The new regulations, set out in a decree of Ukraine’s State Security and Defense Council, were adopted after a prominent activist and Ukrainian military officer, Pavlo Petrychenko, launched a campaign highlighting gambling addiction among soldiers and asked Zelenski to impose stricter controls on online casinos. Petrychenko died in battle on April 15.
“The servicemen have been away from their families for the third year, in stressful conditions and without the possibility of full rest, so they are particularly vulnerable from a psychological point of view,” Petrychenko said in the text of his petition, cited by Politico .
“For many, gambling becomes the only way to cope with stress and therefore quickly causes dopamine addiction and weakens their self-control,” the petition states.
“There are cases where game-addicted servicemen lose all their money on games and take out microloans, thus putting themselves and their families in debt,” Petrychenko said.
The new rules will force gambling operators to limit the length of gaming sessions, the number of accounts a user can register, and the amount a person can play each day.
The restrictions will come into effect in a month. Gambling was legalized in Ukraine in 2020, after a decade-long ban.
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