“ Dev.ua received a fine of UAH 4.8 million from the Gambling Regulator in Ukraine PlayCity for mentioning the bookmaker in the announcement of Alexander Usik’s battle. SEO Media Stas Yuranov considers this decision selective and unfair. Why dev.ua considers a fine unfair according to Yurasov, similar announcements, which also mentioned the bookmaker, were published for many other major”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Dev.ua received a fine of UAH 4.8 million from the Gambling Regulator in Ukraine PlayCity for mentioning the bookmaker in the announcement of Alexander Usik’s battle. SEO Media Stas Yurasov thinks This solution is selective and unfair.
Why dev.ua considers a fine unfair
By in words Yurasov, similar announcements, which also mentioned the bookmaker, were published for many other major Ukrainian media, including the champion, the tribune and others. In these publications, they were classified as information, not as advertising, and did not contain a warning panel about gambling.
“The only difference in these publications and ours is that there is no reference to Ggbet. We removed it during the editorial intentionally that this does not create the idea that we are promoting the casino brand. And so – the whole word for word, the announcement is the same for all, ”Yuranov said.
Yuranov gave an example of an announcement of battle on the Observer website, which, he said, has already watched 18,000 users. Instead, at dev.ua the same announcement collected only 100 views.
He I paid attention The fact that some major socio-political media, having published a similar announcement with Plashka, additionally noted that their audience is now served only from 21 years. This did not raise questions on PlayCity, instead dev.ua was fined.
Double Standards PlayCity?
According to CEO dev.ua, such a selective approach undermines the very idea of combating Ludomania in Ukraine, which became relevant after the petition of the military gained the necessary votes for consideration by the President.
Yuranov also He emphasized that in the case of Dev.ua’s fine, punishment is only applied to the media. The investigation into the Casino brands was closed “due to lack of sufficient evidence.”
