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Social responsibility is a fundamental component of the state gambling policy
Gambling legalization in Ukraine, which took place two years ago after 11 years of illegal domestic gambling, began with the introduction...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 4, 2022


Ihor Petrenko: the mission is real "to save the gambling business"
During a war, business helps the state, which in turn should take reciprocal steps. This applies to all branches of the economy, and...

Ihor Petrenko
Aug 3, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: Ukrainian gambling market during the war and its prospects
Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC), Anton Kuchukhidze, explained the current situation in the country, how business...

UGC
Aug 2, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: If to gamble, then only in legal gambling halls
While legal gambling operators strongly support the State, despite the challenges faced by their business, illegal operators damage the...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 2, 2022


Tottenham Report: Ukrainian gambling industry fights for its peacetime future
Contacted days after the war broke out, UGC chairman Anton Kuchukhidze told me: “All operators, and UGC, try to help the army in...

UGC
Aug 1, 2022


Loss of money, but not hope. How the gaming business is changing its focus on hel for Ukraine
The systematic assistance of gambling companies once again proves that this is not for PR and everyone should direct all their efforts...

UGC
Jul 30, 2022


Caution: Illegal gambling is now disguising itself as licensed market operators
The war negatively affected all economy sectors, and gambling was no exception to the rule. However, from the very beginning of the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 28, 2022


Unprecedented unity: how gambling operators work for victory
Despite the reduction of revenues, projects, and sometimes the physical destruction of assets, business, like a steady soldier, continues...

UGC
Jul 27, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: CRGL has launched a legislative initiative to preserve gambling in the country
Despite Ukraine’s apparent success in the war against russia, hostilities continue to negatively affect the country’s economy. Industries...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 26, 2022


How to help preserve legal gambling in Ukraine?
The Ukrainian economy is in such conditions when it is necessary to fight for literally every taxpayer. Especially, when it comes to the...

UGC
Jul 26, 2022


Gambling during the war: from business - resources, and from the state - deregulation
Business and government, in peacetime defend mainly their own interests and often are antagonists in this, but in wartime, act and work...

UGC
Jul 22, 2022


Regular payments to the budget are gambling’s best way to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine
From the first day of the full-scale invasion of russian troops into Ukraine and despite significantly reduced activities due to...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 21, 2022


Ihor Petrenko: gambling business in the post-Soviet space: trends in society's attitude to gambling
The root of the wrong perception of gambling lies in the fact that for a long time in these countries it was in the shadow, it was an...

Ihor Petrenko
Jul 20, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: Increased tax burden on gambling is always a wrongheaded strategy
There is a curious trend in countries where gambling has recently been legalized. Governments are rapidly starting to increase the tax...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 19, 2022


How can Ukraine strengthen its position in gambling in the European region?
The examples of our neighbors, Georgia and Romania, clearly demonstrate that any increased pressure on the legal gambling business very...

UGC
Jul 19, 2022


The legal gambling business continues to pay for licenses
As of July 1, the state budget of Ukraine has already received#nbsp;UAH 746.94 million from the license payments to conduct gambling and...

UGC
Jul 15, 2022


Ukrainian gambling is part of the global entertainment industry
Despite the war, Ukrainian gambling still works, pays taxes, keeps jobs, and actively helps the State fight against russian aggression....

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 14, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: Gambling in Georgia is a bad model of the civilized gambling market
Any dynamically developing economy sector always makes some representatives of the political elite covet to collect as many taxes from it...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 12, 2022


Gambling in Georgia is a bad model of the civilized gambling market
Once in Ukraine, Georgia was held as an exemplary state that successfully reformed its gambling industry and ensured the rapid growth of...

UGC
Jul 12, 2022


Business needs an understanding of force majeure from the state and adoption of draft law #2713-d
In his extensive interview, the Chairman of the Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC) told us what the gambling market was like during the...

UGC
Jul 7, 2022


Gambling is not retail, or why gambling does not need cash registers
War is not only about destroying infrastructure and technology and killing civilians but also about significant changes in the whole...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 7, 2022


Ihor Petrenko: why is it important to fight illegal gambling advertising and how to do it?
Legal gambling business must be socially responsible, this is one of the bases of the legalization process and it must also strictly...

Ihor Petrenko
Jul 6, 2022


"Genesis Game" LLC became a new member of the Ukrainian Gambling Council
Ukrainian Gambling Council continues to support companies during the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of this Eastern European...

UGC
Jul 6, 2022


Anton Kuchukhidze: Against all difficulties, legal gambling continues to pay license fees
Despite the war, the economic contraction, the decline in business activity and in demand for entertainment industry services, legal...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 5, 2022
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