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Gambling in Ukraine was made illegal in 2009〔(BYT's Korolevska: Crackdown on gambling business by February ), Kyiv Post (December 24, 2009)〕 after a May 2009 fire in a gambling hall in Dnipropetrovsk that killed nine people.〔(Update: Fire in gambling hall kills nine people in Dnipropetrovsk ), Kyiv Post (May 7, 2009)〕 The Law On Prohibition of Gambling Business in Ukraine also applies to internet casinos.〔(Turchynov: Ban on gambling in Ukraine applies to Internet casinos as well ), Kyiv Post (July 18, 2009)〕 The Ukrainian parliament passed the law "On Prohibition of Gambling Business in Ukraine" (Gambling Ban Law) banning gambling business and any participation in gambling in Ukraine on May 15. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko signed the law on June 23 and on June 25 it came into force.〔 On January 6, 2010 the Cabinet of Ministers excluded gambling from the list of economic activities, which can be licensed.〔(Cabinet: Gambling business unlikely to be licensed ), Kyiv Post (January 12, 2010)〕 This is read in the Cabinet of Ministers resolution No.14 of Jan. 6. The law gives the definition of gambling. It says that any game requiring the player to make a bet that enables them to receive a prize and the result of which depends on chance partially or completely, is considered gambling.〔 Thus, all kinds of gambling, including slot machines, bookmaking, online gambling, interactive gambling became illegal. The law also provides a list of activities that are not considered gambling. These include lotteries, creative competitions and sporting events, pool, bowling, free draws carried for purposes of advertising, charity, promotion and education, etc.〔 According to the Gambling Ban Law, both organization of gambling business and gambling are illegal. The law provides that any organizer or gambling should be fined, while the gambling equipment and the revenue received is subject to transfer to the budget of the country.〔(Law of Ukraine "On Prohibition of Gambling Business in Ukraine" )〕 Despite the prohibition, by July 20, 2009 over 500 facts of illegal operation of gambling establishments had been exposed in Ukraine which resulted in the confiscation of 6,000 slot machines and around 216 criminal charges.〔(Governmental checks expose over 500 facts of illegal operation of gambling establishments ), Kyiv Post (July 20, 2009)〕 According to Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine had an unusually high number of gambling halls (over 100,000), which "take the last money from families, which don't have much, and which corrupt young Ukrainians."〔(Tymoshenko: Ukraine's 'Las Vegas' can only be built with prior permission of local communities ), Kyiv Post (May 18, 2009)〕 ==Draft Law== According to the Gambling Ban Law, the new Draft Law "On Gambling Organization and Maintenance of Gambling Activities in the Special Gambling Zones" should have been created within 3 months after the Ban Law took effect. However, because of the unstable political situation in Ukraine this draft wasn't introduced until 2010. On November 3, 2010 the Draft Law was made public. This law provided for the establishment of the state-owned National Gambling Operator that would control the organization and regulation of gambling activities and also issue licenses for all private gambling operators.〔( Draft Law on Gambling Games )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gambling in Ukraine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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