Telegram channel “Trukha Ukraine” fined for illegal gambling advertising
- Author:
- Oleksandr Bulin
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The state agency PlayCity fined the Telegram channel "Trukha Ukraine" UAH 4.8 million for illegal advertising of gambling.
This was reported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
PlayCity specialists discovered:
- systematic illegal advertising of gambling;
- lack of registration in the Register of Media Entities, which is mandatory for legal advertising;
- manipulative and misleading phrases;
- lack of warning about gaming addiction;
- advertising without a contract with licensed organizers.
This is the first case of a Telegram channel being fined for casino advertising.
- PlayCity was created to replace the liquidated Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (CRGL). The new state agency became operational on June 2 of this year.
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