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The creator of Helsi enters gambling: what is known about Samvel Akobian’s new projects
🔹After selling the medical system Helsi, businessman Samvel Akobian began developing gambling businesses. In June 2026 his company “12 TEK” obtained a license to develop gambling software, and later “PENGUIN PLAY” was established, which plans to operate in the online casino market.
🔹Journalists noted the company’s rapid completion of all necessary procedures, as well as its status as a resident of Diia.City. At the same time, Akobian himself says he is funding the new projects exclusively with his own money and has no business ties with Helsi’s former investors or representatives of Parimatch.
🔹Special attention in the piece is paid to the question of protecting Helsi users’ data. The authors express concerns about the potential use of the medical platform’s developments in gambling, but both Kyivstar and Samvel Akobian reassure that the former owner does not have access to either personal data or the system’s source code.
🔹PlayCity reported that before issuing the license the company underwent inspections by law enforcement and regulatory bodies, which found no violations. At the same time the regulator noted that it does not assess speculations about the possible use of technologies developed in other fields of activity.
🔹The transition of an IT entrepreneur to gambling does not violate the law, but it is believed that the state should ensure maximum transparency and oversight when it comes to businessmen who previously worked with strategic digital services and large datasets of personal data.
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