The public reacted negatively to such news, a corresponding petition was created calling on the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy to cancel this license.

It all started on April 1, 2022, when Ain.ua published information that 'In Ukraine, a license was issued to the bookmaker 1xBet”. 1XBet received a license in Ukraine for the second month of the massive invasion of the occupiers

In our joint investigation with Ain.ua, we tell how a Russian bookmaker 1XBet is connected to Ukraine, and how despite the cancellation of one of the licenses, they continue to profit from Ukrainians. Such a situation is possible only if the owners cooperate with the Russian FSS, which allowed owners to go abroad and continue working on the Russian market despite the illegality of such activities. This means that the company pays the most taxes to the coffers of the terrorist state among all market participants. However, the bookmaker 1XBet and its subsidiaries under different names continue to operate in Russia and remain the largest operators on the market.

In 2020, the owners of 1XBet Kazorin, Karshkov and Semiokhin were declared wanted in connection with the illegal organization and conduct of gambling.