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UNL closes one of its most popular lottery brands

Andriey IGAMING UKRAINE 9 July 2019 No comment

Ukrainian National Lottery (UNL) announced that it stops the distribution of the state cash instant lottery “KOSMOLOT”. This is reported by the press service of the UNL. “All accepted payments for participating in the state cash instant lottery” KOSMOLOT “after 23:59:59 hours on July 5, 2019 will be considered illegal and violate the

International online casino network uncovered in Ukraine

Andriey UKRAINE 7 July 2019 No comment

Ukrainian police informs about the organizers of the international online casino network, as well as 5 gambling establishments masked as distributors of the state lotteries. Policemen conducted authorized searches on the territory of Khmelnytsky and Kyiv Oblast resulting in the closure of 5 illegal gambling establishments. Moreover, the police reports about finding a

Red Rake introduce their games in Ukraine with Fonbet

Andriey UKRAINE 4 July 2019 No comment

Premium casino content developer, Red Rake Gaming, has signed a landmark partnership agreement with industry veterans, Fonbet, who have been operating in the CIS region for over 20 years and continues to maintain an impeccable reputation. Red Rake Gaming has seen a very high demand for its action packed slots in the region, and are […]

The ECHR ordered Ukraine to pay compensation to the owners of slot machine halls

Andriey UKRAINE 29 June 2019 No comment

Several operators of slot machine halls have won cases against Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). These companies have sued about EUR500 thousand of moral damages for revoking gambling licenses without compensation. The information has been published on Facebook page of Elena Lyoshenko, a lawyer working with international court. The names of […]

Ukraine: President Zelensky wants to legalize gambling

Andriey UKRAINE 21 June 2019 No comment

On June 20, during a meeting between the government and business community, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that the ban on gambling should be canceled. President of Ukraine believes that it is necessary to legalize businesses like gambling and sale of land so citizens can freely decide how to use their property. “Ukraine needs […]

Ad campaign launched in Ukraine to promote poker

Andriey UKRAINE 20 June 2019 No comment

PokerMatch has launched the social campaign “Poker is Sport” staring popular Ukrainian poker players. The most successful poker player of Ukraine, Yevgeny Kachalov, acts in the first commercial. The video displays him playing football, and then moving to the poker table. According to PokerMatch, the goal of the social campaign is to show Ukrainians that […]

Expert disagrees with the size of Ukrainian gambling market estimated by journalists

Andriey UKRAINE 11 June 2019 No comment

Ukrainian site Liga.net has published an article recently about gambling business in Ukraine entitled “Illegal gambling business is already more than $ 1 billion, how it is organized?”, where UNL company was repeatedly mentioned among other Ukrainian lottery operators. UNL’s CEO Andrey Bochkovsky disagrees with the information and published his own data about

Large bets from Ukraine caused suspension of bets for Spanish football match

Andriey UKRAINE 3 June 2019 No comment

Spanish national police announced that they expect to arrest 11 different people, including current and former La Liga players, in an operation against match-fixing in the country’s professional soccer leagues. In what they’re calling operation “Oikos,” police say they also plan to arrest active second-division players as well as club presidents and managers. The

Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference to be held in September

Andriey UKRAINE 1 June 2019 No comment

Kyiv iGaming Affiliate Conference is back on September 26. More case studies, more practical presentations. Participants of the conference are managers of iGaming companies; representatives of affiliate networks; iGaming operators; webmasters; arbitrage specialists; developers; SEO specialists. KeyTopics of discussion: – Work with affiliate networks: how to

Experts say about 40k gambling establishments in Ukraine

Andriey UKRAINE 29 May 2019 No comment

According to Liga.net, there are tens of thousands of gambling venues in Ukraine. The authors of the article write that most of them are illegal. Some use loopholes in the law to open gambling halls under the guise of state lotteries. Despite the total ban of gambling in Ukraine, the gambling business is booming and […]