Illegal sports gambling pays up to 200 million won in rewards if you report it to the Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center

Jul 27, 2025

Korea Sports Leisure, a trustee of Sports Toto, a sports promotion voting ticket issued by the Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation, once again emphasized that up to 200 million won will be paid for reporting illegal sports gambling operators 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 through the website of the illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center or by phone (1899-1119).

Under the current National Sports Promotion Act, the operation and use of illegal sports gambling is a clear criminal act that can result in 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. Nevertheless, illegal sports gambling sites are constantly on the rise in society.

In addition, up to 50 million won will be paid for reporting participants in sports match manipulation, and up to 15 million won will be paid for reporting illegal sports gambling sites ▲ users ▲ design, production, distribution, provision ▲ brokerage, mediation ▲ provision of information on sports games and prevention of fair enforcement.

To report an illegal sports gambling site, you must access the main page, enter the site address (URL), access information (ID, password, recommender, etc.) after self-authentication, and attach evidence data. After that, the informant can receive a reward within the limit of 15,000 won per case and up to 1.5 million won per person, depending on the results of the deliberation by the Korea Communications Commission.

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 or information of the reward payment 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.

A Korean Sports Leisure official 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 Korea Sports Leisure will also do its best to reduce the damage caused by illegal sports gambling."," he said.

Meanwhile, details related to the reward for reporting illegal Sports Toto sites can be found on the website of the Illegal Sports Toto Reporting Center.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.