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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
Sep 2, 2024

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 26, 2024

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 19, 2024

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
Aug 5, 2024

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 29, 2024

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 22, 2024

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 8, 2024

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
Jul 1, 2024

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 24, 2024

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 17, 2024

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
Jun 3, 2024

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 27, 2024

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 20, 2024

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
May 13, 2024

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 22, 2024

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...
Anton Kuchukhidze
Apr 7, 2024

Ignoring tax payments by lotteries should be stopped
Tax evasion is a violation of the law for which any company must be held accountable. However, for some unknown reason, there are still...
Anton Kuchukhidze
Mar 26, 2024

Unrealized potential of legal gambling
Part of the criticism of legal gambling in Ukraine is the claim that the legal gambling sector has depleted its potential. This argument...
Anton Kuchukhidze
Mar 12, 2024

russia is becoming more and more similar to North Korea - even in the field of gambling
Totalitarian societies always tend to maximize control over the population. Modern technology makes this much easier, as it allows for...
Anton Kuchukhidze
Mar 5, 2024

New year - old methods: attacks on gambling business continue
Regardless of the efforts made by legal gambling operators to preserve the gambling market and their business, they are always not...
Anton Kuchukhidze
Feb 21, 2024
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