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Gambling advertising should be controlled, not banned
It has been six months since the Government adopted amendments to the CMU Resolution No. 566 of 17 May 2024 "Some issues of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Nov 13, 2024


Why lotteries are gambling. The case of the UK
A series of my blogs on streamlining, standardising and unifying requirements for the definition of gambling market participants, where I...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 30, 2024


Where the welfare of citizens is higher, there is more gambling
Public opinion surveys conducted by sociological companies commissioned by government agencies, commercial companies, and civil society...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 22, 2024


Ukrainians clearly identify lotteries as gambling
Lotteries are gambling! And the vast majority of Ukrainians understand this, as evidenced by the results of a recent public opinion poll...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 17, 2024


Reforms continue, but lotteries are still "non-gambling"
The issues of transparency and responsibility in gambling and lotteries are important topics for public discussion, and therefore, facts...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Oct 2, 2024


Advertising ban has almost destroyed competition in the legal gambling market
It is very positive that finally, in the fifth year of the gambling market reform in Ukraine, even the biggest critics of gambling...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Sep 25, 2024


It becomes harder for illegal gambling to operate online with impunity
Illegal gambling is facing increasing difficulties in operating online. This global trend is primarily due to the tightening of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Sep 11, 2024


Inadequate taxation of gambling deprived the budget of billions of hryvnias
Between January and July of this year, legal gambling organisers paid UAH 9.8 billion in tax payments to the state budget of Ukraine....

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 28, 2024


Playing with credit money will become more difficult
Regulation of the gambling sector by the state is quite complex and multidimensional, given the special attention of society to the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 13, 2024


CRGL will fight against illegal gambling advertising on Facebook and Instagram
It is no secret that illegal gambling companies actively use social media to advertise their services and attract players. In particular,...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Aug 7, 2024


Register of gambling addicts and gambling culture - how it works
The issue of preventing and overcoming gambling addiction (ludomania) arose during the preparation of the draft law on the legalization...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 31, 2024


Fighting illegal gambling is about helping legal businesses
The fight against illegal gambling is one of the most important tasks of the authorities to be performed in order to develop the legal...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 24, 2024


Legal gambling advertising ban is the best gift for the black market
The ban on legal gambling advertising provides endless opportunities for black market gambling advertising. This was clear to all experts...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 17, 2024


The ban on legal gambling advertising helps illegal organizers to get rich
The 2024 Summer Olympics will soon begin. This will be the XXXIII Olympics since Pierre de Coubertin restored the tradition of these...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 11, 2024


De-shadowing of gambling did not reach lotteries
Unfortunately, the gambling market reform, which has been underway for almost four years, has not managed to fulfill all the tasks of...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jul 4, 2024


Social advertising from CRGL is an important element of the educational campaign
The history of social advertising goes back more than a hundred years, and all this time its main customers have been non-governmental...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 26, 2024


The state should do everything to facilitate legal business
Recent reports show that the legalization of gambling in Ukraine helps to replenish the country's budget every month. And every year the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 19, 2024


Both the media and the state budget will lose from the ban on legal gambling advertising
The fourth year of the gambling market reform, which began with the presidential initiative to legalize gambling in Ukraine and the...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 13, 2024


Illegal gambling operators and lotteries are the main threat to the implementation of gambling reform
This year, the fight against illegal gambling and gambling addiction in Ukraine has reached the highest state level. This is evidenced by...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
Jun 5, 2024


Parliamentary "fight" against illegal gambling has nothing to do with the NSDC decision
More than a month has passed since the NSDC decision "On Counteracting the Negative Effects of Gambling on the Internet" was enacted by...

Viktoriya Zakrevskaya
May 30, 2024
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