"Under the actual control of Russian citizens": the court confirmed the legality of the license revocation of the Russian online casino Pin-Up
Kyiv • UNN
The court ruled that the decision of the CRGL to revoke the company's gambling license due to the company's connection with Russia was fully legal and justified.
The Kyiv District Administrative Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by Victoria Soft LLC (Pin-Up brand) against the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. The court made the decision on November 13, a copy was published in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions, UNN reports.
The court recognized the decision of KRAIL to revoke the company's license to organize gambling as fully legal and justified due to the company's connection with Russia.
THE SBU provided information to CRAIL indicating that Victoria-Soft LLC (Pin-UP) had links with the the Russian Federation, which in turn also confirms the fact that the documents submitted by the plaintiff together with the application for a license to conduct activities in the field of gambling contain inaccurate information," the court said.
Pin-Up's lawyers argued that the legal entity Victoria Soft LLC was registered to a Ukrainian citizen, and the concept of "actual control" is not defined by law, so the SBU's arguments were allegedly groundless. The court rejected these arguments and fully sided with CRAIL and the SBU.
"У letter of the SBU contains information about the plaintiff's being under the actual control of citizens of the Russian Federation at the time of submitting the license application," the court said.
As a reminder, Pin-Up operates in Ukraine through two legal entities - Victoria Soft and Ukr Game Technology. On November 8, KRAIL revoked the license of Victoria Soft LLC because of its ties to Russia. The reason was a letter from the SBU dated November 2022. In it, the SBU provided CRAIL with data on Victoria Soft's Russian connections.
According to media reports, 3 out of 4 Pin-Up beneficiaries have Russian passports.
