{"id":18164,"date":"2022-09-30T09:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=18164"},"modified":"2022-09-30T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:10:41","slug":"russian-bookmaker-1xbet-created-a-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-bookmaker-1xbet-created-a-network\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Russian bookmaker 1XBet created a network to collect personal data of Ukrainians: MelBet, PointLoto, FanSport, BetWinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 6, after Informnapalm published its investigation on 1Xbet and it caused a scandal, KRAIL was pushed to cancel the licenses of the Russian bookmaker in Ukraine. It was a victory. But only a tactical one. The very next day, You<\/em> Betting Company LLC<\/em> (Ukr. \u201cTvoia Bettinhova Kompaniia\u201d, LLC TBK), which introduced the brand to Ukraine, announced its intention to appeal the KRAIL\u2019s decision through the court. We hope that these efforts will be futile.<\/p>\n

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However, LLC TBK<\/em> is only the tip of the Russian iceberg named 1XBet<\/em>, a company that tries to get information about Ukrainians who like to gamble (and lose money). The betting company owners Semiokhin, Kazorin and Karshkov are building a large network to obtain the personal data of Ukrainians. And 1XBet<\/em> is only one of its parts, which includes several other bookmaker brands.<\/p>\n

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We have analyzed other companies and brands that have already received or are preparing to receive licenses to operate in Ukraine, and found that at least four of them are part of the 1XBet <\/em>network. Spoiler: only the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Security Council can stop the process of building the Russian network in Ukraine by imposing sanctions on the individual owners of 1XBet<\/em> and Ukrainian bookmaking brands and websites associated with them.<\/p>\n

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Melbet and Pointloto<\/h2>\n

The OSINT group Molfar<\/em>, together with AIN journalists, have provided evidence that POINTLOTO LLC<\/em>, which received a license to organize gambling games on the Internet, is a subsidiary of 1XBet<\/em>. Here<\/a>, you can learn more.<\/p>\n

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Back then, a company named Melbet LLC<\/em> received a license to operate in Ukraine. It was supposed to work under the Melbet brand. But after the scandal 1XBet<\/em>, the company changed its name to POINTLOTO<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Most likely, this is due to the fact that Melbet<\/em> works in Russia and is associated with 1XBet<\/em>. The legal entity that stands behind Melbet<\/em> in the Russian Federation and owns its trademark, as of September 2022, actually belongs to a company named Melofon LLC<\/em><\/a>. But not long ago, the same trademark belonged to Celebrity LLC<\/em><\/a>, which had actually also changed its name. Previously, Celebrity LLC<\/em> was named 1XSTAVKA<\/em>, and it was directly affiliated with 1xBet<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, part of the melbet.sport.ua is hosted<\/a> on the same IP (46.101.68.46) with 1XBet<\/em>‘s mirrors, which have an almost identical design as Melbet\u2019s website, and the same odds as on the Semiokhin, Karshkov and Kazorin\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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And for a while, whenever one visited melbet.ua, there was displayed the 1XBet website.<\/p>\n