Original title: reporter undercover World Cup gambling website: gaming website conceals sports live broadcast platform "agent" commission exceeding 50%
Beijing, China Central Broadcasting Network, December 10 (Reporter Liu Baoqi and Wang Ning) At present, the 2022 Qatar World Cup is in full swing.
On November 24, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission published an article entitled "Eradicate the living soil of gambling, strengthen education, management and supervision, and do not let gambling destroy young cadres". Over the years, football gambling cases have emerged one after another, many of which are still public officials.
Recently, according to a survey by CGN. com, a website called "Say the King of the Ball" Such activities are still ongoing. his On the top of the page of the live sports event website, the slogan "Scan code to download bubble chat, add xxx, and compensate 10% for all World Cup matches" is publicly hung. At the same time, the anchor also recommends this "advertisement" to the audience during the live broadcast. After adding friends, the other party immediately sent a link to a gambling website, saying, "Don't be afraid to check, hundreds of thousands of people are watching the game in the live broadcast room, and everyone can not only chat, but also recharge and withdraw money, so you can play with confidence". In addition, the other side also constantly persuaded reporters to act as agents, with commissions up to 40% - 55% and monthly income up to tens of thousands of yuan.
Just before the World Cup in Qatar this year, the public security, procuratorial and judicial departments all over the country issued prompt messages one after another, calling on netizens to recognize the true nature of "online gambling" and reject online gambling.
The gaming website hides the live broadcast platform
On December 1, Croatia played against Belgium, and the live broadcast room recommended the way to enter the gambling website
twelve At 23:00 on January 1, Croatia played Belgium in the group match of the World Cup.
At the beginning of the game, a large number of spectators swarmed into a man named "Shuoqiu Di" Of Websites and chat rooms are boiling in an instant. Many spectators complained: "I lost 500 yesterday", "I scored before I bought it", "Which game is the biggest"
Every once in a while, a female anchor broadcasts a voice prompt of "Download Bubble Chat, Add XXX" in the live broadcast room. In the chat area, pictures with QR code pop up from time to time.
Not only the voice recommendation of the host, but also the live broadcast At the top of the page, there are subtitles all the time: "Scan code to download bubble chat, add xxx, get lottery money, and all World Cup matches will be compensated 10%." At the bottom of the live page, there is a line of subtitles: "First deposit 100, get 58300, get 88, and lottery money is optional."
“ I have seen gambling advertisements on a well-known website before, which are hung in the middle of the night and removed during the day. " A gambler said After 2018, the crackdown will be severe, and no one will dare to hang such advertisements anymore. 2018 The Ministry of Public Security deployed the national public security organs to carry out the "Net 2018" special action for 10 months.
According to the tips of the website "Shuoqiu Di", the reporter downloaded the "MosGram" chat software, and after adding the designated friends, a group administrator named "Mengya" took the initiative to contact the reporter. "The micro envelope is too strong, this one will not be sealed."
There is a prompt at the top of the "Bubble" chat page, "All messages sent in this conversation have been encrypted end-to-end".
Enterprise investigation shows that the developer of "Bubble" chat is Chongqing Xundao Technology Co., Ltd., which was founded on May 24, 2021. The staff of the company said that they are indeed the developers of "Bubble" chat social software, but will not manage the specific content of the group chat
Later, Mengya sent promotional leaflets such as "registration website", "discount for first deposit, and free for second deposit". The leaflet has the words "double the amount of lottery money for the first time and triple the amount of lottery money for the second time", claiming 58 yuan for 100 yuan, 388 yuan for 5000 yuan, 5888 yuan for 100000 yuan
After the reporter registered and recharged successfully, the other party did send 58 yuan of lottery money. Then the reporter was pulled into a "taboo group". The administrator of the group was able to release information, and the players were all banned. "There is a recommendation list for the game every day. After you recharge 1000 yuan, you will be pulled into the player exchange group."
Mengya introduced that this platform is a formal gambling website, which has been operating for 8 years. The website also has a security wall, and the deposit and withdrawal have security guarantees. "Don't worry about being investigated, just like the mahjong room, people are forbidden to gamble, but some people still play mahjong." "During the World Cup, there were too many people gambling, and I was too busy." Mengya said that tens of thousands of people used to play on the platform, but now the number of people is almost over 100000.
