Ukraine Orders ISPs to Block 2,219 Unlicensed Gambling Sites

Sep 20, 2026

Ukrainian internet providers have been told to block 2,219 websites included in a new PlayCity decision on unlicensed gambling. The notice came two days after a separate 416-site order, putting 2,635 URLs across the two published lists.

Ukraine's telecom regulator issued its latest notice to electronic communications providers on September 17. It refers to PlayCity Decision No. 380-R, adopted on September 15, and says the listed resources are used to organize gambling, conduct gambling or provide access to it without the required Ukrainian licence.

Under Decision No. 380-R, PlayCity also instructed its department to pass the website addresses to law enforcement. The agency is responsible for checking whether communications providers carry out the blocking requirement and reporting failures to NCEC.

A 15M count of the published list found an unusually large domain cluster. Entries 3 through 1,947 begin with “1w” or “1win”. That gives 1,945 domains, or 87.7% of the entire 2,219-site list. The sequence includes short generated-looking addresses as well as domains that use the full “1win” string.

The published decision does not assign ownership of individual domains to operators. The shared naming pattern therefore shows the scale of the cluster in the blocklist, but does not by itself establish that every address has the same owner.

At entry 1,948, the list switches to other names and groups, including further casino and betting domains.

2,635 URLs Listed in Two Decisions

The new order followed another large block only a day earlier at PlayCity level. On September 15, NCEC notified providers about 416 websites covered by PlayCity Decision No. 374-R of September 14.

Taken together, the two decisions contain 2,635 listed URLs. That figure describes the two published lists and should not be read as a count of verified unique operators.

NCEC also reminded providers that failure to carry out a blocking order can trigger a penalty of 2,000 tax-free minimum incomes. A repeated violation within the same calendar year raises that to 4,000.