PlayCity orders Ukrainian access blocked to 372 unlicensed gambling websites

Ukraine’s State Agency PlayCity adopted Decision No. 462-R on 2 November 2026, restricting access to 372 websites used to organise, conduct or provide access to online gambling “without the corresponding licence”, translated from Ukrainian. The decision, signed by acting head Oleksii Tomashuk, took effect on the day it was adopted.

PlayCity said it acted after reviewing reports of gambling-law violations and monitoring the internet. It found that gambling was being organised, conducted or made available through websites whose details were absent from the registers maintained under Ukraine’s gambling law. The decision cites points 19, 20 and 22 of article 8 and article 25 of that law, alongside provisions of the electronic communications law and PlayCity’s governing regulation.

What the decision requires

The decision assigns implementation to PlayCity’s Department of Digital Solutions and Supervisory Functions. It must:

- notify the National Commission responsible for electronic communications, radio-frequency spectrum and postal services of the list within three days of the decision;
- transfer the website addresses to law-enforcement bodies;
- publish the list on PlayCity’s website;
- monitor electronic communications providers’ compliance with their obligation to restrict access to the listed websites; and
- notify the national postal regulator if it finds that a provider has failed to restrict access.

The operative clauses concern access restriction, referrals and supervision rather than a monetary penalty against a named operator. The annex is a URL-level list, including multiple domains carrying names associated with 1win, Cosmolot, Parimatch, Pin-Up and other gambling brands, as well as randomly generated domains.

For compliance teams, the decision creates a direct domain-control issue. PlayCity is also required to refer the addresses to law enforcement and check whether communications providers have implemented the block.

Part of PlayCity’s blocking activity

The decision follows PlayCity Decision No. 447-R of 23 October, another decision restricting access to websites used for unlicensed gambling.

The three-day notification period running from 2 November had expired by 10 November. The continuing step specified by Decision No. 462-R is PlayCity’s monitoring of providers and referral of any failure to implement the restrictions.