Anton Kuchukhidze
The fight against illegal operators is gradually progressing
By mid-2024, there was a clear impression that someone was deliberately trying to strengthen the illegal gambling market as opposed to...
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Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 24
PRE MATCH brand is an example of dark competition in the gambling market
The Constitution of Ukraine guarantees that the state will ensure the free development of an environment where entrepreneurial activity...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 17
Consequences of gambling advertising ban deepen the crisis on the legal market
The first months of the ban on gambling advertising demonstrated the problematic nature of this initiative. Negative consequences were...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 10
Gambling advertising ban is a wrong way to go, and therefore an alternative is needed
There is indeed a trend in developed Western markets to ban gambling advertising. Regulatory legislation is becoming more and more...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Sep 3
The end of the era of impunity for "state" lotteries?
Recently, the overarching theme of my blogs has been the illegal operation of lotteries, which remains one of the key problems of the...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 27
CRGL and Facebook partnership brings first significant results
CRGL uses every opportunity to fight illegal activities in the gambling market. In particular, the Commission has recently tightened...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 20
UAH 9.8 billion in taxes is not the limit
Legal gambling organizers have adapted to doing business in a time of war. Neither tax uncertainty, nor loss of assets and customers, nor...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Aug 6
A little-noticed, but very important step by CRGL in the fight against gambling addiction
Gambling is primarily entertainment, not a way to make money. However, not all players realize this. That is why CRGL continues to...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 30
CRGL strengthens partnership with Facebook in the fight against illegal gambling advertising
CRGL tries to use every opportunity to fight illegal gambling operators. This fight is especially difficult in the online space, where...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 23
Unexpected consequences of attacks on the legal gambling market
An unexpected consequence of the discrediting hype around the legal gambling market was an "increase" in the number of people in the...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 9
First results of the ban on gambling advertising are disappointing
It's been a month since legal gambling organizers and responsible media companies started to comply with the rule banning gambling...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jul 2
Can pressure on legal gambling organizers really solve the problem of gambling addiction?
Taking into account new initiatives to regulate the gambling market one gets the clear impression that someone has decided to get rid...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jun 25
Draft Law 9256-d is a total disappointment for the legal gambling market
Lobbyists of illegal gambling and lottery operators, in particular, keep trying to destroy the legal gambling market. Until recently,...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jun 18
Social advertising by CRGL - why is it needed and why is it important?
Gambling advertising is always a hot topic. A good example are the latest initiatives to restrict gambling advertising, including legal...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Jun 4
Consequences of the ban on legal gambling advertising for the media market
When a state faces a problem, banning its source seems to be the simplest and most obvious solution. However, every decision has...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- May 28
Radical measures in the field of gambling should be applied to illegal operators
The current intensification of public attention to the topic of gambling has led to the launch of many important processes in this area....
Anton Kuchukhidze
- May 21
Lawmakers should not mislead the President of Ukraine
The new legislative initiative 9256-d, promoted by the head of the relevant tax committee of the Verkhovna Rada, is presented as an...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- May 14
The scale of gambling addiction in Ukraine is significantly overestimated
Today in Ukraine, the topic of gambling addiction is a matter of great public interest. However, as with any topic of interest to...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Apr 23
Efforts of lottery operators to discredit legal gambling are doomed
Unfortunately, attacks on the legal gambling business have already become a kind of "norm". Legal organizers are blamed for all the...
Anton Kuchukhidze
- Apr 8
Gambling and war: are these two concepts compatible?
For more than eleven years - from May 2009 to August 2020 - the gambling market in Ukraine existed only in the illegal plane, as there...
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