Gambling Regulatory Commission finds no connection between 1xBet and Russia

Experts of the commission for the regulation of gambling and lotteries did not find any facts that would confirm that 1xBet is connected with Russia. Accordingly, the cancellation of its license will be a violation of the law, the Krail summed up.

The main country initiated an audit, during which it investigated information about whether LLC "your betting company", which received licenses for the work of the bookmaker 1xBet, has ties with Russia.As of August 27, "Krail has not received a single document from the competent authorities confirming Tbk's ties with the aggressor state." Therefore, the Commission stated that the cancellation of licenses would be a violation of the law on its part. Details

"The legislation on gambling contains an exclusive list of grounds for making a decision to revoke the license, including documentary confirmation of the establishment of the fact of control over the activities of the licensee by the state that carries out armed aggression against Ukraine. Thus, documentary confirmation of the existence of control by the Russian Federation over the activities of TBK LLC will become the basis for the commission's urgent decision to cancel licenses, "the country stressed.

The commission said that it sent requests to the SBU, the Bureau of economic security, the state financial monitoring service, as well as the Podolsk District Prosecutor's office of Kiev, which deals with criminal proceedings against Tbk.

At the same time, the Bureau of Economic Security stated that it had not received any requests from the commission for the regulation of gambling and lotteries regarding the verification of your betting Company LLC (1xBet) in connection with Russia.

The Bureau of economic security of Ukraine suspects Tbk of tax evasion on a particularly large scale.

Earlier, an investigation by InformNapalm showed that 1XBet probably continues to operate in Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky considered an electronic petition to ban the work of 1xBet bookmaker in Ukraine, which was signed by more than 25 thousand citizens. he instructed Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, together with law enforcement agencies, to work out this issue.