Eastern Europe

  Belarus has given permission to gambling operators for legally registering an online casino, if appropriate license has been obtained. Legislation currently does not prohibit Belarusians from online gambling on overseas websites. Belarusians also have access to newsletters and information about online casinos. According to Marina Nevinkaya, the head of gambling department at Belarus’ Ministry…

  The government of Belarus has legalized online casinos. The document related to this was signed by President Alexander Lukashenko back in August 2018. As per the document, online casinos became a legalized entity in Belarus from April 1. The decree has also changed some rules for all type of gambling. Gambling is now available…

  Ukrainian National Lottery (UNL) has redesigned its website in its bid to comply with the principles of The “European State Lotteries and Toto Association.” General Director of UNL Andrei Bochkovsky said that his organisation will comply with all the principles, as it received the membership certificate of the continental body in 2018. For getting…

  In a surprising development, Boris Filatov, the mayor of Dnipro city, has claimed that the gambling ban in Ukraine has failed. He made this statement at a forum titled “From Kruty to Brussels. We are going our way” which was conducted in Kyiv. The mayor supported legalising gambling industry in the country as well.…

  Olympic Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in international arbitration against the ban and the closure of its casinos. The Ministry of Justice received a message from Olympic Entertainment Group about opening arbitration proceedings against Ukraine in accordance with the arbitration rules of the UN Commission on International Trade. In 2009, the Ukrainian government…