7 this year, the annual international conference Gaming Regulators European Forum - GREF 2023 was held in Bergen (Norway),...

UGC
Jun 21, 2023


Gambling helps people increase their satisfaction with life
For many years, the gambling industry in civilized countries has been an integral part of the entertainment industry. As the rise in the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 20, 2023


The State Online Monitoring System should have no personification of players
The State Online Monitoring System (SOMS) has many advantages for all participants of the legal gambling market. I have repeatedly...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 19, 2023


In the gambling market, fiscal changes and the SOMS should be implemented simultaneously
This summer marks three years since the start of the reform of the gambling market in Ukraine and the return of gambling to the legal...

Yurii Havrilechko
Jun 15, 2023


Why do they attack legal gambling without noticing illegal gambling businesses?
In all civilized countries, a business that operates legally and profitably is the basis of the gradual increase in the welfare of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 14, 2023


Gambling and how it is connected with happiness
My blogs may give you an impression that gambling is only about taxes, regulatory policy, legislation and the fight against illegal...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 13, 2023


Petition for Lifting Parimatch Sanctions Goes to the President
Gambling operator Parimatch may still evade the sanctions it received from the Ukrainian government earlier this year after a petition...

UGC
Jun 7, 2023


Effectiveness of the CRGL begins with high level of integrity
The effective work of the national regulator in any sphere of economic activity is possible only under the condition of a high level of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 7, 2023


Why is the introduction of the SOMS without the adoption of tax changes meaningless?
Both representatives of the legal gambling market and the national regulator support the introduction of the State Online Monitoring...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 5, 2023


Gambling paid four times more taxes in May than in all of 2021
The gambling business paid UAH 851 million in taxes in May, and this amount is four times greater than the tax revenues from the gambling...

UGC
Jun 4, 2023


Facts and figures about effectiveness of the national gambling regulator
Recently, the media more often publish articles evaluating the effectiveness of the activity of the national gambling regulator, the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 1, 2023


Anton Kuchukhidze: "No one notices illegals. Criticism goes only in the direction of licensees"
Recently, criticism of legal gambling and licensees is widespread in the media, stating that gambling operators pay little tax, and the...

UGC
May 30, 2023


Almost no one notices illegal gambling businesses
Illegal gambling business is like an elephant in the china shop, which for some reason is overlooked by critics of legal gambling. It...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 30, 2023


Ludopathy prevention is possible only on condition of operation of legal gambling
Respectful treatment of customers and mandatory provision of quality and safety guarantees is virtually the first sign of a civilized...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
May 24, 2023


How does foreign gambling look at Ukraine?
It is difficult to imagine a greater risk for an investor than a war in the country where he/she plans to invest. Nevertheless, Western...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 22, 2023


Public-private partnership as a key to the development of legal gambling
The Basic Law of our state states that Ukraine is a social state. And the development of the economy in a welfare state, first of all,...

UGC
May 21, 2023


An online monitoring system can work as a guarantor of control over the legal gambling market
In all civilized countries, where a legal gambling market has a history of at least several decades, the system of state regulation was...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
May 18, 2023


How much does state regulation of gambling cost?
From the very beginning of the reform of the gambling market in Ukraine, the topic "how much do we spend on market regulation and what is...

Yurii Havrilechko
May 18, 2023


Development of the legal gambling market is impossible without a systematic fight against illegal
The successful completion of the reform on the legalization of gambling depends, in addition to adoption of appropriate tax and...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 15, 2023


Ludopathy in Ukraine is not a widespread social problem
Currently, the topic of gambling addiction (ludopathy) is raised quite often in the media, and is surrounded by many rumours and...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
May 11, 2023


Why is the recent case of a player against bet365 interesting for the Ukrainian market?
The Ukrainian legal gambling market is very young, as it has been operating for about 2.5 years. Despite the fact that these years were...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 8, 2023


Ludopathy in Ukraine - fiction and reality
Legal gambling market in Ukraine continues its development. Despite the restrictions imposed on the business during the coronavirus...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
May 5, 2023


Gambling addiction in Ukraine is not widespread
In my previous blogs, I repeatedly emphasized that the problem of gambling addiction (ludomania) in Ukraine is not widespread. In the...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 1, 2023
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