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Domestic gambling market faces first major growth crisis
The Ukrainian gambling market, which was legalised in August 2020, has shown significant growth in recent years. However, alongside its...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
2 days ago


Online beats offline in global gambling market trend
Modern technology is changing our everyday lives in an increasingly visible way. The gambling market, as part of the global leisure...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Apr 17


Legal gambling advertising is making a comeback. What will it look like?
For almost a year, Ukraine has been subject to strict restrictions on gambling advertising. And finally, from 1 April 2025, gambling...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Apr 9


"PlayCity" instead of CRGL - what changes can the gambling market expect?
Since 1 April, a new national regulator has been operating in the domestic gambling market, and CRGL has become a thing of the past. On...
Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Apr 3


Men vs. women – who gambles more? What the world experience says
Various studies are regularly conducted in the world of gambling. And one of the most interesting ones is the one that tries to find out:...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Mar 27


Global gambling trends and Ukraine
The global gambling market is undergoing a significant transformation, with online gambling becoming the dominant segment. This process,...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Mar 18


Gambling business survived, transformed and pays taxes during the war
The main characteristic of the success of reforms in any sector of the economy from the point of view of the state is the indicator of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Mar 13


The world is increasingly using new technologies in the fight against gambling addiction
The proliferation of new technologies, such as mobile apps, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and Big Data, provide government...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Mar 6


Ukraine should be in sync with modern transformations in global gambling
The world continues to live its life, in which entertainment is part of the usual agenda. And every year, the global entertainment...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Feb 26


Trump's new tax policy - What does the White House offers for casinos?
Only a month has passed since the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States, but the first conclusions about his economic...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Feb 18


There is a gambling addiction, but there is no catastrophe - half of the country is not a gambling addict
I continue to summarise the results of the year. It is difficult to stay away from the analysis of the second most popular topic after...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Feb 5


The process of forming a new regulatory institution in the gambling sector is complicated
It is already the second month since the adoption of the Law of Ukraine No. 4116-IX introducing a number of significant regulatory...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jan 29


Although negative trends in gambling advertising remain, I hope it will not last long
Almost a month has passed since the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine to Fight Gambling Addiction and...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jan 22


Attracting investments in Ukrainian gambling will depend on regulatory policy
The issue of attracting foreign investment in Ukrainian gambling in 2025 will depend on how the state's regulatory policy in the field of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jan 15


Ukrainian gambling - results of 2024 and expectations for the new year
At the beginning of the new year, it is traditional to summarise the results of the past and make predictions for the future. For the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jan 2


Gambling legislation is changing, but lotteries remain non-gambling
For more than half a year - from the first reading of the draft law 9256-d in the parliament and until its adoption on 4 December 2024 -...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 26, 2024


Assessing the changes envisaged by the draft law No. 9256-d for the gambling sector
In early December, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading and in general the draft law No. 9256-d "On Amendments to...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 19, 2024


About the positive experience of Germany in the fight against illegal gambling advertising
Cooperation between government agencies and multinational IT companies is becoming increasingly important to ensure effective monitoring...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Dec 12, 2024


Adoption of Draft Law 9256-d will reduce the investment attractiveness of legal gambling
Lottery operators are doing everything they can to avoid working according to the general rules set for the legal gambling market in...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 27, 2024


Streamlining gambling taxation will bring more money to the budget
Every year that passes since the re-launch of the legal gambling market in Ukraine, the activities of gambling companies bring more and...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 20, 2024
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