Playing casino games online in Korea - how to protect yourself from scams and frauds in 2020?

Background

 It's no secret that Koreans are nuts about gambling. Korea is known as Gamer's Nation and online gaming is their tribal culture.

Kangwon Land - one and the only legal casino in Korea

No wonder they're nuts about gambling for REAL MONEY. As a matter of fact, gambling is illegal in Korea except Kangwon Land. It's obvious only one bricks-and-mortar casino can suffice all of Korean's greed and lust for gambling.

Online casino sites first came out in Korea in mid-2000s. Ever since, they're spreading out real quick. It is reported that a new casino site is opened for every month. That's a whole lot of money.

Once Korean investors realized that this virtual industry can bring them fortune, they started to open more and more online casino sites and websites. They tend to affiliate with foreign major betting companies and streaming down live casino videos.

Playing casino online can be dangerous

There are so many scams and frauds on internet. Everyone's trying to keep their privacy and security. So are the betting companies. No one can guess or track who is behind online websites. In fact, many of them are just trying to steal the money from customers.

If you're a newbie and want to play baccarat online, you are exposed to such scams and criminal activities. Known as 먹튀 (eat-and-run), this haunts Korean online gamblers.

An online investigation tells us that about 2,000 ~ 3,000 frauds or 먹튀s happen in Korean online live casinos every year. Another research shows that nearly 40% of Korean people have once experienced such scams playing casino games online.

Survey on online casino scams in Korea

As the diagram shows, they're only increasing.

online casino scams 먹튀 yearly report

You cannot even trust authorities

Online gamblers realized that they are never safe if they're alone. They gathered together and formed a community (먹튀폴리스) in 2015.  

This attracted great popularity. In less than a year, about 230 websites similar to 먹튀폴리스 opened. Some of them (먹튀 검증 업체) tried to track and report scam histories of gambling sites. Good. However ironically, many of them were opened by 먹튀사이트 (scam websites) webmasters. They were cheating online gamblers into their scam websites. They are advertising their fraud websites and allure visitors to their websites. They're telling them they can protect or even take refunds from 먹튀사이트 but they're all lies. They let people invest on them but they never do their duty.

Conclusion - How to protect yourself from 먹튀?

You should be aware all of the facts above and know tips and know-hows. How to protect yourself from 먹튀. Where are safe playgrounds (안전놀이터 in Korean)? What to check and how to tell fake websites from real ones before you lost your hard-earned money in less than five minutes?

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