PlayCity’s November Blocking Order Covers 372 Gambling Sites

The National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications (NCEC) published its notice after receiving PlayCity Decision No. 462-R. It covers websites used to organise gambling, conduct games or provide access to gambling services without the required Ukrainian authorisation.

The decision took effect on November 2. It requires access restrictions, although the notice does not establish that all 372 websites have already been blocked.

One Prefix Appears 81 Times

The PlayCity decision and its annex run to 14 pages and contain the full list of addresses. A 15M review found an uninterrupted sequence of 81 domains beginning with one-vv and ending in .com. They occupy positions 231 through 311, making up 21.8% of the 372 listed addresses.

Other portions of the document contain groups of similarly constructed names, including variations built around 1w and elslot. Some are subdomains, while others use separate domain names.

These patterns do not establish who operates the websites. PlayCity’s decision does not identify the owners behind individual addresses.

The September list had a different concentration. When 15M examined an earlier PlayCity order, 1,945 of the 2,219 entries began with 1w or 1win. November’s order is a separate enforcement action. Whether any of its 372 addresses appeared in previous blocking decisions cannot be determined from the new document alone.

PlayCity Orders Website Details Sent to Law Enforcement

PlayCity’s decision assigns several tasks to its department responsible for digital solutions and oversight. The department must notify NCEC of the affected addresses within three days. It must also pass the information to law enforcement and publish the list on the agency’s website. It must also monitor whether communications providers comply and report failures to NCEC.

The first step was completed quickly. NCEC confirmed receiving the decision on November 2, the day it was issued.

Providers are required to act under Ukraine’s electronic communications legislation. NCEC is responsible for supervising compliance and can impose administrative and economic sanctions when operators fail to restrict access.

Article 126 sets the penalty at 2,000 non-taxable minimum-income units. A repeat violation in the same calendar year raises it to 4,000.