Vol. 13 No. 78 (2024)
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Legal mechanisms for gambling addiction protection: analysis of an emerging regulatory model in Ukraine

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  • Zoriana Toporetska,
  • Leonid Shcherbyna,
  • Olga Denysenko,
  • Stanislav Bilan,
  • Orest Kryshtafovych
Zoriana Toporetska
National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Leonid Shcherbyna
National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Olga Denysenko
The Scientific Institute of Public Law, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Stanislav Bilan
The Scientific Institute of Public Law, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Orest Kryshtafovych
The Scientific Institute of Public Law, Kyiv, Ukraine.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.78.06.20

Published 2024-06-30

Keywords

  • gambling, gambling business, gambling disorder, ludomania, player protection.

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Toporetska, Z., Shcherbyna, L., Denysenko, O., Bilan, S., & Kryshtafovych, O. (2024). Legal mechanisms for gambling addiction protection: analysis of an emerging regulatory model in Ukraine. Amazonia Investiga, 13(78), 242–249. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.78.06.20

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the legislation of Ukraine on the protection of gambling players from the formation of gambling addiction, to identify ways and means of protection, to evaluate their effectiveness and to formulate proposals for improving (strengthening) the protection of the rights of gambling players.

The research used general scientific and special scientific methods of scientific knowledge. In particular, the dialectical method of learning the phenomena of the surrounding reality, comparative-legal, systemic-structural, methods of logic (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, analogy).

Many prevention measures have already been implemented in Ukraine. In addition, the player is protected by the right to receive free psychosocial assistance in the event of problems with gambling and free medical assistance in the event of a diagnosis of gambling addiction. The state also provides free socio-psychological rehabilitation of players during and after treatment for gaming addiction.

The disadvantage is the bringing of the player to administrative responsibility for participating in illegal gambling and the impossibility of recognizing him as a victim in criminal proceedings to compensate for the damage caused by the crime (engagement in the gambling business).

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