ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF THE ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF GAMBLING: STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to establish a range of problematic issues that determine the vector of the author's scientific search in the field of administrative and legal regulation of activities in the field of gambling business and gambling in Ukraine. It was found that the proper level of administrative and legal support for activities related to the gambling business and gambling should be recognized as a guarantee of compliance with moral norms in society and elimination of the negative impact that such activities can have on the psyche, and especially vulnerable the psyche of minors and minors. It is emphasized that consideration of the administrative and legal regulation of activities related to gambling is defined as activities related to any game, the condition of participation in which is the player's placing a bet, which gives the right to receive a winning (prize), the probability of receiving and the size of which fully or partially depend on chance, as well as the knowledge and skill of the player. It is substantiated that the signs of gambling are the dependence of such activity on the level of probability of such processes, the dependence of such processes on randomness, the initiative of participation in order to obtain material enrichment. It was concluded that the meaning of gambling and its importance in society and the state is understood as: a certain type of leisure that allows a person to have fun, to distract himself from the problems of the present; as a certain economic activity; a certain type of revenue part of the State Budget; the sphere of public relations, which requires additional administrative and legal regulation in terms of ensuring control and supervision in order to prevent the formation of people's inclination and addiction to gambling, which requires the search for ways to optimize the influence of the state on such business. It is emphasized that it is important to ensure proper administrative and legal regulation of activities related to the gambling business and gambling, which will allow the use of such a sphere of social relations as a certain means of economic growth of the country, and will contribute to the minimization of illegality and corruption of such activities and obtaining a license for its implementation, which should contribute to increasing reven ues to the State Budget.