Government approves unification of gambling organizers into a single register
Kyiv • UNN
The government has approved a draft law to merge several existing registers relating to gambling organizers, such as casinos, slot machine halls, and online poker, into a single Unified Register for the Organization and Conduct of Gambling.
The Draft Law on Improvement of Electronic Registers in the Field of Organization and Conduct of Gambling, which proposes to merge the Register of Representatives of Casino Networks, Slot Machine Halls, and Poker Networks into the Unified Register in the Field of Organization and Conduct of Gambling, has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
UNN reports with reference to information from the Permanent Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk.
Details
According to the information as of 05.07.2024, the government approved the draft Law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Improving the Functioning of Public Electronic Registers in the Field of Organization and Conduct of Gambling and in the Lottery Sphere".
The draft law proposes to merge the Register of Organizers of Gambling in Casino Gambling Venues, the Register of Organizers of Casino Gambling on the Internet, the Register of Organizers of Betting Activities, the Register of Organizers of Gambling in Slot Machine Halls, and the Register of Organizers of Poker Games on the Internet into the Unified Register in the Field of Organization and Conduct of Gambling (which will save budget funds required to create the respective registers).
It is noted that the register will contain comprehensive information about gambling organizers, gambling establishments, gambling equipment, websites through which gambling is organized and conducted on the Internet. Also:
- information on business entities that have the right to carry out activities in the field of organizing and conducting gambling, the license for which is issued by the CRGL;
- information on the decisions of the CRGL on issuing a permit confirming the compliance of the gambling facility with the requirements established by the Law of Ukraine "On State Regulation of Activities on Organization and Conduct of Gambling".
The law provides for the creation of a Unified Register in the field of lotteries by combining the Unified Register of State Lotteries introduced in Ukraine and the License Register in the field of lotteries.
The Unified Register in the field of lotteries will contain complete information on state lottery operators and information on state lotteries launched by them.
It is also possible to submit applications and receive the results of their consideration through the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services.
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