Zelensky signed a decree limiting the operation of online casinos

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky enacted a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to limit gambling on the Internet

The corresponding decree was published on the website of the head of state

The NSDC instructed the Cabinet of Ministers:

• develop a procedure for limiting all forms of gambling advertising using the symbols of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations;
• prohibit registering multiple accounts for one player, and also determine a weekly time limit in the game;
• oblige the gambling organizer to set a limit for the player before starting the game with the possibility of changing such a limit no more than once a month;
• introduce a government online monitoring system;
• conduct a national awareness-raising campaign on the dangers of gambling, blocking illegal sites where access to gambling is provided.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the leaders of military formations during martial law should introduce a ban for the military regarding access to online casinos.

The SBU must conduct inspections of gambling organizers within two months. Within two months, the National Bank needs to approve recommendations to banks on blocking citizens’ payments with credit funds to the accounts of gambling organizers for participation in gambling

The Ministry of Digital Transformation, in accordance with the presidential decree, will hold negotiations with Apple and Google within a month regarding the ban on placing gambling applications without the appropriate license in their application stores.

The Ministry of Health was obliged to develop a clinical protocol for treatment of gambling addiction within three months.

Let us recall that on March 29, 2024, an electronic petition appeared on the website of the Office of the President to limit the operation of online casinos during martial law in Ukraine. Within a few hours, the petition had collected the required 25 thousand signatures for the president to consider it.