Member benefits leaflet of gambling website
According to the first paragraph of Article 1 of the 2010 Opinions of the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Internet Gambling Crime Cases, the Internet and mobile communication terminals are used to transmit gambling videos and data, establish gambling websites, accept bets, establish gambling websites and provide them to others to organize gambling Acts of acting as an agent for gambling websites, accepting bets and participating in profit sharing of gambling websites are all acts of opening casinos.
The Eleventh Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, which will come into force on March 1, 2021, has intensified the fight against the crime of opening casinos, changing the statutory punishment of the crime of opening casinos from "three-year imprisonment" to "five-year imprisonment". According to the second paragraph of Article 303 of the amended Criminal Law, anyone who opens a casino shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and shall also be fined.
"Agency" commission can be up to 50%
After recharging on the platform, Mengya kept persuading reporter Be an "agent".
According to Mengya, the "agent" is a cooperative relationship with the platform, and has its own backstage, so you can see the offline deposits, withdrawals and wins and losses. "Being an 'agent' makes the most money, but you have to pull people. The more the other party loses, the more your commission will be."
During the World Cup, the platform also launched "agent support activities". The leaflet of "Agency Support Activities" presented by the other party shows that "Agency" has 3-10 effective members, with a commission of 50%, and more than 13 effective members, with a commission ratio of 55%.
Brochure of "Agency Support Activities"
Every few days, Mengya actively asks the reporter whether to register as an "agent". "If you pull a few people, you can earn thousands of yuan a month. If you pull many people, you may earn tens of thousands of yuan a month." Mengya said.
Mengya said that sometimes "agents" will meet "Big Brother" players, and it won't take long to meet them. "They earn more than you have worked for several years."
Mengya explained that players who can be called "Big Brother" usually bet thousands of yuan, sometimes tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. "I met a 'big brother' who lost tens of millions in playing real Baccarat and other competitions on the platform. The 'agent' must have made a lot of money, but it's too difficult to meet such a big player“
“ The platform acts as the backup, loses the platform compensation, wins ‘ agent ’ You don't have to worry about security. ”
A player who often gambles on overseas websites said that these gaming companies are not in China, and those website staff are also overseas all the year round, so they are not afraid of being investigated, but “ agent ” It is illegal to solicit people in China, and the risk is high.
According to media reports, the procuratorial organ found that at present, online gambling gangs have formed a fixed gambling website - general agent - agent - member structure. The internal structure of the online gambling group is a "pyramid" structure. The operation process is generally to set up a gambling website overseas, and find a general agent in China by providing a credit account or website port. The general agent solicits lower level agents, and the lower level agents develop members and accept member bets.
Fu Jian, director of Henan Zejin Law Firm, believes that if an actor acts as an agent of an overseas gambling website for the purpose of making profits, accepts bets and entices others to participate in online gambling, according to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, it constitutes the crime of opening a casino and needs to bear the corresponding criminal responsibility.
Fu Jian also believes that in this mode, it is a gang crime, and each agent should be responsible for the overall behavior of the whole gang during its participation. If the actor acts as the general agent for the gambling website, develops the downstream agent, and participates in the profit sharing of the gambling website, it constitutes the crime of opening a casino and belongs to the principal offender. Sub agents who accept bets and induce others to participate in online gambling also constitute the crime of opening casinos.
Gambling or corruption incentives
In the player exchange group, the score of Croatia vs Belgium recommended by the manager
Tang Lu has always been involved in gambling websites, complaining that "more losses than gains".
A friend of his used to be a civil servant in a certain city. He was addicted to gambling because of emotional frustration. "For a while, he was inflated in how he bought on the peripheral websites, winning three or four million yuan." Tang Lu said that later his friend began to buy at random, and he became more and more trapped. Finally, he lost more than seven million yuan, but he was unable to pay back, so he misappropriated public funds, and finally the incident happened.
Chen Ke's transformation began in the 2014 Brazil World Cup. He used to be a fourth grade police chief of the Traffic Police Detachment of Nanning Public Security Bureau in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Watching the game with friends, he registered an account on the gambling website with the mentality of "playing". Starting from 50 or 100 yuan, he kept increasing his bets and lost more and more times. He not only lost his savings, lost his house, but also owed high gambling debts. In February 2022, this "post-80s" cadre was sentenced to two years and four months' imprisonment and a fine of 150000 yuan for bribery.
On November 24 this year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission published an article entitled "Eradicate the living soil of gambling, strengthen education, management and supervision, and don't let gambling destroy young cadres" on its website, It is not uncommon for Party members and cadres to lose their faith and fall into the abyss of corruption due to gambling. It is still a long way to go to eradicate the living soil of unhealthy practices such as gambling and strengthen the education, management and supervision of young cadres.
