The government has liquidated the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries
Kyiv • UNN
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has liquidated the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. Its functions were transferred to the newly created State Agency PlayCity.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has liquidated the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, as the State Agency of Ukraine PlayCity, which will regulate gambling, has been established. This was reported by the government's representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, reports UNN.
A decision was made to liquidate the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. It was established that the State Agency PlayCity is the successor to the property, rights and obligations of the Commission.
According to him, a commission was formed to liquidate the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated September 23, 2020 No. 891 "On the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries" was declared invalid.
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The Cabinet of Ministers has established the State Agency of Ukraine PlayCity, which will be responsible for the implementation of state policy in the field of gambling and lotteries, instead of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries.
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In February, the Cabinet of Ministers assigned to the Ministry of Digital Transformation 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, 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 providing 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 banning gambling advertising.
According to the draft law, it was envisaged to create "a central executive body 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 Zelensky signed Law No. 9256-d on the liquidation of the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission from April 1, 2025.
The Chairman of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, Ivan Rudyi, was detained in 2024 for supporting the operation 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.
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UNN drew attention to the inaction of the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission in 2022 in the context of another Russian casino 1Xbet, which tried to operate in Ukraine through LLC "Your Betting Company" and which the Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission issued a license to. At that time, the Commission stubbornly did not see any Russian ties.
And only after the personal intervention of President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Bureau of Economic Security, they finally cancelled the permits to work in Ukraine.
In 2023, 1Xbet was sanctioned.
