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Welcome back! We've been on a bit of an extended vacation since our original launch back in 2006. There have been quite a few developments within the online gambling industry since then and now is as good a time as any for us to pick up where we left off. Stay tuned, we are working as fast as we can to keep you as informed as possible.
by: InfoPowa
Internet cafes the maintarget
The Korea Times reports this week that opening an Internet cafe willsoon require registration following a government decision to tighten controlover gambling services.
Currently no licensing or registration is required to open an Internetcafe, better known domestically as a PC Bang.
Cafe operators will be obliged to delete betting programs from theircomputers, according to the new regulations, jointly drafted by the governmentand the governing Uri Party. Businesses that do not comply face closure andother punitive measures by the authorities.
The ruling Uri Party plans to revise relevant laws during the regularsession of the National Assembly that opens in September.
The authorities claim that many Internet cafes are using Internetgambling programs to attract custom back to their venues. Business has weakenedas most Korean homes are now equipped with high-speed Internet services.
The governing camp also came up with measures to get rid of gift couponsthat are used as real currency in the ``adult game'' facilities that mostlyprovide online horse-racing games.
The government's nationwide crackdown will continue until late October,the Office of the Prime Minister said.
PC Bang are going to extraordinary lengths to continue their illegalbusiness. Police in Songnam, KyonggiProvince, said Tuesdaythey found one PC Bang disguising itself as a medical clinic. Despite thehospital signs on its window, the first floor of the building was guarded by peoplewith radios, and the room was equipped with 32 computers hooked to a gamblingserver.
Ten working staff and customers were taken to a nearby police station,along with the computers and 1.4 million won that was used for gambling.
Currently no licensing or registration is required to open an Internetcafe, better known domestically as a PC Bang.
Cafe operators will be obliged to delete betting programs from theircomputers, according to the new regulations, jointly drafted by the governmentand the governing Uri Party. Businesses that do not comply face closure andother punitive measures by the authorities.
The ruling Uri Party plans to revise relevant laws during the regularsession of the National Assembly that opens in September.
The authorities claim that many Internet cafes are using Internetgambling programs to attract custom back to their venues. Business has weakenedas most Korean homes are now equipped with high-speed Internet services.
The governing camp also came up with measures to get rid of gift couponsthat are used as real currency in the ``adult game'' facilities that mostlyprovide online horse-racing games.
The government's nationwide crackdown will continue until late October,the Office of the Prime Minister said.
PC Bang are going to extraordinary lengths to continue their illegalbusiness. Police in Songnam, KyonggiProvince, said Tuesdaythey found one PC Bang disguising itself as a medical clinic. Despite thehospital signs on its window, the first floor of the building was guarded by peoplewith radios, and the room was equipped with 32 computers hooked to a gamblingserver.
Ten working staff and customers were taken to a nearby police station,along with the computers and 1.4 million won that was used for gambling.
