More than 2,500 gambling websites that had operated without a license were blocked in Ukraine as of April 27, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, backed in the first reading on April 24 a bill strengthening the state's oversight over the gambling business, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed on April 20 a decree on counteracting the negative effects of online gambling, which proposes to ban it for the military until the end of martial law.
Germany actually has a similar approach with the gambling agency.
It actually tries to set rules that protect gamblers (no loans, no advertising, no parallel games, regulated user accounts) and limits the kinds of games available.
Proceeds from gambling don't have to be non-profit, though. So gambling is still lucrative for casinos with a license. Or the states with their state run lottery.
The Parliamentary Finance Committee supported measures that would impose stricter oversight of the gambling industry in Ukraine, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on April 4.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on April 2 that the government is preparing to tighten control over the online gambling industry "and help protect the interests of the society."
"We know the community is over it", says TAB spokesperson re gambling advertisements during football before 8:30pm. Yes, we are TOTALLY over it, so don't do it!!!
And why, why, why is the AFL encouraging gambling problems by having an official relationship with Sportsbet??? Hasn't the AFL seen the damage gambling has caused for cricket? Clearly they don't care about the damage to people's personal lives by constantly encouraging them to gamble whenever they watch football. #gambling#AFL
so the USA #sports billionaire mafia bought themselves judges and a Congress to deregulate #gambling, and quickly turned bookies into partners into their VC-funded gambling schemes, are now turning against and going after personnel and athletes for allegedly gambling?
as long as executives at #NBA#MLB#NHL#NFL and any other sports leagues are in cahoots with black-box gambling sites that can manipulate wins & loses with a line a code, they're the ones that should be RICO'ed into oblivion.
Prosecutor's Office: Over 2,500 gambling websites blocked in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
More than 2,500 gambling websites that had operated without a license were blocked in Ukraine as of April 27, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Parliament passes bill strengthening gambling oversight in first reading (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, backed in the first reading on April 24 a bill strengthening the state's oversight over the gambling business, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said.
Zelensky signs decree to restrict online gambling (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed on April 20 a decree on counteracting the negative effects of online gambling, which proposes to ban it for the military until the end of martial law.
Trial finds cashless gaming makes little difference to gambling behaviour on pokies (www.abc.net.au)
In short: One of the first cashless gaming trials in NSW found the technology made little difference to the behaviour of gamblers....
Parliamentary committee backs measures strengthening gambling oversight (kyivindependent.com)
The Parliamentary Finance Committee supported measures that would impose stricter oversight of the gambling industry in Ukraine, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on April 4.
Zelensky says government to tighten control over online gambling (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on April 2 that the government is preparing to tighten control over the online gambling industry "and help protect the interests of the society."