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Kyiv appeals court orders DJ FM operator to pay $54,000 gambling-ad fine

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Ukraine’s Sixth Administrative Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling in favour of DJ FM and its operator, Ukrainian Radio Group, and ordered them to pay a $54,000 fine, according to media reports. The dispute concerned April 2024 billboards that featured the First online casino name and logo. The appeals court accepted the regulator’s position that the outdoor advertising breached gambling advertising rules.

The ruling applies Ukraine’s restrictions on outdoor advertising of gambling brands to sponsor references on billboards.

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