As early as September 2004, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Organization Department of the Central Committee jointly issued the Notice on Serious Investigation and Treatment of Party Members and Cadres' Participation in Gambling, which stipulates that "all leading cadres who participate in gambling shall be removed from their posts".
Zhu Lijia, a professor of the Central Party School (National School of Administration), said in an interview with the media that young cadres should pay attention to gambling. Gambling is not just gambling, but more likely to become an incentive for corruption. Young cadres should strengthen the education of their original mission to establish a correct outlook on life, values and power. In the article "Gambling is a hotbed of corruption", the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily clearly pointed out that the rampant gambling is harmful to both the country and the people. Party members and cadres, especially those who participate in gambling, cannot tolerate it, and must be "insulated" from gambling style.
Full chain crackdown on online gambling
On the gambling website recommended by Mengya, players can not only bet on the World Cup, but also play chess and card games, slot machine games, fishing games and other games.
Mengya said that their platform holds a "legal gambling license" and has invested hundreds of millions of funds
"These gaming companies seem to play more games, which also means more temptation." The police said that these Gambling website servers are located overseas, and most criminal acts are controlled overseas. The investigation of case investigation and evidence collection is difficult and takes a long time, and it is difficult to strike at the source.
The above police said that the servers of sports event live broadcast websites channeled for gaming companies are also set up abroad, and the cost of building these websites is low
Li Baolian, a lawyer from Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, believes that it is difficult for Chinese law to manage servers set up abroad at present. In addition, online gambling has a very short time, and in cross-border gambling, online gambling and other illegal and criminal activities, criminals often use purchased bank cards and accounts to transfer gambling funds, which also leads to difficult investigation and evidence collection.
Zhao Wenqing, professor of Nanjing Forest Police College, said that from a legal perspective, combating overseas gambling also faces difficulties, that is, "it is not cost-effective to crack down on small gambling, and it is difficult to crack down on big gambling". Moreover, the public security department also does not have the ability of technical defense, and has to rely on telecommunications networks and other enterprises.
In this regard, Li Fusheng, director of the Digital Fujian Social Security Big Data Research Institute and director of the Department of Public Security of Fujian Police College, said that the first is to combat online gambling in the whole chain, Cracking down on "private lottery" online gambling dealers, shareholders and agents, and accurately cutting off the "capital chain" and "technology chain" of "private lottery" online gambling ， Form an effective deterrent to online gambling; The second is to comprehensively implement the prevention work from the aspects of strengthening technical countermeasures, early warning and dissuasion, publicity and education; Third, the competent authorities of the industry, financial institutions, telecom operators, Internet service providers and other relevant subjects jointly participate in the comprehensive governance of cyber space crimes; Fourth, telecom network gambling is often intertwined with new types of illegal crimes in telecom networks such as telecom network fraud.
two thousand and twenty-one In, the Ministry of Public Security, together with foreign affairs, cultural tourism, immigration management, commerce, the People's Bank of China, Internet communications, finance and other departments, deployed the national public security organs to carry out multiple waves of national cluster crackdowns and special governance actions, to crack down on criminal gangs that recruit and gamble against our citizens throughout the chain, resolutely curb cross-border gambling chaos, and fully safeguard our economic security Social stability and national image.
The public security organs have investigated and handled more than 17000 cross-border gambling and related crimes, and captured more than 80000 suspects. More than 2200 online gambling platforms, more than 1600 illegal payment platforms and underground banks, more than 930 illegal technical service teams, and more than 1500 gambling promotion platforms were eliminated, a batch of funds involved in the case was seized and frozen, and a large number of gamblers were punished and educated. We will strengthen international law enforcement cooperation and extradite, repatriate and persuade a number of suspects from overseas.
On November 28, the Ministry of Public Security announced at the online news conference that, in view of the situation of gambling activities during the recent Qatar World Cup, it timely reminded the fans of the dangers of gambling and severely cracked down on gambling according to law.
For the police's warning, Mengya said that she could not control us. On December 1, after the match between Croatia and Belgium, “ Bubble ”A notice still pops up in the chat group saying "Alipay withdrawal has been opened".
Mengya said that every day, the members of the group would start withdrawing money from Alipay from time to time. As for whether the players would win money, this is the secret of each player. "The platform must make money, (otherwise) we would have lost our jobs long ago." Go back to Sohu to see more
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