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Anna Sorokina Verified Expert
Anna Sorokina
Author
Jurisdictions and regulation expert, market analyst
Member since 2020
1+
reviews
3+
articles
2020
since
288+
promos
Competencies
iGaming jurisdictions Regulation of online gambling Licensing of operators Taxation in gambling (EU, US) User protection and cooling-off mechanisms Financial reporting of public operators Fact-checking of regulatory data Analysis of game software developer companies
Expertise
Regulatory Expertise gambling regulation Fact-Checking Jurisdiction
Casinoz Multi-level Quality Control System
Information in the gambling industry changes daily. To ensure your safety, every material on our portal undergoes an independent audit by a subject matter expert (Fact-checker).
  • Casino license relevance
  • Payment system limits
  • Real bonus wagering requirements
  • Slot volatility by specifications
Activity Statistics
3
Articles
1
Reviews
579
Edited
248
Fact-checked
288
Promos
6
Years in team
1 119
Total contributions
Project contribution
Section Written Editing Fact-checking
Bonuses 208 262 26
Providers — 143 143
Free Spins 77 107 17
Tournaments 3 32 29
Live platforms — 25 25
Regulators 1 8 6
Casino — 2 2
Encyclopedias 3 — —
Total 292 579 248
Extended biography
Anna Sorokina is a jurisdictions and regulation expert and market analyst at Casinoz. Born in 1997. By education she is an economist — she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Saint Petersburg State University. After graduation she shifted her professional focus to the intersection of marketing and IT — this very combination provided the foundation for her current work: the ability to read corporate financial data, an understanding of digital business, and the skill of working with large arrays of regulatory information.

At Casinoz since 2020. She specialises in the legislative aspects of the gambling industry: she tracks changes in jurisdictions, legislative initiatives, and regulatory audits — especially in the European Union and the United States, as the two key markets that shape the regulatory trend for the entire global industry. She analyses the financial results of public operators through official disclosures and verifies data through primary sources, including foreign legal acts.

Her materials cover specific practical topics for the reader: licensing of operators and which licences actually provide player protection and which are mere formality; taxation in different jurisdictions and why this affects play conditions in a given country; user protection measures (from bet limits to mandatory cooling-off periods); the link between regulatory requirements and current bonus programmes — why operators offer generous bonuses in some countries and only formal ones in others.

In addition — analysis of game software developer companies: how their business is structured, which of them are certified to work in regulated jurisdictions, how the competitive landscape of providers changes under the influence of regulatory requirements. This gives Casinoz readers not only an understanding of "legal or not", but also a systemic view of how the industry works in its regulatory and economic dimension.
Work Experience
Jurisdictions and regulation expert, market analyst
2020-09-01 — present
Casinoz
Specialisation in the legislative aspects of the gambling industry: jurisdictions, licensing, taxation, user protection measures. Special focus on EU and US regulation. Analysis of financial reporting of public operators and cross-checking of data through official legal sources. Additionally — materials on game software developers and their place in regulated jurisdictions.
Marketing and IT specialist
2018-09-01 — 2020-08-31
Digital industry
After graduating from the Faculty of Economics of Saint Petersburg State University — work at the intersection of marketing and IT. The combination of these two directions with an economic background became the foundation for moving into regulatory and analytical work at Casinoz.
Education
Bachelor's degree
2014-09-01 — 2018-06-30
Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Economics
Economics
econ.spbu.ru
FAQ
What to look at when choosing a casino from a regulatory perspective?
The main thing is the licence — and not its existence, but its substance. A Malta Gaming Authority or UK Gambling Commission licence is real legal protection: the operator is required to follow strict rules on protecting player funds, payout speed, KYC procedures, responsible gambling. A Curaçao licence is often a formality — the regulator has weak enforcement mechanisms, and many holders of such a licence operate practically without supervision. Before registering, it is worth checking the licence number in the regulator's official registry, not trusting the badge on the operator's site. It is also important — where the parent company is registered and what its reputational record is; all this is in open sources.
How does regulation differ between the EU and the US?
By fundamentally different models. The EU is moving toward harmonisation: the United Kingdom (UKGC, separately after Brexit), Malta (MGA), Germany (GGL), and other countries build their national regulations, but at their core there is a pan-European approach through common requirements on data protection (GDPR), AML, and responsible gambling. The US works fundamentally state by state: each state has its own regulator and regime — somewhere iGaming is fully allowed (New Jersey, Pennsylvania), somewhere only sports betting, somewhere it is still banned. This means different levels of casino availability, different tax regimes, different requirements for operators — and it is important for the player to understand under which exact regulatory regime the casino they play at falls.
Why are bonuses generous in some countries and formal in others?
It is a direct consequence of regulatory requirements. In the United Kingdom, after the reforms of the 2020s, the rules on bonuses were tightened — operators cannot offer multipliers that artificially inflate the attractiveness of an offer, must specify real terms with concrete numbers, are limited in their marketing presentation. In Italy and Spain — similar restrictions on advertising and the format of promos. In jurisdictions with weaker oversight (for example, Curaçao), operators offer "500% bonus on the first three deposits with x70 wagering" — formally generous, but in reality impossible to wager. Regulation directly affects how bonus advertising looks, and this is a useful signal — the more "tasty" a bonus looks, the more often it is backed by weaker regulation.
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