“Law enforcement officers stopped the activity of six illegal gambling establishments, among which was an underground poker club in Kharkiv. The Prosecutor General’s Office reports this on its Facebook page. According to the investigation, a network of illegal gambling establishments operated on the territory of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, which worked for a long time without creating a legal entity, the necessary licenses and, accordingly, without paying taxes. In Kharkiv”, — write on: ua.news
Law enforcement officers stopped the activity of six illegal gambling establishments, among which was an underground poker club in Kharkiv.
The Prosecutor General’s Office reports this on its Facebook page.
According to the investigation, a network of illegal gambling establishments operated on the territory of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, which worked for a long time without creating a legal entity, the necessary licenses and, accordingly, without paying taxes.
In Kharkiv, the institution specialized in holding poker games.
Five illegal gambling establishments with slot machines were operating in Zaporizhzhia. They were located in non-residential premises and operated in closed mode, without identifying signs and advertisements. Clients agreed on their visit with the administrator in advance.
Law enforcement officers conducted a series of searches on the territory of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, during which eight poker tables, poker cards, “chips” for bets of various denominations, slot machines, mobile phones, computer equipment and cash were discovered and seized. . Currently, the full range of persons involved in the organization and conduct of illegal activities is being established.
We will remind you that the Ukrainian gambling company Cosmolot (Spaceix LLC) got access to its accounts, which were blocked for almost a year due to accusations from the BEB (Economic Security Bureau). This became possible thanks to court decisions that appeared in the Unified Register of Court Decisions.
We previously wrote that online casinos in Ukraine earned 54.92 billion hryvnias in 2023. This is 28 times more than in 2022 — 1.94 billion hryvnias.
We will also remind you that the Pechersk District Court canceled the seizure of UAH 2.6 billion from the online casino Pin-Up, which has ties to the Russian Federation.
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