The gambling business of Ukraine: results for 2021 and plans for 2022

Publication date: 21 January 2022

Online special project “Results of gambling in Ukraine 2021” has been launched, which presents video interviews of experts with the results of the gambling market in 2021 and the prospects of the gambling industry in 2022. 

The year 2021 was a challenging but successful one for the gambling industry in Ukraine. In the middle of 2020 gambling business was legalized in the country, and casino organizers and representatives of betting shops (including online ones) had to learn how to work under the new rules. Read more about all the changes How to make the most of the Ukrainian gambling market?

In interviews given by representatives of different areas of the gambling market in Ukraine, the most relevant and urgent issues of the industry, facts, results, and possible options for the development of gambling and betting in the coming years are presented.

What awaits gambling in Ukraine: the top topics of speakers 

Boris Baum, First Deputy Chairman of KRAIL, described the results of the first year of legal gambling market: the main advantages of the existence of legal gambling business, including the merger of 80% of companies in the market into a single association – the Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC). Also, the expert highlighted the main gaps in regulation, described the situation with illegal operators and expressed his opinion about foreign companies entering the Ukrainian market.

The head of the Ukrainian Gambling Council UGC Anton Kuchukhidze in his interview explained the main obstacles for foreign companies to obtain a Ukrainian gambling license and shared his vision for the legalization of gambling business.

Mr.Fish founder Yuriy Titkov has outlined the upcoming changes in the world of gambling marketing and the most effective sources of traffic in 2022.

Vyacheslav Marukhin, the founder and CEO of Jambling.io and co-founder of the Boolda Media traffic team, talked about integrated support for gambling operators: why this service is needed and what benefits it brings. The expert made a detailed summary of the year 2021: the most popular GEO and gambling development opportunities in Ukraine and CIS countries. And also, from the interview you can learn the big secret: why only a few casinos reach the break-even point.

In the near future as part of the special project “Results of gambling in Ukraine 2021” the following persons will make a speech: 

• Taras Shurubor, CEO of PIN-UP.TECH, Ukrainian division of operations PIN-UP.UA, will expose the main reason of negative attitude towards gambling and will tell about the possible ways of rehabilitation of online casinos and betting shops reputation. 
•  Denis Shynkevich, PR-manager of LC Work, will highlight the changes in the gambling market in 2021 and tell how it has been affected by legalization, what employers and job seekers need to know.

There is a website of the special project “Results of gambling in Ukraine 2021” where they will gradually publish new interviews from business representatives, who will tell about the development of gambling industry in Ukraine, the first results of gambling market regulation and the possibilities of development and improvement. Watch for updates or subscribe for news!