The Cabinet appointed Gennadiy Novikov as the Head of the State Agency of Ukraine PlayCity. This is reported on the government's Telegram page, writes UNN.
At its meeting on April 8, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the order:
About appointment
- Novikov Gennadiy Olegovich as the Head of the State Agency of Ukraine PlayCity.
On temporary assignment of duties
- Kuterga Maksym Volodymyrovych, Director of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (from April 10, 2025 until the appointment of the Director of the BEB in accordance with the established procedure, but for no more than one year) reference.
For reference
Novikov Gennadiy Olegovich worked in the prosecutor's office of Sumy region for about 8 years — from 2004 to 2012.
In 2012-2014, he worked as a prosecutor in the department for protecting the financial and economic interests of the state of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
Since 2014 — Prosecutor of the Department of Procedural Management of Pre-trial Investigation and Maintenance of Public Prosecution of the Department of Supervision over Compliance with Laws by Bodies Conducting the Fight against Organized Crime, Department of Supervision over Compliance with Laws in Criminal Proceedings and Coordination of Law Enforcement Activities of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine.
In 2019, he successfully passed the certification of prosecutors.
By the decision of the competition commission for the election of the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption on December 16, 2019, he was declared the winner of the competition.
By order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated January 15, 2020 No. 2-r, he was appointed Head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.
On January 15, 2024, his term as the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption expired.
Let us remind you
In February, the Cabinet of Ministers assigned to the Ministry of Digital Affairs the functions of ensuring the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of organization and conduct of gambling and lottery activities instead of the liquidated Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission. At the same time, a part of the budget allocations provided for the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission for 2025, in the amount of UAH 14 million 347.9 thousand, was transferred.
Prior to this, in December, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law that provides for the liquidation of the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission from April 1, 2025, the creation of a new body, strengthening responsibility for gambling organizers, and prohibiting gambling advertising.
According to the draft law, it was envisaged to create a "central body of executive power that ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of organization and conduct of gambling and lottery activities, as well as an authorized body within the limits of its powers defined by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine".
In January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Law No. 9256-d on the liquidation of the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission from April 1, 2025.
The head of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, Ivan Rudyi, was detained in 2024 for supporting the activities of an online casino from the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The court sent Rudyi to a pre-trial detention center without the right to bail.
Let's add
UNN drew attention back in 2022 to the inaction of the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission in the context of another Russian casino 1Xbet, which tried to operate in Ukraine through LLC "Your Betting Company" and to which the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission issued a license. At that time, the Commission stubbornly did not see Russian connections.
And only after the personal intervention of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Bureau of Economic Security finally annulled permits for work in Ukraine.
In 2023, 1Xbet fell under sanctions.