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Ukraine has linked 28 of the country’s 31 licensed gambling operators to a new state monitoring platform intended to provide regulators with access to detailed, transaction-level information from the regulated gambling market. The State Online Gambling Monitoring System is currently operating in pilot mode, with participating operators transmitting data to the platform through application programming interfaces (APIs). The system’s first rollout involved 11 operators earlier

Ukraine's state-owned Sense Bank has become the focus of a major money-laundering investigation involving allegations that approximately UAH 150 million, equivalent to around $3.4 million, was moved through the banking system as part of a scheme connected to a wider corruption investigation. The allegations have triggered significant action against senior figures at the bank and renewed questions about the effectiveness of its anti-money laundering controls, governance and st

Ukraine has expanded its autonomous sanctions regime against Russia, adding 87 individuals and 54 entities to its sanctions list in a coordinated series of measures approved by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The measures were introduced through four presidential decrees and target individuals and companies connected with Russia and activities considered to support or facilitate Russian interests. The latest additions bring a further layer of pressure to Ukraine's expanding sa

Ukrainian authorities have uncovered and dismantled a large-scale illegal iGaming network with a reported turnover exceeding UAH5bn (€97m), highlighting the continued difficulties the country faces in combating unlicensed online gambling operations during wartime. According to the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU), the illegal operation was allegedly managed by a group of 10 individuals, including two Russian nationals and eight Ukrainian citizens. Investigators be

Ukraine’s gambling regulator, PlayCity, has revoked the operating license of Spaceiks, the company behind the Cosmolot online casino, following an on-site inspection that uncovered financial irregularities. According to the regulator, the investigation revealed evidence of abnormal payment activity, including the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services by customers—an arrangement that contravenes Ukrainian law. Additionally, Spaceiks was found to have permitted users t

Ukrainian authorities have ordered internet providers to block access to Polymarket, a decentralised prediction market platform, after concluding that its services amount to unlicensed gambling under the country’s laws. The decision was issued in December 2025 by the National Commission for the Regulation of Electronic Communications, which instructed internet service providers to restrict access to online platforms that facilitate wagering without holding a Ukrainian licence