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Uri Poliavich, founder and CEO of iGaming platform company Soft2bet, is the subject of a multi-country investigation led by Investigate Europe with 15 national media partners. Two series — ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026) — allege his corporate network registered 140+ blacklisted gambling sites across the EU via Curaçao shell companies later bankrupted while player judgments, including a €245,000 German award against Rabidi N.V., went unpaid. Leaked records reportedly show €600 million routed through UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024) and nearly €200 million in dividends to Poliavich (2019–2024), pending primary-source verification.

€600 million

Reported flows from blacklisted casinos via UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities.

The July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’, a 15-outlet consortium series led by Investigate Europe, reports leaked payment records showing €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated UK firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024), with Poliavich reportedly receiving nearly €200 million in dividends (2019–2024). These figures rest on leaked records cited by the consortium, pending primary-source verification.

Earlier ‘Shady Bets’ reporting alleged 114+ blacklisted casinos registered via Curaçao entities, and a German court award of €245,000 against Rabidi N.V. reported unpaid after the entity’s bankruptcy; these findings attach to entities, not to Poliavich personally.

No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, citing full adherence to applicable laws and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where it is authorised; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

All figures derive from consortium reporting on leaked records; allegations remain unadjudicated, and no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions against Poliavich are confirmed.

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Proximity-Risk Profile · Online Gaming§ 01

Uri Poliavich — Founder and CEO of Soft2bet

Founder, CEO, and reported UBO of iGaming platform company Soft2bet; subject of an active multi-country investigative journalism series alleging entity-level operation of blacklisted gambling sites. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions located on the reviewed record.

Uri Poliavich is the founder, chief executive, and reported ultimate beneficial owner of Soft2bet, an online gaming platform and operator group with corporate footprints reported across Curaçao, Cyprus, Malta, the UAE, Ireland, and other jurisdictions. This file is a proximity-risk profile: the reviewed record contains no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich, and no matter has been located in which he is a defendant or accused party. His exposure is derivative, arising from investigative reporting on entities within the corporate network he founded and leads.1,5,CL-10

The verified/reported separation is central to this dossier. What is established at the highest confidence available is the existence and content of the journalism itself: two cross-border series led by Investigate Europe with 15 national media partners — ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and the ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026). What those series assert remains reported or alleged, not adjudicated. The March 2025 reporting states that Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos, including Wazamba via Curaçao-registered Rabidi N.V., and that a German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000 — a judgment reportedly unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. Both the judgment and a reported €5 million Spanish regulatory fine attach to Rabidi as an entity, not to Poliavich personally.5,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07

The July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ series cites leaked payment records reportedly showing €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated UK payment firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024), nearly €200 million in dividends reportedly received by Poliavich (2019–2024), and assets reportedly placed in Bahamian trusts. These figures derive from leaked records cited by the consortium and are not independently verified primary documents. The Irish Times separately reports that Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022. The consortium characterises Malta’s Bill 55 and the Curaçao bankruptcies as structural mechanisms shielding entities from judgments; their framing as deliberate evasion is an allegation.1,2,CL-01,CL-02,CL-09

Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing, stating: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. Separately, Investigate Europe and EUobserver document 50+ fraudulent DMCA takedown notices filed against the ‘Shady Bets’ articles, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner publications; the copyright claims are disproven, but authorship of the campaign is unestablished and is not attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.R1,3,4,CL-03,CL-04,CL-11

Confidence for this section is capped at medium-high: all load-bearing wrongdoing material is journalistic reporting (T1 outlets, but no primary court, registry, or regulatory documents in the file). The €600M and ~€200M figures must remain in the reported register pending primary-source verification. The entity-level German judgment and Spanish fine cannot be converted into personal liability. Denial DEN-01 must remain adjacent to any wrongdoing allegation in downstream sections.1,2,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-10

High legal caution

All allegations of operating blacklisted sites, strategic bankruptcy, and improper payment flows derive from investigative journalism and are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. Absence of a record is reported as no record located, never as clearance.

DMCA attribution

The 50+ DMCA notices are confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but the filers’ identities are unestablished. The campaign must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact.

Source basis: Based on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) from the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ and July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ series, plus Soft2bet’s subject-response record. No primary court, bankruptcy, registry, or regulatory documents were available in the evidence set.
Chronology of Reported Events§ 02

Case Timeline: Investigative Reporting on the Soft2bet Network, 2019–2026

Evidence-dated reconstruction of consortium reporting on Uri Poliavich and Soft2bet-linked entities, from reported dividend and payment-flow periods through the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ and July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ series. All wrongdoing items are journalistic allegations; no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.

Chronology Exhibit · 8 Events
Reported dividends
Poliavich reportedly received nearly €200m in dividends
Investigate Europe (Jul 2026), citing leaked records, reports Poliavich received nearly €200 million in dividends over this period. Figure pending primary-source verification. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.1,R1
Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’
2019–2024
2020–2024
Reported payment flows
€600m reportedly routed via UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities
Leaked payment records cited by the consortium reportedly show €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities. Reported finding, not independently verified. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing.1,R1
Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’
LicensingCaution
Irish authorities reported to have licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies
Irish Times reports six Soft2bet-connected companies licensed since 2022, framing the licences as central to an alleged black-market network. Licensing is an administrative act, not an adjudicatory finding; the network characterisation is a journalistic allegation.2
Irish Times / Investigate Europe
2022 onwards
2023–2024
Regulatory fineCaution
Spanish regulator fined Rabidi €5m; fine reportedly unpaid
Reporting states Spain fined subsidiary Rabidi €5 million for operating 25 illegal casinos, with the fine unpaid and Malta’s Bill 55 reportedly shielding Maltese-registered firms from EU judgments. Administrative penalty against Rabidi as an entity; no personal finding against Poliavich.5,R1
Investigate Europe / Amphora Media, via press
Investigative series
‘Shady Bets’ published: 114+ blacklisted casinos; unpaid €245,000 judgment
Consortium reports Poliavich’s network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos, including Wazamba via Rabidi N.V.; a German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000, unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. Judgment attaches to Rabidi, not Poliavich. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.5,R1
Investigate Europe / Amphora Media
Mar 2025
Jun 2025
Press suppression
50+ fraudulent DMCA notices target ‘Shady Bets’ journalism
Investigate Europe and EUobserver report 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner outlets; MEP Tiemo Wölken condemned the tactic. The copyright claims are disproven; the filers’ identities remain unestablished and unattributed.3,4
Investigate Europe / EUobserver
Investigative series
‘Soft2bet Files’ published by 15-country consortium
Series publishes leaked records reportedly showing the €600 million payment flows and the Irish licensing of six Soft2bet-connected companies. Allegations remain unadjudicated; no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions against Poliavich confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing.1,2,R1
Irish Times / Investigate Europe consortium
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
Reported findings
Follow-up: VIP tactics, Pgway gateway, dividends, trusts reported
Follow-up reports allege predatory VIP tactics by unlicensed linked casinos, an associate-owned Pgway gateway processing payments for blacklisted sites, ~€200m dividends, relocation near New York, and Bahamian trusts. Reported findings from leaked records; Soft2bet denies wrongdoing.1,R1
Investigate Europe

The timeline is anchored in two investigative waves (Mar 2025; Jul 2026) plus a confirmed press-suppression episode (Jun 2025) whose authorship is unattributed. Financial figures derive from leaked records cited by the consortium and are not independently verified primary documents. Entity-level actions (Rabidi judgment, Spanish fine) do not attach to Poliavich personally. Two registry events (2023 profit/dividend figures; 2024 industry award) rest on unsourced or tip-level material and are excluded from the rendered rows.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-03,CL-04,CL-05,CL-06,CL-08,CL-10,CL-11

Unadjudicated allegations

All allegations of blacklisted-site operation, strategic bankruptcy, and improper payment flows derive from investigative journalism and remain unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. The German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. Absence of a record is not clearance.

Denial carried

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

DMCA attribution

The fraudulent DMCA notices are confirmed as fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but the filers’ identities are unestablished. The campaign must not be attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact.

Source basis: Rows draw on T1 consortium reporting: Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’ (1), Irish Times (2), Investigate Europe and EUobserver on the DMCA campaign (3, 4), Amphora Media / Investigate Europe ‘Shady Bets’ (5), and the subject-response record (R1). Court and regulatory items are cited via press, not primary documents.
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Network Intelligence

Entities and documented relationships around the subject. Node colour encodes entity class; verified relationships render solid, reported relationships lighter, alleged relationships dashed.

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Uri PoliavichTrumiaRabidi NVAraxioDevelopment NVDenys ButkoMaltix LtdOutono LtdSoft2BetTilarosTranelloBrainrocketYael FoundationAnastasia DrogaMaltix LimitedInterpavaTilaros LtdTranello LtdZentoriaLimitedMy EU PayUnlimitCaficoInternationalBoomerangAC MilanBenedikt QuarchWazambaOnlyspinsPoliavichHolding Limited
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Reading Caution

Visual proximity is not proof of control. The graph plots documented relationships only; layout position is an artefact of the rendering algorithm and carries no evidentiary meaning.

Evidence Ledger§ 05

Registry of Load-Bearing Claims

Eleven registered claims underpin this dossier. All wrongdoing allegations derive from investigative journalism (Investigate Europe consortium, 2025–2026) and remain unadjudicated against Uri Poliavich personally; entity-level findings attach to Rabidi N.V., not the subject.

ClaimAssertionConfidenceStatusSourcesChallenges
CL-01Reported (leaked records, IE consortium): €600m flowed from blacklisted casinos via UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities 2020–2024; Pgway processed cards for blacklisted sites; Poliavich reportedly received ~€200m dividends 2019–2024. Not independently verified.highreported11
CL-02Reported (Irish Times): Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022; licences framed as central to an alleged black-market network.highreported11
CL-03Reported (Investigate Europe, first-party): 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices filed against ‘Shady Bets’, claimants impersonating IE to de-index partner publications. Authorship unattributed.highreported10
CL-04Reported (EUobserver): independent corroboration of the DMCA-abuse campaign; MEP Tiemo Wölken condemned tactic as press censorship. No attribution to any named actor.highreported10
CL-05Reported (‘Shady Bets’): Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos incl. Wazamba via Rabidi N.V.; German court ruled Rabidi owed player €245,000, unpaid after Curaçao bankruptcy. Court ruling cited via press, not primary record.highreported11
CL-06Reported: German court judgment of €245,000 against Rabidi N.V. remains unpaid following Curaçao bankruptcy. Entity-level judgment; no personal liability finding against Poliavich.mediumreported00
CL-07Alleged (IE): Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. Curaçao bankruptcies used strategically to defeat player judgments. Deliberate-evasion characterization is an allegation, not a finding.mediumreported01
CL-08Supported (IE, EUobserver): 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices filed to de-index the journalism, characterized as potential perjury. Filer identities unestablished; not attributable to subject.highsupported00
CL-09Reported (IE/Amphora): Malta’s Bill 55 reportedly exploited to void EU court judgments against Maltese-registered firms. Structural mechanism; exploitation characterization is reported, not adjudicated.mediumreported01
CL-10Supported: no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich located on the reviewed record. Absence of record is not clearance. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.highsupported00
CL-11DISPROVEN: copyright claims in 50+ DMCA notices against ‘Shady Bets’ were fraudulent per IE and EUobserver; the journalism is original reporting. Referenced only as disproven. Campaign attribution remains unestablished.highdisputed02

The registry rests entirely on T1 investigative journalism; no claim exceeds its strongest source class. Entity-level facts (the German judgment against Rabidi N.V., the Spanish €5 million fine) do not translate into personal findings against Poliavich. Challenge counts reflect Soft2bet’s standing denial (DEN-01) — ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate’ — which answers CL-01, CL-02, CL-05, CL-07 and CL-09. Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. CL-11’s challenges reflect the two outlet reports disproving the DMCA copyright assertions; the campaign’s authorship must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-07,CL-09,CL-11

Confidence is capped at the reported class for all financial aggregates: the €600 million payment flows and ~€200 million dividends derive from leaked records cited by the consortium, pending primary-source verification. CL-06, CL-07 and CL-09 carry medium confidence because the underlying court and legislative records were cited via press, not obtained directly. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed (CL-10).1,5,CL-01,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10

Unadjudicated allegations

All operating, judgment-evasion, and payment-flow allegations are journalistic and unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. He is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any matter on the reviewed record.

