Reward of up to 200 million won for reporting illegal sports gambling operators
Apr 13, 2025
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Sports Toto Korea, a trustee of Sports Toto, a sports promotion voting ticket issued by the National Sports Promotion Foundation, has informed that it can receive a reward of up to 200 million won now if it reports an illegal sports gambling operator to the Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center.
Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center' is implementing a system in which rewards are paid for reporting related information such as operators, users, and site addresses of illegal sports gambling sites. The report can be made on the website of the illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center or by phone.
Under the current National Sports Promotion Act, illegal sports gambling sites are constantly on the rise, despite the fact that the operation and use of illegal sports gambling is a clear criminal offense, with up to seven years in prison or a fine of up to 70 million won and up to five years in prison or up to 50 million won, respectively.
Reports of participants related to sports match manipulation are up to 50 million won, and rewards will be paid up to 15 million won for illegal sports gambling sites ▶ users ▶ design, production, distribution, and provision ▶ brokerage, mediation ▶ provision of information on sports games and prevention of fair enforcement.
For reporting illegal sports gambling sites, you can access the main page and enter the site address (URL) and access information (ID, password, recommender, etc.) after self-authentication, and attach evidence data. The informant can receive a reward of 15,000 won per case according to the results of the Korea Communications Commission's deliberation, and can receive it within the limit of 1.5 million won per person per month.
Reporting accounts for illegal sports gambling sites can be carried out simultaneously with site reporting, and a reward of 100,000 won (unlimited) will be paid per case depending on the results of the deliberation. However, because the result of the reward payment or the information is notified through the mobile phone text (LMS) transmission method, the reporter must accurately enter the personal mobile phone number registered in the reporting center.
An official from Sports Toto Korea said "The number of cases and damages through illegal sports gambling sites is increasing every year"The Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center operates a reward system to encourage citizens to participate voluntarily, and Sports Toto Korea will also do its best to reduce the damage caused by illegal sports gambling."," he said.
On the other hand, details related to the reward for reporting illegal Sports Toto sites can be found on the website of the Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
