In Pavlodar region, 279 alimony debtors were able to top up gaming accounts and place bets. The total amount of funds they deposited exceeded 600 million tenge. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
At the same time, debtors withdrew 415 million tenge from their accounts. Among the identified gambling participants, 97 were malicious alimony defaulters.
"In violation of the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan 'On Gambling Business', 279 alimony debtors freely topped up their gaming accounts and participated in gambling," the prosecutor's office said.
Following the inspection, the agency submitted an act of prosecutorial supervision to the Committee for Regulation of Gambling Business and Lottery.
After that, bookmakers began connecting to the Unified System for Recording Bets and Payments. It automatically checks clients against debtor registries and blocks access to gambling for persons with unfulfilled obligations under enforcement documents.
Currently, seven bookmakers have completed integration, and ten more operators have signed relevant agreements.
The prosecutor's office noted that the measures taken will strengthen state control over the bookmaker market, restrict debtors' access to gambling, and increase the efficiency of alimony collection.