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.
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."
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.
The only thing the gambling industry understands about 'responsibility' is that it's a useful trope to deflect attention away from the parasitic nature of their products on to individuals who fall prey to them
“There is simply too much advertising during sport and young people, in particular, are significantly overexposed and are in fact facing saturation levels of gambling advertising. It’s not a healthy connection.” #gambling#addiction#sponsorship#auslaw#auspol
If you're interested in #games and law and #lootboxes and #gambling and a window into what is going on in China, my colleague @LeonXiaoY is a great follow. I'm trying to get him weaned off posting only to Twitter so if those topics are of interest please follow him! :D
Swedish court of law orders gambling site to pay back 5.8 million SEK (around 500K USD) to a gambler because they knew he was addicted to gambling and still constantly contacted him to urge him to play more.
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.
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."