In the Pavlodar region, 279 alimony debtors were able to top up their gaming accounts and place bets, spending a total of more than 600 million tenge. This was reported by infohub.kz citing the regional prosecutor's office.
At the same time, the debtors withdrew 415 million tenge from their accounts. Among the identified gambling participants, 97 were willful defaulters on alimony payments.
"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 stated.
Following the inspection, the authority submitted an act of prosecutorial oversight to the Committee on Regulation of Gambling Business and Lotteries.
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 individuals with unfulfilled obligations under enforcement documents.
Currently, seven bookmakers have completed integration, and another ten 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 improve the efficiency of alimony collection.