Disproven claim handling

CL-11 may be referenced only as disproven. The fraudulent DMCA campaign’s filers are unidentified; attribution to Poliavich or Soft2bet is forbidden as fact.

Source basis: Five T1 press sources (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, EUobserver, Amphora Media) and one T2 subject-response record. All adverse claims are reported-class; primary court, regulatory, and payment records were not independently reviewed.
Featured · Preserved Sources§ 07

Preserved Archives

Preserved captures of sources that have changed, been altered, or been removed — held as evidence with full provenance.

Preservation Exhibit · 6 Shown
Archive IDARC-2026-0734
Page TitleUri Poliavich built an iCriminal Soft2Bet empire on offshore schemes and legal exploits
WebsiteNavarro.in.ua
ContextWhile Soft2Bet presents itself as a legitimate gambling software provider in Europe, its history in Ukraine reveals a much darker reality—one of illegal casinos, corrupt schemes, and blatant disregard for the law.
Original URLhttps://navarti.in.ua/0556640-uri-poliavich-built-an-icriminal-soft2bet-empire-on-offshore-schemes-and-legal-exploits.html
DeindexedView Preserved Archive →
Archive IDARC-2026-2400
Page TitleUri Poliavich, Soft2Bet and Russia: A network of offshore gambling, legal evasion, and vulnerable people exploitation
Websitefacta.media
ContextThe Ukrainian Cyber Police raid on Soft2Bet’s Kyiv office in September 2020 exposed a sprawling illegal gambling operation, but the case was swiftly buried in Ukraine’s notoriously corrupt legal system.
Original URLhttps://facta.media/economie/uri-poliavich-soft2bet-and-russia-gambling/
DeindexedView Preserved Archive →
Archive IDARC-2026-3970
Page TitleUri Poliavich, a visionary leader or a cheap Mario impersonator with a criminal case in Ukraine?
Websitenavarro.in.ua
ContextUri Poliavich, a Ukrainian-born Israeli entrepreneur, has meticulously crafted a public persona as a visionary leader in the global iGaming industry.
Original URLhttps://navarti.in.ua/1061694-uri-poliavich-a-visionary-leader-or-a-cheap-mario-impersonator-with-a-criminal-case-in-ukraine.html
DeindexedView Preserved Archive →
Archive IDARC-2026-4421
Page TitleUri Poliavich, Smoke, Mirrors and whitewashing PR of Soft2Bet – it works until it doesn’t
Websitelstv.co.uk
ContextThe Scale: Over 140 gambling websites traced to Poliavich’s network, with at least 114 blacklisted across the EU.
Original URLhttps://lstv.co.uk/news/opinion/uri-poliavich-soft2bet-whitewash.html
DeindexedView Preserved Archive →
Archive IDARC-2026-0590
Page TitleUri Poliavich pretends to be an owner of IT company, but Soft2Bet is in fact gambling operation
Websiteshepetivka.org.ua
ContextUri Poliavich, an Israeli citizen with Ukrainian roots, has meticulously built a vast, transnational gambling empire under the Soft2Bet brand.
Original URLhttps://www.shepetivka.org.ua/post-136952-uri-poliavich-pretends-to-be-an-owner-of-it-company-but-soft2bet-is-in-fact-gambling-operation.html
DeindexedView Preserved Archive →
Archive IDARC-2026-2578
Page TitleUri Poliavich — The Strategic Relocation to Washington and Reputation Purge of Soft2Bet’s
Websiteinternetelite.org
ContextUri Poliavich, the Israeli founder and CEO of the gambling software provider Soft2Bet, has relocated to Washington D.C., signaling a strategic pivot toward penetrating the lucrative U.S. market.
Original URLhttps://internetelite.org/nsk/uri-poliavich-the-washington.html
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Dossier Group
Framing & Summary3
What this dossier establishes, in plain terms, before the evidence: who the subject is on the public record, what is verified versus alleged, and the boundaries of the claim being made. Every assertion that follows resolves to the Source Index.
Identity & Perimeter§ 09

Uri Poliavich: Founder, CEO and UBO of Soft2bet — Reported Entity Perimeter

Who Uri Poliavich is on the reviewed record, and the corporate perimeter reported around him by the Investigate Europe consortium. All perimeter links are reported, not adjudicated; no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.

Uri Poliavich is identified across consortium reporting as the founder, chief executive, and ultimate beneficial owner of Soft2bet, an iGaming platform company. His reported footprint spans Curaçao, Cyprus, Malta, the UAE, Ireland, and other jurisdictions, and he is reported to have relocated to a residence near New York, with assets reportedly placed in Bahamian trusts. The perimeter below is assembled from investigative reporting citing corporate filings and leaked records; it describes reported connections, not findings of wrongdoing. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing, stating: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.1,2,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-10

“Irish gambling licences central to a black-market gambling empire — the Irish Times’ framing of the network reported around Soft2bet-connected companies; this is a journalistic characterisation, not an adjudicated finding, and Soft2bet denies wrongdoing.”
Consortium characterisation
Soft2betiGaming platform company founded and controlled by the subject as CEO and UBO. Core of the reported network; denies all wrongdoing and states its operations adhere to applicable laws and licensing conditions wherever authorised.1,5,R1Founder / CEO / UBO
Rabidi N.V.Curaçao company reported to have operated Wazamba and other blacklisted brands; linked to the subject via corporate filings. Subject of a German court judgment (€245,000, reported unpaid) and a Spanish fine at entity level — neither attaches to Poliavich personally.5Linked via filings
Araxio Development N.V.Curaçao company reportedly established by the subject months after founding Soft2bet; later declared bankrupt. Its bankruptcy is alleged by the consortium to have defeated player judgments — an allegation, not an adjudicated finding.5Reported link
Outono Ltd.Cyprus holding company through which the subject reportedly controlled Araxio Development N.V.5Reported holding
Maltix LimitedMalta-licensed entity in the reported network, held via unnamed Cyprus entities. The intermediary Cyprus structures are not publicly identified on the reviewed record.5Reported link
Poliavich Holding LimitedCyprus entity confirmed in corporate records per consortium reporting; among 15 firms reportedly overseen by associate Anastasia Droga. Governance mechanics not fully mapped.5Reported holding
GENETIX-FZCODubai entity reported as part of the Soft2bet network. Its function within the network is not established on the reviewed record.1Function unknown
PgwayPayment gateway reportedly owned by a Poliavich associate and reported to have processed card payments for blacklisted sites. Ownership and control mechanics are not established; the associate is unnamed in the lead material.1Associate-owned
InterpavaCypriot intermediary through which the subject reportedly purchased real estate assets. The mechanism is asserted in reporting but not detailed.5Reported intermediary
Yael FoundationJewish education philanthropy co-founded by the subject and his wife Yael. Noted for context only; no adverse finding is recorded against the foundation or against Yael Poliavich on the reviewed record.5Context only — no adverse finding

Reporting names two associates in the corporate perimeter. Denys Butko, a Ukrainian national, reportedly managed Rabidi N.V.; his broader network role is not established. Anastasia Droga reportedly oversees 15 firms including Poliavich Holding Limited and Araxio Development; her governance role is not fully mapped. Allegations concerning entities they administered must not be extended to them, or from them to Poliavich, as personal findings. The subject’s wife, Yael, appears on the record solely as co-founder of the Yael Foundation, a philanthropic vehicle; no adverse finding is recorded against her, and she is named only in that registry-recorded capacity.1,5,CL-05,CL-10

The entire perimeter rests on T1 investigative journalism citing corporate filings and leaked records, not on primary registry documents reviewed directly. Every link is therefore carried at the reported register. Structural features — Curaçao vehicles, Cyprus holdings, Bahamian trusts — are recorded as reported architecture, not as evidence of concealment. Gaps remain open on Pgway ownership, Interpava’s mechanism, GENETIX-FZCO’s function, the unnamed Cyprus entities behind Maltix, and the Bahamian trust structures.1,5,CL-01,CL-05

Proximity, not culpability

This is a proximity-risk profile. Entity-level matters — the German judgment against Rabidi N.V. and the Spanish regulatory fine — attach to entities, not to Poliavich individually. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed; absence of a record is not clearance.

Denial carried

Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Source basis: Identity and perimeter drawn from the Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026), the Irish Times consortium reporting, and the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation by Amphora Media / Investigate Europe, with Soft2bet’s subject-response record carried adjacent to allegations. All sources are journalistic (reported class); no primary registry documents were independently reviewed.
Load-Bearing Findings§ 10

Key Findings

Six findings anchor this proximity-risk profile. All wrongdoing allegations derive from consortium investigative journalism and remain unadjudicated against Uri Poliavich personally; entity-level rulings attach to Rabidi N.V., not to him. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.

Findings of Record
F1
The March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation (Investigate Europe / Amphora Media) reports Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos, including Wazamba via Curaçao-registered Rabidi N.V. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing (DEN-01); Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters.Consortium journalism, unadjudicated5,R1
F2
A German court reportedly ruled Rabidi N.V. owed a player €245,000; the judgment went unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. The ruling and a €5m Spanish fine attach to Rabidi as an entity — neither is a personal liability finding against Poliavich.Cited via press, not primary records5
F3
July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ reporting cites leaked payment records showing €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated UK firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024), and nearly €200 million in dividends to Poliavich (2019–2024), with assets in Bahamian trusts.Leaked records, pending primary verification1
F4
The Irish Times reports Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framing Irish licences as central to the alleged black-market network. Soft2bet states it adheres to all licensing conditions where authorised (DEN-01).National outlet within consortium2,R1
F5
50+ DMCA notices filed against the ‘Shady Bets’ articles were fraudulent, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner publications — characterized as potential perjury. The copyright claims are disproven; authorship is unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.Claims disproven; attribution unknown3,4
F6
No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed on the reviewed record. This is reported as no record located, not as clearance.No record located — not clearanceR1

Every load-bearing finding rests on Tier-1 consortium journalism (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver), not primary court or payment records. The Curaçao bankruptcies and Malta’s Bill 55 are structural mechanisms reported as shielding entities from judgments; their characterization as deliberate evasion is an allegation, not a finding. Confidence is capped at the reported class throughout; figures such as €600 million and ~€200 million derive from leaked records cited by the consortium and are not independently verified.1,2,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-08,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Legal caution — HIGH

All wrongdoing allegations are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. He is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any confirmed proceeding. Soft2bet’s denial (DEN-01) carries adjacent to every allegation. The DMCA campaign’s copyright claims (CL-11) are referenced only as disproven.

