CIS in review 2020: Ukraine
4H Agency partners Ilya Machavariani and Ivan Kurochkin look back at regulatory developments in Ukraine over the last 12 months and assess the coming year for this newest of online gambling jurisdictions
Gambling LawUGLC
- key changes that were introduced in 2020;
- forthcoming changes in the Ukrainian gambling market in 2021;
- 4H’s point of view on the upcoming changes.
Key changes that were introduced in 2020
Adoption of the Gambling Law
- sports betting licences (this licence covers both land-based and online offerings, it also includes off-the-racecourse totalisator offerings);
- online casino licences;
- online poker licences;
- land-based casino licences (this licence also allows the organisation of poker games in the casino);
- land-based slot-machine hall licences;
- racecourse totalisator licences; and
- investment licences (this licence is different from the others, it is issued in relation to large-scale investment projects in the field of gambling that are approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine);
- B2B licences (as of now Gambling Law and licensing terms are silent on the requirements which the applicant has to meet to obtain such licence).
Creation of the UGLC
Adoption of the licensing terms
Forthcoming changes in the Ukrainian gambling market in 2021
inter alia- adoption of the set of technical documentation related to the process of gambling equipment certification (for instance, such technical documents include technical requirements to the gambling equipment, requirements to the Ukrainian gambling certifying bodies etc.);
- adoption of the taxation framework of the Ukrainian gambling market (this issue was intended to be resolved a long time ago, but there was no sufficient progress on this front during 2020); and
- creation of the system of online monitoring.