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KRAIL cancels licences of ‘russian-controlled’ operators
Ukraine’s Gambling and Lotteries Regulatory Commission (KRAIL) has cancelled the licences of three operators, following security and law...

UGC
Dec 15, 2022


Ukrainian gambling regulator cancels licences of three russian-controlled operators
Police and security services said the operators had provided inaccurate information. Ukraine.- The Ukrainian Commission for the...

UGC
Dec 15, 2022


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 is entertainment for players, responsibility for organizers
Gambling in the civilized world has been perceived by society through the lens of leisure organization for many decades in a row. This is...

UGC
Dec 9, 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


Support at Hand
UGC renews the provision of psychological support to gamblers. Because of the ongoing war, we make fast decisions that are always...

UGC
Dec 2, 2022


The wow effect: how new technologies are transforming gambling
Стрімкий технологічний розвиток ринку онлайн-гемблінгу вражає й надихає. Гральний бізнес в інтернеті посідає одне з провідних місць...

UGC
Dec 2, 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


The reformation of the state regulation of gambling is clearly not on time
Recently, a number of state initiatives regarding the gambling business have appeared. In short, this is a tax issue, financial...

UGC
Nov 18, 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


The development of Ukrainian gambling during the war: how to facilitate and not hinder
The country's economy should develop, because only the development of its own economy will allow our state to withstand all the...

UGC
Nov 16, 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


For the 1st quarter of 2022, IT and gambling sector brought almost $2 billion in export revenues
Today, the domestic sector of online gambling, IT and outsourced services is one of the main drivers of the domestic economy and a source...

UGC
Nov 14, 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


UGC stands by KRAIL amid calls for Ukraine regulator to be dissolved
The Ukraine Gambling Council (UGC) has stood by national gambling and lotteries regulator KRAIL, whose authority has been attacked by MPs...

UGC
Nov 7, 2022
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