Source basis: Findings drawn from five Tier-1 investigative sources across the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ and July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ series, plus the subject-response record carrying Soft2bet’s denial. No primary court documents, regulatory filings, or payment records were available for direct review.
Procedural Posture§ 11

Judicial Findings vs. Journalistic Allegations

Separation of what is established on the reviewed record from what remains alleged by the Investigate Europe consortium. No court has adjudicated any claim against Uri Poliavich personally.

This section applies the procedural distinction between findings and allegations across the jurisdictions in scope (Germany, Spain, Curaçao, Malta, Ireland, UK). A court finding binds only the party adjudicated; here, the sole court ruling on record attaches to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich as an individual. All other adverse material derives from investigative journalism — the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ and July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ series — and remains unadjudicated. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing (DEN-01); Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.1,2,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-06,CL-10

Established / Findings
A German court ruled Rabidi N.V. owed a player €245,000; the judgment reportedly remains unpaid following Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. This is an entity-level ruling cited via consortium reporting; the primary court record was not reviewed. It is not a finding against Poliavich personally.5
Investigate Europe and EUobserver confirm 50+ DMCA notices targeting the ‘Shady Bets’ articles were fraudulent, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe. The copyright claims are disproven (CL-11). Authorship of the campaign is unattributed and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.3,4
Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, per Irish Times reporting within the consortium — a licensing fact, not an adverse finding.2
No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Uri Poliavich were located on the reviewed record. This is an absence of a located record, not a clearance.
Allegations · Unproven
The consortium alleges Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ (later 140+) blacklisted casinos across the EU, including Wazamba via Rabidi N.V. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions where authorised (DEN-01).5,R1
Leaked payment records reportedly show €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated UK firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024), with Poliavich reportedly receiving nearly €200 million in dividends (2019–2024). Figures are unverified against primary records; Soft2bet denies wrongdoing (DEN-01).1,R1
The Curaçao bankruptcies of Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. are alleged to have been used strategically to defeat player judgments; Malta’s Bill 55 is reported as shielding Maltese-registered firms from EU judgments. The evasion characterization is an allegation, not a finding (DEN-01).5,R1
July 2026 reporting alleges predatory VIP tactics by unlicensed Soft2bet-linked casinos and card processing for blacklisted sites via the associate-owned Pgway gateway. Pgway’s ownership and control mechanics remain unmapped. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing (DEN-01).1,R1

Nothing on this record moves from the alleged column to the established column absent a primary court record. The German judgment and the reported Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. at entity level; neither constitutes personal liability for Poliavich. The €600 million and dividend figures rest on leaked records cited by the consortium, pending primary-source verification.1,5,CL-01,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09

Denial adjacency

Soft2bet’s denial — ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate’ — applies to every wrongdoing allegation above. Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Attribution limit

The fraudulent DMCA campaign is confirmed as fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but the filers’ identities are unestablished. It must not be attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact.

Source basis: T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) and the subject-response record. Court ruling and regulatory actions are cited via press coverage; no primary court or registry documents were reviewed.
Dossier Group
Risk Assessment4
The composite score, its calibration, and the individual indicators behind it. Risk here measures exposure to a counterparty, investor, or regulator engaging with the subject — it is not a finding of guilt, and the calibration notes explain both directions.
Composite Risk§ 12

Composite Risk Grade — Proximity Exposure, Unadjudicated

Six-dimension composite grading of Uri Poliavich’s risk profile. Exposure is derivative through Soft2bet-linked entities and rests on consortium reporting; no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions confirmed. All pattern-driven subscores are capped at the reported evidence class.

Risk Exhibit · Grade C · Pending human verification · legal review required
C
58 / 100 points
Elevated proximity risk — reported, unadjudicated
Legal exposure6 / 10
German judgment (€245,000) and Spanish fine (€5m) attach to Rabidi N.V., not Poliavich. No personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions located. Score capped: entity-level findings and journalist-reported patterns, not personal adjudication.
Fugitive / status1 / 10
No warrant, charge, or flight indicator on the reviewed record. Reported relocation near New York is a residence fact, not a status signal. Absence of a record is not clearance.
AML / financial flows7 / 10
€600m reportedly routed via FCA-regulated My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024); ~€200m dividends and Bahamian trusts reported from leaked records. Capped: leaked-record figures unverified against primary sources; no regulatory AML finding.
Reputational8 / 10
Two named investigative series (2025, 2026) by a 15-country consortium; sustained T1 coverage of blacklisted-site network and unpaid judgments. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing (R1). Highest-scoring dimension; reputational harm is a fact of coverage, not of guilt.
Cross-border complexity7 / 10
Structures span Curaçao, Cyprus, Malta (Bill 55 reported as judgment shield), UAE, Ireland, UK, Bahamas. Curaçao bankruptcies alleged strategic — allegation only. Capped: structural features reported, not evidence of concealment by inference.
Disclosure / transparency6 / 10
Poliavich did not respond personally to reporters; corporate denial issued via Soft2bet. Ownership mechanics of Pgway, Interpava, GENETIX-FZCO, and trust structures remain unmapped gaps, not adverse findings. Capped at reported class.

Grade C reflects a proximity-risk profile: the adverse pattern is dense, current, and multi-jurisdictional, but every load-bearing element is journalist-reported and unadjudicated against the subject personally. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. The capping rule was applied to Legal, AML, Cross-border, and Disclosure subscores because the underlying patterns are reported, not verified; without it, AML and Legal would score materially higher. The DMCA campaign (CL-11) is confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets but unattributed — it is excluded from the subject’s scoring and appears only as a disproven-claim context factor. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing, stating operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where authorised (DEN-01).1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Denial adjacency

Wherever wrongdoing allegations inform a subscore, Soft2bet’s denial applies: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

No personal adjudication

The Rabidi N.V. judgment and Spanish fine are entity-level; they are not personal liability findings against Poliavich. He is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any matter on the reviewed record.

Attribution limit

The 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices are confirmed fraudulent by Investigate Europe and EUobserver, but authorship is unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.

Source basis: Scoring rests on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) covering 2025–2026 series, plus the subject-response record. Leaked payment figures and court/fine facts are press-cited, not primary-verified; all affected subscores are capped accordingly.
Risk Calibration§ 13

How to Read the Grade: Anchoring, Caps, and Movement Conditions

The composite risk signal is anchored in consortium investigative journalism and capped by the absence of adjudicated findings against the subject personally. This section explains what holds the grade where it is and what evidence would move it in either direction.

Anchoring. The grade rests on two coordinated T1 investigative series — ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026) — produced by Investigate Europe with 15 national partners. Their reporting on 140+ blacklisted sites, the €600 million payment flows, ~€200 million in dividends, and Bahamian trust placements carries the class ‘reported’, derived from leaked records not yet verified against primary documents.1,2,5,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05

Caps. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been located on the reviewed record; the German €245,000 judgment and Spanish €5 million fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich individually. The fraudulent DMCA campaign is confirmed by the targeted outlets but remains unattributed and cannot be ascribed to the subject. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions where authorised; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. Confidence is therefore capped at the reported class: exposure is derivative and proximity-based, not adjudicated.3,4,R1,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-10

Movement — upward. The grade would rise if primary records confirm the leaked payment data (GAP-MI-06), if regulators (FCA, Irish, Spanish, Curaçao) open actions naming Poliavich, if the DMCA notices are attributed to the network with evidence, or if entity-level judgments are pierced to personal liability. Movement — downward. It would fall if primary-source review contradicts the consortium’s figures, if regulators examine the licensing record and take no action, or if courts reject the strategic-bankruptcy characterization. Structural mechanisms — Malta’s Bill 55, the Curaçao bankruptcies — are reported shields; their framing as deliberate evasion remains an allegation.1,5,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09

The weakest load-bearing input is the leaked-records class underlying the headline financial figures; until primary verification, all monetary claims must be read as consortium-reported, not established. The denial (DEN-01) applies wherever wrongdoing allegations are weighed.1,R1,CL-01,CL-10

Legal caution — HIGH

All wrongdoing allegations are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. Absence of a record is reported as no record located, never as clearance. Entity-level findings against Rabidi N.V. must not be converted into personal liability findings.

Source basis: Calibration draws on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) and the subject-response record carrying Soft2bet’s denial. No primary court, regulatory, or registry documents were available for direct review.
Proximity Risk · Likelihood × Impact§ 14

Risk Matrix — Derivative Exposure Placement

Placement reflects proximity risk only: all wrongdoing allegations derive from investigative journalism and attach to network entities, not to Poliavich personally. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.

Low impact
Moderate
High
Severe
Likely
Reputational exposure from continuing 15-country consortium reporting
Possible
Creditor recovery vs network entities; bankruptcies and Bill 55 reported
Payment-channel scrutiny of reported €600m flows via FCA-regulated firms
Unlikely
Attribution risk from fraudulent DMCA campaign; filers unestablished
Personal legal exposure — no conviction, arrest or sanctions record located

Basis per cell: reputational continuation is rated likely given two published consortium series and 15 media partners (CL-01, CL-05). Regulator follow-on is possible given Irish licensing findings and the reported unpaid Spanish fine (CL-02). Payment-channel scrutiny rests on reported €600m flows via FCA-regulated firms — leaked records, not primary-verified (CL-01). Creditor recovery is constrained by reported Curaçao bankruptcies and Malta Bill 55 mechanisms, whose characterization as deliberate evasion is an allegation (CL-06, CL-07, CL-09). Personal legal exposure is rated unlikely on the current record: no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions located (CL-10). DMCA-attribution risk stays low-likelihood — the notices are confirmed fraudulent (CL-11, disproven claims), but authorship is unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.1,2,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Denial carried

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Entity vs person

The German €245,000 judgment and Spanish €5m fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. They are not personal liability findings against Poliavich and are placed here only as network-entity exposures.

Source basis: Cell placements rest on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) and the subject-response record; all figures are reported from leaked records pending primary-source verification.
Risk Indicators§ 15

Red Flags — Pattern-Level Indicators

Severity-graded risk indicators drawn from consortium reporting on the Soft2bet network. All indicators are reported or alleged, not adjudicated; no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.

