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Legal gambling business continues to pay license fees and attract investments
Filling the state budget in conditions of full-scale war is a difficult task. Especially when it comes to providing revenue not from...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 29, 2023


The vast majority of illegal gambling businesses have connections with the russian federation
The Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (CRGL) systematically takes measures to identify illegal businesses and limit...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 22, 2023


You can distinguish between legal and illegal gambling businesses by their advertising
From the very beginning of bringing the gambling market back into the legal field, both legislators and the professional gambling...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 17, 2023


Lottery operators dream of returning to the times of grey business
Each action has its counteraction. And even if we are talking about positive changes, there will always be certain groups of people whose...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 15, 2023


Holding consultations on gambling is a long process
We are often dissatisfied with the intensity of certain changes taking place in the country. It always seems to us that legislative...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 8, 2023


What is happening with Parimatch Ukraine?
The unexpected and drastic decision to introduce sanctions against Parimatch Ukraine (PM) in March 2023 caused quite a stir in the legal...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Aug 1, 2023


Situation with illegal activities of lotteries needs a systemic solution
I often mention the illegal gambling businesses when talking about challenges for the legal gambling market in Ukraine, which are not...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jul 25, 2023


The State Online Monitoring System should have no personification of players
The State Online Monitoring System (SOMS) has many advantages for all participants of the legal gambling market. I have repeatedly...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 20, 2023


Gambling and how it is connected with happiness
My blogs may give you an impression that gambling is only about taxes, regulatory policy, legislation and the fight against illegal...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 13, 2023


Why is the introduction of the SOMS without the adoption of tax changes meaningless?
Both representatives of the legal gambling market and the national regulator support the introduction of the State Online Monitoring...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Jun 6, 2023


How does foreign gambling look at Ukraine?
It is difficult to imagine a greater risk for an investor than a war in the country where he/she plans to invest. Nevertheless, Western...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 23, 2023


Development of the legal gambling market is impossible without a systematic fight against illegal
The successful completion of the reform on the legalization of gambling depends, in addition to adoption of appropriate tax and...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 16, 2023


Why is the recent case of a player against bet365 interesting for the Ukrainian market?
The Ukrainian legal gambling market is very young, as it has been operating for about 2.5 years. Despite the fact that these years were...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 9, 2023


Gambling addiction in Ukraine is not widespread
In my previous blogs, I repeatedly emphasized that the problem of gambling addiction (ludomania) in Ukraine is not widespread. In the...

Anton Kuchukhidze
May 2, 2023


Ludopathy in Ukraine - what do the official statistics say?
Statistics clearly demonstrate that ludopathy (gambling addiction) in Ukraine is not a problem and it is not widespread. Back in November...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Apr 25, 2023


There are favourable conditions for adoption of Draft Law 2713-д and introduction of the SOMS
The legalization of gambling was the first step on the way to unshadowing the entire sector of the economy. Considering the amount of...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Apr 18, 2023


What is the situation with budget revenues from gambling?
An unjustified criticism of the legal gambling market has been the topic of most of my recent blogs. There are various reasons for...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Apr 11, 2023


An unfinished reform and unjustified criticism
Recently, criticism of statements related to the gambling business has been constantly increasing. Critics of legal gambling emphasize...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Apr 4, 2023


There is no time left to wait in relation to tax draft Law 2713-d
Adoption of the Law on the legalization of gambling was the first step towards building a civilized gambling market in Ukraine. However,...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Mar 28, 2023


Illegal online gambling is a bigger threat than it seems
Illegal gambling businesses still remain one of the key problems in the development of the legal gambling market. In addition to...

Anton Kuchukhidze
Mar 21, 2023
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