The Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship recommends the Parliament to adopt the Bill "On Amendments to several Laws of Ukraine regarding Enhancement of Legislation on the Ban on Gambling in Ukraine"

09 February 2011, 16:09

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Опис : C:\Documents and Settings\Имя\Рабочий стол\econ_2.jpgThe primary purpose of the bill (Reg. No. 8024) is to improve the mechanism of realization of the ban on gambling in Ukraine.

 

Under the bill, "gambling business is the activity connected with organization, holding and provision of access to gamble in casinos, at gambling machines and computer simulators, in betting offices, interactive facilities, and cyber casinos regardless of the server location." According to the bill, "gamble is any game, participation in which presupposes obligatory payment of money by a gambler, which gives a possibility to enter stakes in any form and receive a prize of any type, the result of which fully or partially depends on fortuity."

 

N.Korolevska, the author of the bill, stated that adoption of the bill will facilitate realization of the ban on gambling business in Ukraine in part of proliferation of interactive facilities granting access to the Internet with the purpose of participation in virtual gambling.