Reported network of 140+ blacklisted gambling sites via Curaçao shellsLow
Consortium reporting alleges Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ (later 140+) blacklisted casinos across the EU, including Wazamba, through Curaçao entities Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. Allegation from investigative journalism, not an adjudicated finding against Poliavich.5,1
Unpaid player judgment after entity bankruptcy — alleged strategic useLow
A German court reportedly ruled Rabidi N.V. owed a player €245,000; the judgment went unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. Consortium reporting alleges bankruptcies were used to defeat judgments; deliberate-evasion characterization is an allegation. Judgment attaches to the entity, not Poliavich.5
€600 million reported flows through FCA-regulated UK payment firmsLow
Leaked payment records cited by the consortium reportedly show €600 million moving from blacklisted casinos through My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities, 2020–2024, with associate-owned Pgway processing card payments. Figures rest on leaked records pending primary-source verification.1
Reported dividend extraction (~€200m) and offshore trust placementElevated
Poliavich reportedly received nearly €200 million in dividends 2019–2024, with assets placed in Bahamian trusts. Wealth extraction and trust use are reported findings from leaked records; trust structures remain unmapped and are not, in themselves, evidence of wrongdoing.1
Malta Bill 55 reported as structural shield against EU judgmentsElevated
Reporting states Malta’s Bill 55, which voids EU court judgments against Maltese-registered firms, was reportedly exploited by network entities. This is a structural mechanism reported by the consortium; its characterization as deliberate judgment evasion is an allegation.5
Fraudulent DMCA campaign against the journalism — attribution unestablishedElevated
50+ fraudulent DMCA notices impersonating Investigate Europe sought to de-index ‘Shady Bets’ articles; the copyright claims are disproven and the filings constitute potential perjury. The filers’ identities are unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.3,4
Irish licensing exposure of six Soft2bet-connected companiesHigh
The Irish Times reports Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framed by the consortium as central to an alleged black-market network. Licensing facts are reported; the black-market characterization is a journalistic allegation.2

All flags derive from two investigative series (‘Shady Bets’, Mar 2025; ‘Soft2bet Files’, Jul 2026) by Investigate Europe and 15 partners. Exposure is derivative through related entities; no adverse personal findings against Poliavich were located on the reviewed record. Confidence is capped at reported-class sourcing pending primary documents.1,2,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-02,CL-03,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Denial

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

No personal findings

No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. The German judgment and regulatory actions attach to entities, not to Poliavich individually. Absence of a record is not clearance. He is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any matter.

Source basis: Flags rest on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, EUobserver, Amphora Media) and the registered subject-response record. Court rulings, fines, and leaked payment figures are cited via press reporting, not primary documents.
Dossier Group
Identity & Corporate Record2
Who the subject is on paper: registry filings, ownership positions, licence claims tested against live registers, and screening results. This group also states, precisely, which similarly named individuals this dossier is not about.
Registry Positions§ 21

Corporate Registry Footprint

Reported registry positions across Curaçao, Cyprus, Malta, and the UAE linked to Uri Poliavich, per consortium reporting; no primary registry extracts were available for independent verification.

EntityRegistryRoleStatusEvidence
Soft2betMalta / multi-jurisdictionFounder, CEO, UBO (reported)Active (reported)Investigate Europe / Irish Times consortium reporting
Rabidi N.V.CuraçaoLinked to subject via corporate filings (reported)Declared bankrupt (reported)‘Shady Bets’ reporting; press-cited filings
Araxio Development N.V.CuraçaoEstablished by subject after founding Soft2bet (reported)Declared bankrupt (reported)‘Shady Bets’ reporting; press-cited filings
Outono Ltd.CyprusHolding vehicle for control of Araxio (reported)Not publicly verifiableConsortium corporate-records reporting
Maltix LimitedMaltaMGA-licensed network entity via unnamed Cyprus entities (reported)Licensed (reported)Consortium reporting; holding chain unmapped
Poliavich Holding LimitedCyprusSubject-named entity; overseen by Anastasia Droga (reported)Not publicly verifiableCorporate records cited in consortium reporting
GENETIX-FZCODubai (UAE)Network entity; function unmapped (reported)Not publicly verifiableConsortium reporting; role unresolved
PgwayUnknownPayment gateway owned by a Poliavich associate (reported)Not publicly verifiable‘Soft2bet Files’ leaked-record reporting
InterpavaCyprusReported intermediary for real estate purchasesNot publicly verifiableConsortium reporting; mechanism not detailed

All positions derive from investigative journalism citing corporate filings, not from primary registry extracts reviewed by this desk. The Curaçao bankruptcies of Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. are structural facts as reported; their characterization as deliberate judgment-evasion is an allegation, not a finding. Entity-level links do not establish personal liability: no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions where authorised; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. Ownership mechanics for Pgway, Interpava, GENETIX-FZCO, and the Cyprus entities holding Maltix remain unresolved gaps.1,2,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-07,CL-10

Entity-level exposure only

The German court judgment (€245,000) and Spanish regulatory fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich individually. Registry structure and jurisdictional layering are not, by inference, evidence of concealment.

Source basis: Registry positions compiled from Investigate Europe / Amphora Media ‘Shady Bets’ (Mar 2025), the ‘Soft2bet Files’ consortium reporting (Jul 2026), and Irish Times licensing coverage; all corporate filings cited via press, pending primary-source verification. Soft2bet’s denial carried per subject-response record.
Ownership & Control§ 22

Beneficial Ownership: Reported Holdings, Unverified Registry Record

The reviewed record contains no primary registry extracts or filed shareholder returns. All shareholding and UBO statements below derive from consortium reporting citing corporate filings it reviewed (‘Shady Bets’, Mar 2025; ‘Soft2bet Files’, Jul 2026). Poliavich is consistently reported as founder, CEO, and ultimate beneficial owner of Soft2bet, with linked holdings routed through Cyprus (Outono Ltd., Poliavich Holding Limited), Curaçao (Rabidi N.V., Araxio Development N.V.), Malta (Maltix Limited), and Dubai (GENETIX-FZCO). No UBO conclusion here rests on a primary registry document; each is stated at the strength of the reporting that supports it. Registry opacity in Curaçao and the unnamed Cyprus intermediaries behind Maltix Limited are structural features of those regimes and are not evidence of concealment.

EntityDocumented ShareholdingControl IndicatorUbo Conclusion
Soft2bet (E-01)No filed return reviewed; press reports founder/CEO/UBO statusReported founder, CEO, and ultimate beneficial ownerReported UBO — press-sourced, unverified
Rabidi N.V. (E-02)Linked to subject via corporate filings cited by reporters; bankruptReported network entity; day-to-day management attributed to associateReported link — UBO chain unresolved
Araxio Development N.V. (E-04)Reportedly established by subject; declared bankrupt in CuraçaoReported control via Cyprus holding Outono Ltd.Reported UBO via Outono — unverified
Outono Ltd. (E-05)Cyprus holding company; no registry extract reviewedReported vehicle for subject’s control of AraxioReported holding vehicle — unverified
Maltix Limited (E-06)Malta-licensed; held via unnamed Cyprus entities per reportingIntermediary chain unidentified on the recordUBO chain unresolved — intermediaries unnamed
Poliavich Holding Limited (E-07)Cyprus entity noted in corporate records per reportingReported oversight by associate Anastasia Droga among 15 firmsReported subject entity — governance unmapped
GENETIX-FZCO (E-08)Dubai entity reported within Soft2bet network; function unknownNo documented shareholding or role on the recordUnresolved — function and ownership unknown
Pgway (E-09)Reportedly owned by an unnamed Poliavich associate, not the subjectNo subject shareholding asserted; ownership mechanics unknownNot a subject holding — associate-owned, unresolved

Ownership allegations here are derivative: the German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich personally, and no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where it is authorised to operate; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. Pgway is reported as owned by an unnamed associate — it must not be treated as a Poliavich holding. The Bahamian trust structures reportedly holding assets remain unstructured on the record.1,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-10

Registry Gap

No filed shareholder return, registry extract, or trust deed was available for review. Every UBO conclusion below is press-derived and marked unresolved pending primary-source verification. Absence of a registry record is reported as no record located, never as clearance or as concealment.

Proximity Caution

Associate-held entities (Pgway; firms overseen by Anastasia Droga; Rabidi management by Denys Butko) are not attributed to Poliavich as beneficial holdings. Proximity is not culpability, and entity-level findings are not personal liability findings.

Source basis: Consortium reporting by Investigate Europe, Amphora Media, and The Irish Times citing corporate filings reviewed by journalists; Soft2bet subject-response record. No primary registry documents were among the supplied evidence.
Dossier Group
Legal Record4
The procedural spine of the file: the subject’s formal court status, every registered case, regulator actions, and the cross-border enforcement posture. Procedural status is reported exactly as the courts state it — never editorialised.
Legal Forums§ 26

Case Registry — Entity-Level Proceedings on the Reviewed Record

No court, regulatory, or insolvency proceeding on the reviewed record names Uri Poliavich personally as defendant, respondent, or accused party. All rows below attach to related entities — principally Rabidi N.V. — and are known only through consortium press reporting, not primary dockets or case numbers. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.

#Forum / StationCase / FIRKey ChargesStatus
1German civil court (venue not publicly identified)Not publicly verifiable — reported via pressCourt reportedly ruled Rabidi N.V. owed a player €245,000; judgment reportedly unpaid following Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. Entity-level civil matter; Poliavich is not a named party on the reviewed record.Judgment reported unsatisfied
2Spanish gambling regulatorNot publicly verifiable — reported via press€5 million fine reported against Soft2bet subsidiary Rabidi for operating 25 illegal casinos (2023–2024); fine reportedly unpaid. Reporters cite Malta’s Bill 55 as a shielding mechanism — a characterization that remains an allegation. Entity-level sanction only.Fine reported unpaid
3Curaçao insolvency proceedingsNot publicly verifiable — reported via pressBankruptcies of Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. reported; consortium alleges strategic use to defeat player judgments. That characterization is unadjudicated. No adverse finding against Poliavich personally is recorded.Bankruptcies reported; allegation unadjudicated
4Google DMCA takedown process (US perjury exposure)50+ notices — filers unidentifiedCopyright claims against ‘Shady Bets’ articles are disproven: reported as fraudulent, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe; characterized as potential perjury. Authorship unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact.Claims disproven; attribution open

This registry is derivative by design: every matter attaches to a related entity or to unidentified third parties, and each rests on investigative journalism pending primary-source verification. The German judgment and Spanish fine are entity-level outcomes against Rabidi N.V. and are not personal liability findings against Poliavich. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing (see legal notes); Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. The DMCA row is included solely as a disproven-claim record affecting the underlying journalism, not as a proceeding involving the subject.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-08,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Entity-level liability only

The €245,000 German judgment and €5 million Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. Proximity is not culpability: these records must not be read as findings against Poliavich as an individual.

Subject response (DEN-01)

Soft2bet denied wrongdoing, stating: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

No personal record located

No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Absence of a record is reported as no record located, never as clearance.

