Ukraine’s regulator, the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), has closed a fifth 1xBet-branded site operating in the country.

The site closure occurred after KRAIL was informed that the site was organising gambling under the 1xBet brand. After the regulator sent a request to stop the illegal activity, the company responded by restricting access to the site from traffic coming from Ukrainian IP addresses.

1xBet has been illegal in Ukraine since 7 September 2022, when KRAIL cancelled the licence of the brand’s parent company TBK LLC. The regulator stated that this was because the Bureau of Economic Security had given information over to KRAIL which revealed inaccurate information in TBK’s documents.