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.
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Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention accused on Jan. 11 Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal of exposing the identity of a whistleblower who had reported wrongdoing of the head of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. Shmyhal's spokesperson denied the allegation.
Despite the government's actions in the gambling sector, gambling remains a profitable area for Russians who want to make money in Ukraine and collect personal data of Ukrainian players. Source: The Guardian Details: It is noted that Ukrainian officials seeking to push Russians out of the Ukrainian gambling industry are going to follow the methods of the US authorities in the 1980s, when they eradicated the Italian mafia from Las Vegas casinos.
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers suggested that the Verkhovna Rada remove the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries and automate licensing.