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Marginals and optimizers, or how the combat with illegal gambling is conducted
Gambling in Ukraine should become a part of the entertainment industry, as it is in all civilized countries. The illegal gambling...

Yurii Havrilechko
Jul 30, 2021


The first legal online casino Cosmolot joined the Ukrainian Gambling Council
Ukrainian Gambling Council is pleased to announce that a new member, Cosmolot, joined our common platform. In February 2021, Cosmolot...

UGC
Jul 29, 2021


Anton Kuchukhidze: What taxes does the gambling industry actually pay?
Anton Kuchukhidze: What taxes does the gambling industry actually pay? Following the first reading on the gambling tax issues, critical...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 28, 2021


War with illegal casinos. International successful experience.
Quite recently, we still observed illegal slot halls on the streets of our cities. After the adoption of the law on gambling...

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
Jul 28, 2021


UGC will hold an open expert round table "Trends in Social Responsibility of Gambling".
On July 29, 2021, at 11:00 in the press center of the news agency "Ukrainian News", Ukrainian Gambling Council will hold an open expert...

UGC
Jul 27, 2021


Western business reacts positively to the first reading of 2713-d
A year after the adoption of the law on the legalization of gambling in Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law 2713-d in the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 22, 2021


Licensed online casino PIN-UP joined the Ukrainian Gambling Council
Ukrainian Gambling Council continues to expand. Today, the licensed online casino PIN-UP has accessed the joint gambling platform....

UGC
Jul 21, 2021


Anton Kuchukhidze: UGC is developing a Memorandum on gambling advertising.
Gambling advertising is one of the most sensitive global issues. Ukraine is no exception in this regard, that is why it is crucial for...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 20, 2021


Operators of the Ukrainian gambling market to adopt the European Advertising Code.
Self-organization and social responsibility play an important role in the Western culture of business organization. The gambling business...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 16, 2021


Alexander Tolokonnikov: Children and gambling - international experience.
Prohibition of gambling for minors is a healthy world practice. In addition, it is one of the principles of Responsible gambling, which...

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
Jul 15, 2021


Petrenko specified the advantages of legal gambling operators over illegal ones
Igor Petrenko, director of the Department of Internal Policy at the International Center for Policy Studies (ICPS), explained why players...

Ihor Petrenko
Jul 15, 2021


Anton Kuchukhidze: Legal gambling and international tourism
Only populists believe that legal gambling is a kind of activity existing separately from the rest of the economy. I have already written...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 13, 2021


Yuriy Gavrylechko: Market regulation is one of the State’s key tasks
Market regulation is one of the State’s key tasks, and the first thing such regulation begins with is well-written provisions of the law....

Yurii Havrilechko
Jul 9, 2021


Russian gambling business is banned from Ukraine
Anton Kuchukhidze on his conceptual view of why the presence of Russian gambling companies is impossible in Ukraine. Read more via link...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 8, 2021


Mykola Melnyk: Legal gambling will protect players
Mykola Melnyk in his recent blog: "The showcase of the legal gambling market in any country is not so much bright casino signs as it is...

Mykola Melnyk
Jul 8, 2021


STATEMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN GAMBLING COUNCIL ON ILLEGAL GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS
The Ukrainian Gambling Council appealed to the Gambling and Lottery Regulation Commission with a request to respond and inform all...

UGC
Jul 5, 2021


First Casino is among the first members of the Ukrainian Gambling Council
Nebula Games LLC joined the Ukrainian Gambling Council. Nebula Games is a group company operating under the First Casino brand. The...

UGC
Jul 1, 2021


Round table “State Policy in the Gambling Sector: the Major Contributions of the First Half of 2021”
Dear colleagues, On 02 July 2021, 11:00, at the UGC’s initiative, a round table “State Policy in the Gambling Sector: the Major...

UGC
Jul 1, 2021


Anton Kuchukhidze: Society needs to learn the difference between legal and illegal gambling business
The concept of responsibility in the gambling sector can be divided between 3 actors: the State, business and society. Not everything in...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 29, 2021


UGC request for Google on the recognition of the legal Ukrainian gambling market
Dear Google Team, Hereby we, Ukrainian Gambling Council, are writing to you on our own behalf and in the interests of our members. We are...

UGC
Jun 25, 2021


Casino advertising rules: how it should be
The other day, KRAIL published clarifications on gambling advertising which indicates that violations of the current legislation on the...

Oleksandr Tolokonnikov
Jun 24, 2021


UGC statement on the amended draft law No. 2713-д
The Ukrainian Gambling Council welcomes today’s decision of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy to refer...

UGC
Jun 24, 2021


Anton Kuchukhidze: Illegal gambling halls are a threat to the gambling business development
Why did the authorities start shutting down illegal casinos? 2019 saw the rise of new political elite sweeping away all the bad things...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 23, 2021


UGC statement on illegal advertising of gambling
This week, from June 14 to June 18, 2021, wide-scale outdoor advertising of gambling appeared in Kyiv. Advertising of such kind not only...

UGC
Jun 18, 2021
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