Guest lecture within the study of the discipline "Commercial Law"

On 28 October 2026, a special guest lecture was held for third-year students of specialty D8 Law at SHEI "UzhNU" within the study of the discipline "Commercial Law". The invited speaker, practising lawyer Anastasiia Orlova, shared her professional experience and explained in detail the legal nuances of the functioning of the modern gambling business.

During the event, the speaker focused the attention of future lawyers on the following practical aspects:
• The need for state control to ensure player protection, fairness of the game, financial security (transaction verification) and business accountability.
• The legal differences between the B2B sector (game and software development) and the B2C sector (accepting bets and payouts).
• The specifics of local and offshore licences (for example, Curacao, Malta), as well as the main functions of regulators, including supervision, issuing permits and setting technical standards.
• The practice of customer verification, detection of suspicious activity, sanctions screening and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing in the large cash flows of casinos.
• Self-exclusion mechanisms, financial limits and monitoring of player behaviour to prevent manipulative practices.
• The consequences of violating licensing conditions, which include regulatory audits, record multimillion fines, blocking of access to markets and revocation of licences.
The meeting allowed students to look at commercial law through the prism of real international cases and to understand the role of a lawyer in ensuring the legality of complex technological and financial processes in the iGaming sector.

We thank Anastasiia Orlova for the informative lecture and valuable practical insights!