WATERFORD, Ireland, Aug. 02, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Belgium has ignited a global debate by raising its legal gambling age from 18 to 21, citing concerns over gambling addiction. The move sets Belgium apart from other EU countries like Sweden, Germany, Finland, and Austria, where the legal gambling age is 18. Miranda Raaff, Head of [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The average age of teenagers caught for gambling has dropped consistently over the past five years, raising concern the crime could spill over to other illegal acts to fund their betting habits, including school violence, officials said Friday. A total of 171 teens aged 14-19 were criminally booked on [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As controversy swirled over the global circulation of an online slot machine game featuring the revered Korean naval commander Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the Korea Communications Standards Commission vowed to actively monitor and review such offerings to prevent their proliferation. The commission first requested that platform operators like YouTube enforce self-regulation [...]
MUJU, South Korea, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A 15-year-old boy said he wishes he could turn the clock back to before he began gambling, as he has been staying in the remote rural village of Muju for a treatment program after losing more than 100 million won (US$76,934) to gambling. The middle schooler, who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Packaging tape used for parcel delivery services have been printed with the stories of individuals who overcame addiction to gambling. The state-run Korea Center on Gambling Problems said Wednesday it had distributed 5,000 units of packaging tape printed with stories of gambling addiction recovery to 15 post offices across [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Two in three patients with addiction to gambling are in their 20s and 30s. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, 5,113 people have been diagnosed with gambling addiction thus far, 67.8 percent of whom were in their 20s and 30s. The number of patients in their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police questioned Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, Wednesday over allegations of illegal overseas gambling. The disgraced singer returned home at around 10:20 p.m. after nearly 12 1/2 hours of interrogation at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. He was booked earlier this month over [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently released data proves the hypothesis that teenagers are more easily addicted to gambling, such as online sports gambling, and that once they are addicted, it is hard for them to kick the habit. According to a recent report submitted to the National Assembly by the Korea Center on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors said Friday they are investigating Shoo, a former member of popular ’90s girl group S.E.S, on charges of borrowing hundreds of millions of won for gambling funds and not paying the money. The 37-year-old member is suspected of having borrowed 350 million won (US$310,476) and 250 million won [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent bust of a gambling ring by South Korean law enforcement agencies has once again turned the national spotlight on the enduring connection between illegal gambling and homemakers. With annual numbers of around 4,000 (number of people discovered by police onsite) involved in illegal gambling in the previous [...]