Source basis: All rows derive from the Investigate Europe / Amphora Media ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026) consortium reporting and the EUobserver corroboration of the DMCA campaign. No primary court dockets, regulatory decisions, or insolvency filings were available for review; case references are therefore not publicly verifiable. Soft2bet’s denial is carried per subject-response record R1.
Regulatory Record§ 27

Regulator and Registry Actions on Record

Regulator and registry actions reported in connection with Soft2bet-linked entities. All actions on the reviewed record attach to corporate entities, not to Uri Poliavich personally.

KeyValueEvidence
Spain — DGOJ fine (Rabidi N.V.)€5m fine for operating 25 illegal casinos (2023–2024); reportedly unpaidReported via consortium press; entity-level action
Ireland — licensing of connected firmsSix Soft2bet-connected companies licensed by Irish authorities since 2022Irish Times / Soft2bet Files, Jul 2026
Curaçao — entity bankruptciesRabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. bankrupted; player judgments unpaidStrategic use alleged by Investigate Europe; unadjudicated
Malta — Bill 55 effectStatute reportedly used to void EU court judgments against Maltese firmsStructural mechanism reported; characterization contested
Poliavich — personal recordNo personal regulatory action, conviction, arrest, or sanction locatedNo record located; not clearance

Every regulatory item on this record attaches to an entity — Rabidi N.V., Araxio Development N.V., or Soft2bet-connected licensees — not to Poliavich as an individual. The Spanish fine and the Irish licensing facts are reported via consortium journalism, not verified from primary regulatory documents. Malta’s Bill 55 and the Curaçao bankruptcies are structural mechanisms the consortium reports as shielding entities from judgments; framing them as deliberate evasion is an allegation, not a finding. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.1,2,5,CL-02,CL-05,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10

Adjacent denial

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Legal caution

Administrative actions are not adjudications of guilt. The Spanish fine and Curaçao bankruptcy proceedings are entity-level matters and must not be read as personal liability findings against Poliavich. Absence of a personal record is reported as no record located, never as clearance.

Source basis: Consortium reporting by Investigate Europe, Amphora Media, and The Irish Times (‘Shady Bets’, Mar 2025; ‘Soft2bet Files’, Jul 2026); fine and licensing facts cited via press, not primary regulatory documents. Soft2bet corporate response carried per denial-adjacency rule.
Screening Escalation§ 31

Review-Tier Placement & Screening Inputs

Aggregated screening outputs place Uri Poliavich in the enhanced due diligence band with senior sign-off, driven by high-volume adverse media from a 15-country consortium, entity-level regulatory and court actions against related companies, and unverified leaked-record financial figures. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed; exposure on the reviewed record is derivative through related entities. This scale is an analytical placement, not a formal onboarding decision.

Review-Tier Scale · Position Marked
Standard CDDExceeded: sustained multi-country adverse media volume rules out standard handling.
Enhanced monitoring onlyInsufficient: allegations are active and accelerating across two series (2025, 2026).
Enhanced due diligence (EDD)Baseline met but escalated by unverified large-value flows and offshore structures.
EDD + senior management sign-offSubject’s position: high-risk industry, active 15-country investigation, entity-level judgment and fine, unverified leaked-record financials, opaque trust structures — with no personal adverse finding located.
Decline / exit reviewNot indicated: no conviction, arrest, sanction, or personal adjudicated finding on the record.
Inputs · Public-Record State
Sanctions screeningNo record located
Criminal record / arrestsNo record located
Adverse mediaExtensive — unadjudicated
Regulatory / court actions (related entities)Entity-level only
Source of wealthReported, unverified
Press-suppression indicatorConfirmed fraud, unattributed
Structural opacityGaps open

The escalation driver is concentration of unadjudicated allegations, not any personal adverse finding. The €600 million payment flows and ~€200 million dividends are reported from leaked records cited by the consortium and remain pending primary-source verification. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions where authorised; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. The fraudulent DMCA campaign against the reporting is confirmed as fraudulent by the targeted outlets but is unattributed and must not be ascribed to the subject.1,3,4,R1,CL-01,CL-03,CL-08,CL-10,CL-11

Boundary note

This placement is not a formal onboarding decision, recommendation to decline, or adverse finding. All wrongdoing allegations derive from investigative journalism and are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. Entity-level actions against Rabidi N.V. are not personal liability findings. Absence of records is reported as no record located, never as clearance.

Source basis: Screening inputs aggregate consortium reporting from Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media and EUobserver (T1, reported class), plus Soft2bet’s subject-response record. No primary court, registry, or regulatory documents were reviewed; confidence is capped at the reported class.
Dossier Group
Network & Financial2
The map of entities, people, and money: documented relationships, the alleged mechanics of the scheme, and the forensic-finance record of what is known, what is alleged, and what is missing. Visual proximity in any graph here is never proof of control.
Network Perimeter§ 32

Key People

The reviewed record names three individuals inside the Soft2bet perimeter: Uri Poliavich as founder, CEO, and reported UBO, and two associates — Denys Butko and Anastasia Droga — who hold reported management and oversight roles across network entities. All roles derive from consortium reporting citing corporate filings; none rests on adjudicated findings. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed, and Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.

Uri PoliavichReported UBO — no adjudicated finding
Founder, CEO, and reported UBO of Soft2bet · Subject
Founder and CEO of iGaming platform Soft2bet; consortium reporting links him via corporate filings to Rabidi N.V., Araxio Development N.V. (via Outono Ltd.), Maltix Limited, Poliavich Holding Limited, and GENETIX-FZCO. Reported dividend receipts of nearly €200 million (2019–2024) rest on leaked records cited by Investigate Europe, pending primary-source verification. No personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions confirmed.
Denys ButkoReported entity manager
Associate; reported manager of Rabidi N.V. · Associate
Ukrainian national reported to have managed Rabidi N.V., the Curaçao entity that operated Wazamba and was subject to an unpaid €245,000 German court judgment before its bankruptcy. His broader network role is not mapped on the reviewed record. The judgment attaches to Rabidi as an entity; no adverse finding against Butko personally is located.
✓ No adverse findings located
Anastasia DrogaRegistry oversight role — reported
Associate; reported oversight of 15 network firms · Associate
Corporate records cited by the consortium show she oversees 15 firms including Poliavich Holding Limited and Araxio Development N.V. Her governance function is not fully mapped, and the reviewed record contains no adverse finding against her personally. Her role is registry-derived only; proximity is not culpability.
✓ No adverse findings located
Yael PoliavichContextual — no adverse finding
Co-founder, Yael Foundation (context only) · Family
Wife of the subject and co-founder of the Yael Foundation, a Jewish education philanthropy. The reviewed record notes the foundation for context only and records no adverse finding against her or the foundation. She is not named in any allegation on the reviewed record.
✓ No adverse findings located

All roles in this section are register-capped at ‘reported’: they derive from Investigate Europe / consortium reporting citing corporate filings, not from primary registry extracts reviewed directly. Allegations concerning blacklisted-site operation, judgment evasion, and payment flows remain unadjudicated against Poliavich personally; the German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. Butko and Droga appear only in registry-role capacities — no allegation on the record extends to them individually. Gaps GAP-UN-04 and GAP-UN-05 (Droga’s governance role; Butko’s broader function) remain open and must not be closed by inference.1,5,R1,CL-01,CL-05,CL-10

Denial adjacency

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

No personal findings

No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Uri Poliavich have been confirmed. Absence of a record is reported as no record located, never as clearance. Entity-level judgments against Rabidi N.V. are not personal liability findings against any individual named here.

Source basis: Roles drawn from the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ and July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ consortium reporting citing corporate filings, and the registered subject-response record. No primary registry documents were reviewed directly; all person-role assertions are register-capped at reported.
Network Map§ 33

Connected Entities

Corporate and personal connections around Uri Poliavich as recorded in consortium reporting and cited corporate filings. All relationships carry a reported evidence register; none rests on primary-document verification in this file. Entity-level allegations do not attach to Poliavich personally, and no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against him have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.

EntityRelationshipJurisdictionEvidence
Soft2betFounder, CEO, UBOCyprus; Malta; UAEConsortium reporting; filings
Rabidi N.V.Linked via corporate filingsCuraçaoCorporate filings cited by press
Araxio Development N.V.Established by subject; via OutonoCuraçaoConsortium reporting
Outono Ltd.Holding vehicle for AraxioCyprusConsortium reporting
Maltix LimitedNetwork entity; Malta licenceMalta; CyprusConsortium reporting
Poliavich Holding LimitedPersonal holding entityCyprusCorporate records cited by press
GENETIX-FZCONetwork entityUAE (Dubai)Consortium reporting
PgwayAssociate-owned payment gatewayUnknownLeaked records cited by press
My EU PayReported payment conduitUnited KingdomLeaked records cited by press
UnlimitReported payment conduitUnited KingdomLeaked records cited by press
InterpavaReported real-estate intermediaryCyprusConsortium reporting
Denys ButkoAssociate; managed Rabidi N.V.UnknownConsortium reporting
Anastasia DrogaAssociate; oversees 15 network firmsCyprusCorporate records cited by press
Yael FoundationCo-founded with wife YaelNot publicly verifiableContextual; no adverse finding

All rows derive from investigative-consortium reporting and press-cited corporate filings; none is independently verified against primary registries in this file. The load-bearing risk connections are Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V., whose bankruptcies and unpaid judgments are entity-level matters — proximity is not culpability, and no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed (CL-10). A tip-register note also links Boomerang, AC Milan’s betting partner, to Soft2bet services; this is unverified tip material only (GAP-UN-07) and is excluded from the table. Bahamian trust structures reportedly holding subject assets remain unstructured on the record (GAP-UN-06).1,2,5,CL-01,CL-05,CL-07,CL-10

Denial adjacency

Wherever entity-level allegations appear, carry Soft2bet’s denial: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Attribution limits

The Rabidi judgment and Spanish fine attach to the entity, not to Poliavich personally. The fraudulent DMCA campaign (CL-11, disproven copyright claims) is unattributed and must not be ascribed to any listed entity or person as fact.

Source basis: Entity and relationship registries drawn from Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026), Irish Times consortium reporting, and Amphora Media / Investigate Europe ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025), plus the Soft2bet subject-response record. All connections are reported-register; no primary corporate-registry documents were reviewed.
Dossier Group
Media Narrative6
The subject’s digital infrastructure and public narrative, tested against the documentary record: domains and their migrations, the curated persona, the adverse coverage it answers, documented suppression attempts, and the clearly subordinated community lane.
Infrastructure Record§ 40

Digital Footprint: Domains, Gateways, and Search-Index Interference

Reported digital infrastructure linked to the Soft2bet network — blacklisted casino domains, payment gateways, and a documented campaign of fraudulent DMCA notices targeting search indexing of the investigative reporting. No passive-DNS or primary registrar records were available for review.

