The restrictions in the online gaming industry in the USA and Ukraine

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The question of legalization of gambling business in Ukraine — now hot topic for fans of the country. Amid wide spread in the modern world of online gambling, some of the audience interested in the impact of the upcoming changes on the current situation in this industry. On the future of Internet gambling reflect not only the stakeholders of the domestic market, but also the world the representatives of this segment.

So, recently in the lower house of the us Congress was considered a draft law on the introduction of new restrictions in the gambling industry. His goal — to break ties gambling operators with gaming machines in money and banking institutions, i.e. the tightening of conditions for illegal financial transactions (particularly relating to underage access of the audience to virtual games).

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Some analysts suggest that innovation is a rich owner of a gambling zone "Las Vegas Sands" Sheldon Adelson, which again raises the question about the restriction of online gambling in America. He understands the speed and popularity of its distribution, as well as the growing threat of a slowdown in land-based casinos in the future. Therefore, the Mogul decided to continue the fight at the Federal level.

Its permanent lobbyist Senator Tom cotton, presented a draft that restricts gambling on the Internet. The author relies on the fact that the adoption of this Law will help reduce the availability of young people to online gambling.

The Senator appeals to the violations of the Law about the illegal use of gambling on the Internet (UIGEA) of 2006, which in US law is the regulator of online games. It is in this document assumes the existence of restrictions to the processing of payment transfers gaming operators banks and other financial institutions.

That is, the objective of the proposal is to prevent illegal use of financial instruments to conduct various types of operations of gambling (lottery, betting, etc.). Especially those that affect the interests of the minor audience of players.

Specific suggestions to strengthen the development of online gambling in the network
The proposed draft Law provides:
  1. Drafting Treasury reports on all online casinos, lotteries, slot machines for money, which today represent gambling industry on the territory of the United States. The document obliges to provide information about how the processing of the custom payment and do not break rules inherent in UIGEA.
  2. The report shall also be provided by the Federal trade Commission. It is prescribed mechanism for prohibiting advertising of gambling to underage audiences.
  3. State authorities will be obliged to make an analysis of the channels used by operators for the provision of illegal gaming services under the guise of different legal platforms.

Tom cotton (the initiator of the amendments) believes that the most powerful weapon of the game operators is the involvement of cartoon characters in creating gembarowski products. They are the weapons bring to the game a minor audience.

The Agency's advertising rules and game controller support to this project. Such violations do take place in the modern industry of gambling. But this is the exception rather the rule, as well as cartoon characters like not only a juvenile audience, but also adult consumers.

Ukrainian legislation concerning online gambling industry
If the American document for the verification of the legality of the execution of payment transactions between gambling operators and financial institutions. As well as restriction of advertising activities (including the use of animated characters) in the field of gambling, and draw attention to this industry a large number of users, including minors.

In Ukraine also provides the conditions for the development of the Ukrainian slot machines for money.
  1. Online site gambling will be obliged to register in a special system of Internet monitoring.
  2. The age of the user of the gambling industry is 21+.
  3. The client must have the ability to set a time limit and maximum amount of the spending on gaming activities.
  4. In the online bookmaker's offices no sweepstakes only "smart bets".

Well, the high cost of licenses (for 5 years — from 300 million gr.) and their limited number (in near future only 10) also reglementary the development of such activity in the Internet.

As the analysis of events in the Internet era, the development of the gambling business online is very difficult to limit, but attempts to "paste" it in the legislative framework have a very serious purpose.

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