You might get caught if you place a bet! After joining the online entertainment city 3 years ago, I was suddenly searched. Lawyer Li Yusheng explained the legal provisions related to gambling crimes and whether gambling websites are illegal.

You might get caught if you place a bet! Joined the online entertainment city 3 years ago and was suddenly searched for Dongsen News reporters Cai Yushan and Lin Yuquan

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A New Taipei book agent joined an online casino three years ago and bet tens of millions of dollars one after another. However, he was suddenly searched by criminal police on the morning of the 8th and asked if he had any election betting. He was later transferred and his mobile phone was taken away. !

As a result, he was unable to contact customers or navigate, and his life was in chaos. He believes that betting in online casinos is investment and not gambling. But the lawyer reminded that this is against the law, and gamblers who have played may be prosecuted.

As soon as the time came, the colorful airship rushed out immediately, and the lottery was drawn in less than 30 seconds. Mr. Liu had been playing in this online entertainment city for three years, and was suddenly searched on the morning of the 8th.

Complainant Mr. Liu: "I told him that I was placing bets in the online casino, and he asked me if there was a general election betting market on this site. I said I didn't, and the criminal police officer said there was no general election betting market. It seemed like there was no general election betting market. wrong."

The locked online entertainment city boasts that you can withdraw NT$50 million every day, and you can also withdraw large amounts of cash at Macau hotels. Mr. Liu followed the line group teacher and bet tens of millions in the past three years, but he thinks this is not gamble.

Complainant Mr. Liu: "You also need to study the lottery for this thing. The entire lottery draw trend, (teacher) told us to follow a fixed formula, and taught us that this is an investment, and it was also advertised on TV. It should not be It would be illegal."

But now he was searched and transferred. What troubled him the most was that his mobile phone was taken away, which made him very depressed as a book agent.

Complainant Mr. Liu: "Without navigation, I would almost get lost. I can't live without a mobile phone."

We tracked this case and it turned out that the police suspected that the group leader of the online entertainment city was involved in election betting. After tracing the money flow, they found that the total amount of bets made by Mr. Liu was huge, so they searched for him and other members. This also made all players Members who have been to online casinos are worried about whether they will be recognized as gamblers.

Explanation of criminal liability and legal procedures related to gambling crimes

Lawyer Li Yusheng from Fidelity Law Firm said: The crime of gambling under criminal law is gambling on property in public places or places accessible to the public, which will constitute a crime of gambling under criminal law. The gambling property is not limited to cash. If the perpetrator uses chips to gamble, and the chips are exchanged for cash, and can be exchanged for cash later, the perpetrator will also be subject to the elements of the crime of gambling.

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