Investigate Europe / Amphora Media, Mar 2025
Key
Blacklisted casino domain portfolio
Value
Consortium reporting states the Poliavich corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casino websites (‘Shady Bets’, Mar 2025), rising to 140+ across the two series. Registrations attributed to Curaçao entities Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V.
‘Shady Bets’ consortium reporting
Key
Wazamba (casino brand/domain)
Value
Named in ‘Shady Bets’ as a blacklisted casino operated via Rabidi N.V.; a German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000, reportedly unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. The judgment attaches to the entity, not Poliavich personally.
‘Soft2bet Files’, Jul 2026
Key
Pgway payment gateway
Value
Reported as an associate-owned gateway processing card payments for blacklisted sites (‘Soft2bet Files’, Jul 2026). Ownership and control mechanics are not publicly mapped; the lead names only ‘a Poliavich associate’ as owner.
Leaked records via consortium
Key
Payment rails: My EU Pay / Unlimit
Value
Leaked payment records cited by the consortium reportedly show €600 million flowing from blacklisted casinos through FCA-regulated UK firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities, 2020–2024. Figures pend primary-source verification.
Notices fraudulent; attribution unknown
Key
Fraudulent DMCA / de-indexing campaign
Value
50+ DMCA notices filed against ‘Shady Bets’ articles; copyright claims disproven — claimants impersonated Investigate Europe to de-index partner publications from Google. Characterized as potential perjury. Authorship unestablished; not attributable to Poliavich or Soft2bet.

No passive-DNS captures, WHOIS/registrar histories, or hosting records were supplied; all infrastructure facts derive from consortium journalism, capping section confidence at reported. Infrastructure timing (registrations, bankruptcies, DMCA filings) is recorded against events as reported and carries no inference of intent. Ownership mechanics for Pgway, the Cyprus entities behind Maltix Limited, and GENETIX-FZCO’s Dubai function remain open gaps. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.1,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-03,CL-05,CL-08,CL-10

DMCA attribution

The copyright claims in the 50+ DMCA notices are disproven — the outlets report the filings were fraudulent and impersonated Investigate Europe. Attribution of the campaign to any named actor, including Poliavich or Soft2bet, remains unestablished and must not be asserted.

Denial adjacency

Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. Domain and payment allegations are unadjudicated.

Source basis: Section rests entirely on Tier-1 investigative reporting by Investigate Europe, Amphora Media, EUobserver, and the Irish Times consortium, plus the subject-response record. No primary registry, passive-DNS, or payment-record documents were independently reviewed.
Earned vs. Paid Coverage§ 41

Reputation Narrative: Consortium-Driven Adverse Coverage, Contested by Denial

Coverage of Uri Poliavich is dominated by earned adverse reporting from a 15-country investigative consortium; the counter-narrative on record is a corporate denial. A separate, unattributed de-indexing campaign targeted the coverage itself.

T1 consortium journalism
Key
Dominant coverage stream
Value
Investigate Europe-led consortium reporting (‘Shady Bets’ Mar 2025; ‘Soft2bet Files’ Jul 2026) alleging 140+ blacklisted sites, €600m payment flows, and ~€200m in dividends — allegations from leaked records, not adjudicated findings.
T1 national outlets
Key
National-outlet amplification
Value
Irish Times reported Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framing the licences as central to an alleged black-market network; EUobserver independently covered the suppression attempt against the series.
Corporate denial on record
Key
Subject counter-narrative
Value
Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.
Disproven claims; filer unknown
Key
Attempted narrative suppression
Value
50+ DMCA notices sought to de-index ‘Shady Bets’ articles; the copyright claims are disproven — filers impersonated Investigate Europe. Authorship is unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.
No record located
Key
Paid or labelled placements
Value
No sponsored, paid, or labelled reputation placements favouring the subject were located in the reviewed evidence set. Absence of a record is not clearance.

The reputational record is asymmetric: virtually all substantive coverage is earned adverse reporting from a high-reliability T1 consortium, answered only by an entity-level corporate denial. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed, and the German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V., not to him personally. The disproven DMCA campaign is itself a reputational data point — evidence that someone sought to suppress the coverage — but attribution remains open and cannot be assigned to the subject.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-03,CL-04,CL-05,CL-10,CL-11

Unadjudicated allegations

All wrongdoing allegations derive from investigative journalism and are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. Soft2bet’s denial is carried adjacent to each allegation per policy.

DMCA attribution

The fraudulent takedown notices are confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but their authorship is unestablished; no attribution to Poliavich or Soft2bet may be stated as fact.

Source basis: Earned-coverage analysis rests on Investigate Europe and Amphora Media investigations, Irish Times and EUobserver reporting, and the registered subject-response record; no paid-placement evidence was supplied.
Media & Record Audit§ 42

Public Record Analysis: Archived Placements and Claim Checks

Audit of the archived public record on Uri Poliavich: two consortium investigative series (March 2025; July 2026), a confirmed-fraudulent DMCA de-indexing campaign against that reporting, and the subject-response record. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed on the reviewed record.

Narrative Exhibit · Coverage Pattern & Claim Audit
Consortium investigative coverage
Adverse — reported, unadjudicated

Two cross-border series anchor the record: ‘Shady Bets’ (Mar 2025) reporting 114+ blacklisted casinos registered via Rabidi N.V., and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (Jul 2026) reporting €600m in payment flows and ~€200m dividends from leaked records. All are reported allegations, not adjudicated findings; no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions against Poliavich are confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions; Poliavich did not personally respond.1,2,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-10

Record-integrity interference
Confirmed fraudulent filings — attribution unestablished

50+ DMCA notices sought to de-index ‘Shady Bets’ articles from Google, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe. The copyright claims are disproven: the journalism is original reporting and the filings constitute potential perjury per the targeted outlets. Who filed them is unknown; no attribution to Poliavich or Soft2bet is established, and none should be inferred.3,4,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-11

Subject-response and clearance record
Denial on record — no personal adverse findings located

Soft2bet’s denial is on the record: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions were located; absence of a record is not clearance.R1,CL-10

€600m flowed from blacklisted casinos via UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities; ~€200m dividends to Poliavich (2019–2024)
Reported — leaked records, unverified
Observed

July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ cites leaked payment records showing €600 million routed through FCA-regulated My EU Pay and Unlimit (2020–2024) and nearly €200 million in dividends to Poliavich, with assets reportedly placed in Bahamian trusts.1,CL-01

Evidence

Figures rest on leaked records cited by the consortium; no primary-source verification located. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, citing full adherence to applicable laws and licensing conditions; Poliavich did not personally respond.1,R1,CL-01,CL-10

Risk

If corroborated by primary records, this would be the central financial-exposure finding. Until then it must be carried as reported allegation only; no personal conviction, arrest, or sanctions against Poliavich are confirmed.1,CL-10

Network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos via Rabidi N.V.; German court award of €245,000 unpaid after Curaçao bankruptcy
Reported — entity-level, not personal
Observed

‘Shady Bets’ (Mar 2025) reports the corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos including Wazamba via Rabidi N.V., and that a German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000, unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy.5,CL-05,CL-06

Evidence

Court ruling cited via press, not primary documents. The judgment attaches to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich personally. Characterization of the bankruptcies as deliberate judgment evasion is an allegation. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing.5,R1,CL-06,CL-07

Risk

Structural mechanisms (Curaçao bankruptcies; Malta’s Bill 55 reportedly voiding EU judgments) are reported as shielding entities from judgments; deliberate-evasion framing remains unadjudicated and must not be extended to Poliavich personally.5,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10

Copyright-infringement claims in 50+ DMCA notices against the ‘Shady Bets’ articles
Disproven — fraudulent filings
Observed

50+ DMCA takedown notices asserted copyright over the ‘Shady Bets’ articles to de-index partner publications from Google; German MEP Tiemo Wölken condemned the tactic as press censorship.3,4,CL-03,CL-04

Evidence

Disproven: Investigate Europe and EUobserver report the notices were fraudulent, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe itself; the journalism is original and the filings constitute potential perjury. Attribution to any named actor is unestablished.3,4,CL-08,CL-11

Risk

Search results for the subject may be artificially thinned by attempted de-indexing. The campaign must not be attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact; the filers’ identities are unknown.3,4,CL-11

Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022
Reported — regulatory licensing fact
Observed

The Irish Times (Jul 2026) reports Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framing the licences as central to an alleged black-market gambling network.2,CL-02

Evidence

Licensing facts reported by a national outlet within the consortium; the ‘black-market network’ characterization is an allegation. Soft2bet states it operates in adherence to licensing conditions wherever authorised.2,R1,CL-02

Risk

Reported licensing footprint is a mapped exposure point for regulator follow-up; it is not itself an adverse finding against Poliavich, and no personal adverse record is confirmed.2,CL-10

Search terms used
01“Uri Poliavich” Soft2bet02“Soft2bet Files” Investigate Europe03“Shady Bets” Soft2bet 202504Rabidi N.V. Curaçao bankruptcy €245,00005Araxio Development N.V. Curaçao06“My EU Pay” OR Unlimit Soft2bet payments07Soft2bet Ireland licences Irish Times08Rabidi Spain €5 million fine09Malta Bill 55 gambling judgments10Investigate Europe DMCA fraudulent notices11Wazamba blacklisted casino Rabidi12Soft2bet denial statement

The public record on Poliavich is dominated by Investigate Europe-led consortium reporting; no primary court or regulatory document naming Poliavich personally was located in the reviewed evidence. The record has also been actively contested: 50+ DMCA notices targeting the ‘Shady Bets’ articles were confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe. Attribution of that campaign to any actor — including Poliavich or Soft2bet — remains unestablished and must not be inferred. Search-integrity checks should assume attempted de-indexing when assessing coverage gaps.3,4,5,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-11,CL-10

Unadjudicated allegations

All wrongdoing allegations derive from investigative journalism and are unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. The German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

DMCA attribution

The fraudulent DMCA notices are confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but authorship is unattributed. They must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact.

Source basis: Section rests on T1 consortium reporting (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, Amphora Media, EUobserver) and the T2 subject-response record. Court rulings, regulatory fines, and leaked payment figures are cited via press, not primary documents; confidence is capped at ‘reported’.
Media Environment§ 43

Suppression Signals: Fraudulent DMCA Campaign Against Consortium Reporting

A documented campaign of 50+ fraudulent DMCA takedown notices targeted the ‘Shady Bets’ investigation, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner publications from Google. The filers’ identities remain unestablished; no attribution to any named actor has been made.

Investigate Europe first-party account; CL-03, CL-08, CL-11
Key
DMCA takedown notices (50+)
Value
Fraudulent copyright claims filed against ‘Shady Bets’ articles; claimants impersonated Investigate Europe to de-index partner outlets from Google. Copyright basis disproven — the journalism is original reporting. Filings characterized as potential perjury.
EUobserver; CL-04
Key
Independent corroboration
Value
EUobserver corroborated the frivolous-copyright campaign against the gambling exposé. German MEP Tiemo Wölken condemned the tactic as press censorship.
No attribution evidence located
Key
Attribution status
Value
The identity of the notice filers is unestablished. No evidence on the reviewed record attributes the campaign to Poliavich, Soft2bet, or any named actor. Attribution must not be inferred from the reporting’s subject matter.

