Report to the illegal sports betting reporting center homepage or '1899-1119'
Citizens are urged to voluntarily report illegal sports gambling… Sports Toto Korea will do its utmost to reduce cases of damage caused by illegal sports gambling
'If you report an operator of illegal sports gambling to the illegal sports betting reporting center, you can receive a reward of up to 200 million won.'
Sports Toto Korea, the entrusted business operator of the Sports Toto issued by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, has informed that individuals can receive a reward of up to 200 million won if they report an operator of illegal sports gambling to the illegal sports betting reporting center.
'The illegal sports betting reporting center' operates a system that provides rewards for reporting operators and users of illegal sports gambling sites, as well as site addresses and other related information. Reports can be made via the illegal sports betting reporting center homepage or by phone.
According to the current Korea Sports Promotion Act, operating and using illegal sports gambling is a clear criminal act punishable by up to seven years in prison or a fine of up to 70 million won and up to five years in prison or a fine of up to 50 million won. Nevertheless, illegal sports gambling sites continue to thrive.
Rewards for reporting individuals involved in match-fixing are up to 50 million won, while reporting illegal sports gambling site users, designers, producers, distributors, providers, intermediaries, and offers of sports information, as well as preventing fair execution, can yield rewards of up to 15 million won.
Reporting illegal sports gambling sites can be done by accessing the main page, verifying your identity, entering the site address (URL), connection information (ID, password, referrer, etc.), and attaching evidence. Whistleblowers may receive a reward of 15,000 won per report, with a maximum of 1.5 million won per person per month.
Reporting deposit accounts of illegal sports gambling sites can be done simultaneously with site reports, and a reward of 100,000 won (with no limit) can be granted based on the evaluation results. However, since the reward payment results or notifications are sent via mobile text (LMS), report submitters must accurately provide their personal mobile phone numbers registered with the reporting center.
A Sports Toto Korea official said, “Cases and amounts of damage from illegal sports gambling sites are increasing every year,” and noted, “The illegal sports betting reporting center operates a reward system to encourage voluntary participation from citizens, and Sports Toto Korea will also do its utmost to reduce damage caused by illegal sports gambling.”
Meanwhile, further details regarding the reward for reporting illegal sports betting sites can be found on the illegal sports betting reporting center homepage.