These individuals developed electronic games and simulators for gambling, as well as administered the sites, ,, ,, and others. 203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (operating gambling business), since gambling in Ukraine has been banned since 2009.ĭuring the investigation, law enforcement officers discovered that starting from 2014 until the present time, citizens of the Russian Federation and Ukraine organized the activities of the online casino Azino777 in Kyiv. In June 2018, in the Kyiv office of Royal Game, Ukrainian police officers conducted a search within the criminal investigation under Art. However, it turned out that the casino owner managed it through a company established in Ukraine. The RBC editor who registered at the casino wrote in his investigation that letters from the online casino support service come through the Yandex service from Moscow’s IP addresses. The casino is well-known, including thanks to aggressive online advertising: viewers of pirated online cinemas have seen its video ads more than once, where the rapper AK advertises the service: “Everyone says: AK, and how to raise the money? Azino-three-axes, the game is on.” According to the Mediascope study, in the first half of 2018, this casino became the largest advertiser of the runet in terms of video advertising (7.1% of impressions), overtaking such TMs as PepsiСо and Yandex by the number of impressions, reports TJournal. According to RBC, the total amount of interest rates per year is estimated at about 15 billion rubles (about $228 million). In the Russian Federation, the related to it sites are blocked and still continue to be blocked, however, the casino continues to operate. Online casino Azino777 is one of the largest in runet. The name of the owner was figured out by The Bell journalists according to Ukrainian court documents. Its establisher and owner is a 33-year-old Russian IT specialist Albert Valiakhmetov.

According to law enforcement officers, casino administration was operating through the Royal Game company, registered in Ukraine.

The Investigation Department of the National Police of Kyiv is investigating the work of the online casino Azino777.

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