The suppression signal here is confirmed as to conduct but unattributed as to actor. Investigate Europe and EUobserver document a coordinated effort to remove the journalism from search results via impersonation-based DMCA filings; the underlying copyright claims are disproven (CL-11). The pattern — timing following publication, volume of 50+ notices, and impersonation of the targeted outlet — indicates a deliberate de-indexing effort, but the record contains no evidence identifying the filer. This section records the campaign as a media-environment fact adjacent to the subject’s coverage, not as conduct by the subject. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed, and Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing in the underlying reporting.3,4,R1,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-11,CL-10

Attribution constraint

The fraudulent DMCA notices are confirmed as fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but authorship is unestablished. Ascribing the campaign to Uri Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact is prohibited; the filers remain unidentified on the reviewed record.

Disproven-claim handling

The copyright-infringement assertions in the takedown notices (CL-11) may be referenced only as disproven. The journalism targeted is original reporting; the filings are characterized in the record as potential perjury.

Source basis: Based on Investigate Europe’s first-party documentation of the DMCA campaign and independent corroboration by EUobserver, including MEP condemnation. Both are T1 reported sources; no primary court or platform records were reviewed. Soft2bet’s general denial is carried per subject-response record.
Press Suppression Record§ 44

Documented Suppression Attempts Against the Investigative Reporting

In June 2025, Investigate Europe and EUobserver reported a campaign of 50+ fraudulent DMCA copyright notices filed against the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe itself to de-index partner publications from Google. The copyright claims are disproven: the journalism is original reporting, and the targeted outlets characterize the filings as potential perjury. The authorship of the campaign is unestablished on the reviewed record and must not be attributed to Uri Poliavich or Soft2bet. German MEP Tiemo Wölken publicly condemned the tactic as press censorship. No lawful takedown notices, litigation, or formal legal demands by the subject against the reporting have been located in the supplied evidence.

All
#TierTitle / OutletDateURL
1Investigate EuropeJun 2025 (reported)
2EUobserverJun 2025 (reported)

The two rows describe a single reported campaign: the first records the targeted outlet’s first-party account, the second its independent corroboration. The copyright claims asserted in the notices are disproven (CL-11) — the journalism is original — but who filed them is unknown. The campaign’s existence is a documented press-freedom event; its sponsorship is a gap. No evidence links the filings to Poliavich, Soft2bet, or any associated entity, and no lawful legal instrument (defamation suit, injunction, cease-and-desist) by the subject against the reporting appears on the reviewed record.3,4,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-11

Attribution caution

The fraudulent DMCA campaign must not be ascribed to Uri Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact; the filers’ identities are unestablished. DMCA notices are lawful instruments in principle; the disproven status here attaches to these specific impersonating filings, not to takedown mechanisms generally. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing in the underlying reporting, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where it is authorised to operate; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Source basis: Based on Investigate Europe’s first-party documentation of 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices impersonating the outlet, and EUobserver’s independent corroboration including MEP Tiemo Wölken’s condemnation. Both are T1 press sources; underlying notice documents and transparency-log records were not supplied for primary review.
Media Registry§ 45

Adverse Media Index

Adverse coverage of Uri Poliavich and Soft2bet-linked entities spans two Investigate Europe-led series — ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026) — plus coverage of a fraudulent DMCA campaign targeting the journalism. All items are Tier-1 investigative reporting carrying allegations, not adjudicated findings. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed.

CL-05 · CL-06 · Source 5
Key
Mar 2025 · Amphora Media / Investigate Europe · T1
Value
‘Shady Bets’: reports Poliavich’s network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos incl. Wazamba via Rabidi N.V.; German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000, unpaid after Curaçao bankruptcy. Entity-level findings; no personal liability finding against Poliavich.
CL-03 · CL-08 · CL-11 (disproven) · Source 3
Key
Jun 2025 · Investigate Europe · T1
Value
Documents 50+ fraudulent DMCA notices against ‘Shady Bets’, claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner outlets from Google. Copyright claims disproven; filings characterized as potential perjury. Authorship unattributed — not ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.
CL-04 · Source 4
Key
Jun 2025 · EUobserver · T1
Value
Corroborates the fraudulent copyright campaign as an attempted censorship of the gambling exposé; German MEP Tiemo Wölken condemned the tactic as press censorship. Does not attribute the notices to any named actor.
CL-01 · Source 1
Key
Jul 2026 · Investigate Europe · T1
Value
‘Soft2bet Files’: leaked payment records reportedly show €600m flowing from blacklisted casinos via UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024); ~€200m in dividends to Poliavich (2019–2024); Pgway gateway; predatory VIP tactics. Leaked-record figures pending primary verification.
CL-02 · Source 2
Key
Jul 2026 · The Irish Times · T1
Value
Reports Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framing Irish licences as central to an alleged black-market gambling network. Licensing facts reported by a national outlet within the consortium.
DEN-01 · Source R1
Key
Subject response · Soft2bet · T2
Value
Soft2bet denies wrongdoing: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Coverage is concentrated in a single coordinated consortium (Investigate Europe with 15 national partners), meaning individual items are not fully independent of one another; EUobserver provides the closest independent corroboration on the DMCA campaign. All wrongdoing allegations remain unadjudicated against Poliavich personally, and the German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity. The DMCA notices are confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but attribution remains unestablished and must not be extended to the subject.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-03,CL-04,CL-05,CL-08,CL-10,CL-11

Unadjudicated allegations

All indexed items are investigative journalism. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed; absence of a record is reported as no record located, not clearance. Soft2bet’s denial is carried adjacent to all wrongdoing allegations.

Disproven claim handling

The copyright-infringement claims underlying the 50+ DMCA notices (CL-11) are referenced only as disproven. The campaign’s authorship is unestablished and is not attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.

Source basis: Index compiled from five Tier-1 investigative and news sources within the Investigate Europe-led consortium and its corroborators, plus the Tier-2 subject-response record carrying Soft2bet’s denial. Court and regulatory outcomes are cited via press reporting, not primary documents.
Dossier Group
Claims & Evidence2
The subject’s public claims tested against the documentary record, and the comparable-case set used for calibration. This dossier’s own assertions are audited in the Featured group (§ 05), against primary documents indexed in § 06.
Claims vs Reality§ 47

Stated Positions Tested Against the Documentary Record

Soft2bet’s single on-record denial is the only verbatim subject-side claim available. It is tested here against consortium reporting from the ‘Shady Bets’ (2025) and ‘Soft2bet Files’ (2026) series. A third row records the disproven copyright claims in the fraudulent DMCA campaign, whose authorship remains unattributed.

Contested by consortium reporting; unadjudicated
Claim
“Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.”
Where Made
Soft2bet corporate statement to Investigate Europe and partners
Documentary Record
Consortium reporting alleges 140+ blacklisted EU sites registered via Curaçao entities Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V.; a German court ruled Rabidi owed a player €245,000, unpaid after Rabidi’s Curaçao bankruptcy. These are entity-level matters; nothing is adjudicated against Poliavich.
Contested; leaked-record figures not independently verified
Claim
“Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.” (tested against July 2026 payment-flow reporting)
Where Made
Same corporate statement; Poliavich did not personally respond
Documentary Record
Leaked payment records cited by the consortium reportedly show €600 million moving through FCA-regulated firms My EU Pay and Unlimit to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2024) and nearly €200 million in dividends to Poliavich (2019–2024). Figures rest on leaked records pending primary verification.
Disproven — notices confirmed fraudulent by targeted outlets
Claim
Copyright-infringement claims asserted in 50+ DMCA takedown notices against the ‘Shady Bets’ articles (verbatim notice text not public; filers unidentified)
Where Made
DMCA notices to Google, 2025; claimant identity unestablished
Documentary Record
Investigate Europe and EUobserver report the notices were fraudulent, with claimants impersonating Investigate Europe to de-index partner publications; the journalism is original reporting and the filings constitute potential perjury. Authorship is not attributed to Poliavich or Soft2bet.

Only one verbatim subject-side statement exists on the record — Soft2bet’s corporate denial — and Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions. All countervailing material is investigative reporting, not adjudicated findings: no personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been confirmed. The German judgment and the Spanish €5 million fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich individually. The DMCA copyright claims are referenced solely as disproven; their attribution to any named actor remains unestablished and must not be ascribed to the subject.R1,1,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-03,CL-05,CL-08,CL-10,CL-11

Legal caution — high

Allegations of blacklisted-site operation, strategic bankruptcy, and improper payment flows derive from journalism and remain unadjudicated against Poliavich personally. The subject is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any confirmed proceeding. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing.

Denial adjacency

Soft2bet’s denial (DEN-01) is carried in each row where wrongdoing allegations appear, per dossier rules. Absence of a personal record is reported as no record located, never as clearance.

Source basis: Rows draw on the Soft2bet subject-response record (R1), the July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ consortium reporting (1), the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation (5), and first-party plus corroborating accounts of the fraudulent DMCA campaign (3, 4). No primary court, regulatory, or payment documents were available for direct review; all figures are as reported by the consortium.
Structural precedents§ 49

Comparable cases

Publicly documented matters that share structural features with the reported Soft2bet fact pattern — Curaçao entity insolvency amid unpaid player judgments, Malta’s Bill 55 enforcement shield, fraudulent DMCA de-indexing, and regulated payment rails carrying gambling flows.

Case LabelStructureOutcomeRelevance
1xCorp N.V. (1xBet) — Curaçao insolvency litigationCuraçao-licensed operator; players holding unpaid winnings pursued bankruptcy petitions against 1xCorp N.V. in Curaçao courts after judgments went unsatisfied, while the brand continued operating internationally.Curaçao court declared 1xCorp N.V. bankrupt in 2023; the ruling was later contested on appeal. The episode fed into Curaçao’s licensing reform. No personal findings against beneficial owners were established in that forum.Mirrors the reported Rabidi/Araxio pattern: Curaçao entity insolvency intersecting with unpaid player judgments while platform operations continued. Structural analogue only; no outcome inference.
Malta Bill 55 — Austrian/German player-refund enforcement disputesAustrian and German courts awarded players refunds against Malta-licensed operators; Malta’s 2023 Bill 55 directed Maltese courts to refuse enforcement of such foreign judgments as contrary to public policy.Enforcement blocked in Malta; European Commission scrutiny of Bill 55’s compatibility with EU law remains unresolved. Entity-level awards stalled without personal liability findings against owners.The same statutory shield the consortium reports as benefiting Soft2bet-linked entities after the Spanish fine and player judgments; characterisation as deliberate evasion remains an allegation.
Eliminalia / ‘Story Killers’ fraudulent-DMCA campaignForbidden Stories consortium (2023) documented fabricated copyright notices, including impersonation of legitimate outlets, filed to de-index adverse journalism from Google search results.Campaign publicly exposed; filings characterised as potential perjury; some de-indexing reversed. Attribution there was established through leaked records — unlike the unattributed notices here.Structural template for the 50+ fraudulent notices targeting ‘Shady Bets’, which impersonated Investigate Europe. Comparability is to method only; authorship in this matter is unestablished and must not be ascribed.
Wirecard — third-party acquiring for high-risk gambling merchantsRegulated European payment infrastructure reportedly routed flows from gambling and other high-risk merchants through intermediary entities, obscuring underlying merchant identity from oversight.Wirecard collapsed in 2020 amid fraud findings and ongoing criminal proceedings against executives in Germany — facts far exceeding anything alleged in the present matter.Comparable only in the reported use of regulated payment rails (here, FCA-regulated My EU Pay and Unlimit) for flows from blacklisted operators. No equivalence of conduct or outcome is implied.

