Russia’s biggest illegal online casino, Azino777, operates out of Ukraine and has managed some of its money flows through a Ukrainian branch of Russia’s bank Sberbank, Russian business media outlet The Bell reported on Feb. 4, referring to decisions by a Ukrainian court.
The Bell journalists found a mistake in a document of Kyiv Holosiivskyi District Court — which failed to redact the name of the owner of Azino777, 33-year-old tech worker from Russia, Albert Valiakhmetov. Using his name, they managed to uncover some of the activities of the huge underground gambling organisation.
Azino777 has become the biggest casino in terms of the overall value of bets made per year — estimated at $230,000 — and the biggest advertiser in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet, according to Russian media RBK and research firm Mediascope.
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