The four comparators are drawn from the public record outside the registered evidence set and are offered for structural calibration only; each requires independent human verification before reliance. The subject-side anchors are the consortium’s reported findings, which rest on leaked records pending primary-source verification. The DMCA comparator must be read against the registered disproven claim: the copyright assertions in the notices targeting ‘Shady Bets’ are disproven as fraudulent, and attribution to any actor — including Poliavich or Soft2bet — remains unestablished.1,3,4,5,CL-01,CL-03,CL-04,CL-08,CL-11

Proximity discipline

Comparable matters establish structural likelihoods, not conduct. The German judgment and Spanish fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich personally. He is not a defendant, respondent, or accused party in any matter on the reviewed record.

Denial carried

Soft2bet: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Source basis: Subject-side structural features are cited to the registered consortium reporting (T1 investigative journalism, reported class) and the subject-response record. The peer matters themselves are analyst-supplied from the public record, are not part of the evidence registry, and carry no registered sourceIds; they are flagged for human verification under the methodology gates.
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Accountability3
The institutional close: what we do not know, and what the record supports concluding. The living-document apparatus — updates, corrections, right of reply, and contribution channels — operates in the response block at the end of this dossier. This is where the dossier submits itself to the same scrutiny it applies.
Coverage Rationale & Exclusions§ 50

Public-Interest Boundary

Why this dossier covers Uri Poliavich, what it deliberately excludes, and the boundaries protecting personal life, family, and unattributed allegations.

Basis for coverage
Proximity, not culpability
Explicit exclusions
Family and minor boundary
Boundary on record absence

Coverage test satisfied by regulator-adjacent facts (Rabidi judgment, Spanish fine, Irish licensing) plus sustained T1 consortium reporting. The weakest load-bearing material is leaked-record reporting; boundaries above keep those figures in the ‘reported’ register. Denial DEN-01 must accompany all wrongdoing allegations.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05,CL-06,CL-07,CL-09,CL-10,CL-11

Attribution boundary

The DMCA campaign is confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but authorship is unattributed and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet as fact (CL-11 disproven; GAP-UN-09).

No defendant framing

Poliavich is never characterized as a defendant, respondent, or accused party. Entity-level judgments and fines are not converted into personal findings.

Source basis: Boundary analysis draws on the July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ consortium reporting, the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation, DMCA-abuse documentation by Investigate Europe and EUobserver, Irish Times licensing reporting, and the Soft2bet subject-response record.
Coverage Gaps§ 53

Gaps and Unknowns

The file rests almost entirely on consortium journalism; primary documents, regulatory responses, and attribution questions remain open. These gaps cap confidence and must not be closed by inference.

High
Leaked payment records behind the €600m ‘Soft2bet Files’ figure not reviewed The headline flow figure and the ~€200m dividend total rest on records held by the consortium. Without primary-source review, both remain reported findings, not verified amounts. Ref: Obtain or forensically review the leaked records cited by Investigate Europe.
Elevated
No record of FCA, Irish, or Google response to 2025–2026 disclosures Regulatory reaction would materially raise or lower risk; its absence from the file is a coverage gap, not evidence of inaction or clearance. Ref: Monitor FCA registers, Irish licensing authorities, and Google transparency channels.
Elevated
Status of any perjury referral over the fraudulent DMCA notices unknown The notices are confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but no legal proceeding is documented. Any escalation would sharpen the press-suppression record. Ref: Track court dockets and Lumen-type transparency archives.
High
Identity of the DMCA claimants unestablished beyond impersonation Attribution is the pivotal unknown: the campaign must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet absent evidence linking them to the filings.
Elevated
Player-harm scale beyond the single €245,000 German case unquantified One unpaid judgment is documented via press; the wider population of affected players and unpaid awards is unmeasured.
High
German €245,000 judgment and Spanish €5m fine decision not sourced as documents Both entity-level findings against Rabidi N.V. are cited via journalism only; primary texts would confirm scope, parties, and enforcement status. Ref: Retrieve the German judgment and the Spanish regulator’s decision.
High
Curaçao bankruptcy filings for Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V. missing The allegation of strategic bankruptcy is unadjudicated; trustee reports would test whether the insolvencies defeated judgments by design or circumstance.
High
Bahamian trust structures holding Poliavich assets reported but unstructured Trust existence is a leaked-record report; settlor, trustee, and asset detail are unknown, limiting any asset-tracing assessment.
High
Pgway ownership named only as ‘a Poliavich associate’ Control mechanics of the payment gateway are undefined; proximity to the subject cannot be treated as his ownership or direction.
Elevated
Poliavich’s background, nationality, and pre-Soft2bet wealth origin not covered Basic identity and source-of-wealth context is absent, constraining KYC-grade profiling.
Elevated
Irish licences for six Soft2bet-connected companies not documented The Irish Times report frames these licences as central; the licence records themselves would confirm entities, dates, and conditions. Ref: Pull Irish licensing records for the six companies identified since 2022.

Every load-bearing fact in this dossier derives from T1 investigative journalism rather than primary records. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanctions against Poliavich have been located — reported as no record located, not as clearance. Soft2bet denies all wrongdoing, stating its operations adhere to all applicable laws and licensing conditions where authorised; Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.1,2,3,4,5,R1,CL-10

No closure by inference

Gaps listed here are open questions only. Registry opacity, missing documents, or unanswered attribution — including the DMCA campaign — must not be construed as concealment or wrongdoing by the subject.

Source basis: Gap register compiled against the consortium reporting corpus (Investigate Europe, Irish Times, EUobserver, Amphora Media) and the subject-response record; missing-document and future-research items reflect primary sources not yet obtained.
Desk Conclusion§ 54

Editorial Conclusion: Derivative Exposure, Unadjudicated Record

On the reviewed record, Uri Poliavich carries high derivative exposure through entities under sustained consortium investigation, but no personal adverse finding. Every wrongdoing allegation remains unadjudicated against him personally.

The verified record establishes one thing with clarity: Uri Poliavich, founder and CEO of Soft2bet, is the central figure in an active, accelerating multi-country investigation led by Investigate Europe with 15 national media partners across two series — ‘Shady Bets’ (March 2025) and the ‘Soft2bet Files’ (July 2026). The consortium’s core allegations — 140+ blacklisted gambling sites registered through Curaçao entities Rabidi N.V. and Araxio Development N.V., reported €600 million payment flows through FCA-regulated UK firms, and nearly €200 million in reported dividends — rest on leaked records cited by the consortium and remain journalistic findings pending primary-source verification.1,2,5,CL-01,CL-02,CL-05

Equally clear is what the record does not contain. No personal criminal conviction, arrest, or named sanction against Poliavich has been located. The German court judgment of €245,000 and the Spanish regulatory fine attach to Rabidi N.V. as an entity, not to Poliavich as an individual; he is not a defendant or accused party in any matter on the reviewed record. Soft2bet denies wrongdoing, stating: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and licensing conditions in every jurisdiction where we are authorised to operate.’ Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.5,R1,CL-05,CL-06,CL-10

The desk conclusion is therefore one of derivative exposure, not adverse finding. Exposure could move in either direction: regulatory action, litigation, or attribution of the fraudulent DMCA campaign — currently unattributed and citable only as disproven copyright claims — would sharpen it; consortium retractions, successful rebuttals, or adjudication in Soft2bet’s favour would reduce it. Guilt and innocence belong to the courts, and this profile asserts neither.3,4,CL-08,CL-10,CL-11

This conclusion is capped at ‘reported’ evidence class throughout: every load-bearing allegation derives from investigative journalism, not adjudicated records. The DMCA campaign is confirmed fraudulent by the targeted outlets, but authorship is unestablished and must not be ascribed to Poliavich or Soft2bet. Financial figures from leaked records are not independently verified primary documents.1,3,5,CL-01,CL-08,CL-11

No Personal Adverse Finding

Absence of a conviction, arrest, or sanctions record is reported as no record located, not as clearance. Entity-level judgments and fines against Rabidi N.V. are not personal liability findings against Poliavich.

Denial Carried

Soft2bet’s denial of all wrongdoing is carried adjacent to every allegation in this dossier per DEN-01. Poliavich did not personally respond to reporters’ questions.

Source basis: Desk conclusion drawn from the July 2026 ‘Soft2bet Files’ consortium reporting, the March 2025 ‘Shady Bets’ investigation, first-party and corroborating accounts of the fraudulent DMCA campaign, and the Soft2bet subject-response record. All wrongdoing allegations are reported-class and unadjudicated.
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Reference & Bibliography1
The published sources this dossier resolves to — tiered, graded, and itemised. Every cite-ref on this page terminates here.
Reference · Bibliography§ 55

Source Index

The tiered bibliography every cite-ref on this page resolves to. Tier definitions: T1 primary records reviewed in original · T2 corroborated secondary · T3 single-source, flagged · T4 commentary, context only.

All 6T1 · Primary 5T2 · Corroborated 1T3 · Single-source 0T4 · Commentary 0
#TierTitle / OutletDateURL
1T1investigate-europe.eu — Investigate Europe ‘Soft2bet Files’ reports €600 million flowed from unlicensed/blacklisted casinos through UK payment firms to Soft2bet-linked entities (2020–2n/dinvestigate-europe.eu/…
2T1irishtimes.com — Irish Times reports Irish authorities licensed six Soft2bet-connected companies since 2022, framing Irish licences as central to an alleged black-market gamblinn/dirishtimes.com/…
3T1investigate-europe.eu — Investigate Europe documents 50+ fraudulent DMCA copyright notices filed against its ‘Shady Bets’ gambling investigation, with claimants impersonating Investigan/dinvestigate-europe.eu/…
4T1euobserver.com — EUobserver corroborates that frivolous copyright claims were used in an attempt to censor Investigate Europe’s gambling exposé, with German MEP Tiemo Wölken conn/deuobserver.com/…
5T1amphora.media — Amphora Media / Investigate Europe ‘Shady Bets’ investigation reports Poliavich’s corporate network registered 114+ blacklisted casinos including Wazamba via Ran/damphora.media/…
R1T2Subject-response record — Subject-response record: Soft2bet denied wrongdoing, stating: ‘Our operations are conducted in full adherence to all applicabn/d
Source basis: The index is the bibliography of record, assembled deterministically from the canonical source registry; upstream id crosswalk preserved in the planning bundle.