Online casino

South Korea completely bans online casinos and private gambling sites.

The Prevention of Gambling Offences and Electronic Offences Act criminalises both organisers and gamblers.

The state actively blocks domains, controls IP traffic and financial transactions, cooperating with banks and providers.

Nevertheless, there is a gray offshore segment represented by foreign sites accepting Korean users via VPNs and cryptocurrencies.

Such platforms are unlicensed and subject to periodic police cyber operations.

The law allows only state online betting on races, boat and bicycle races through official portals that have been certified and with built-in limits on amounts.

The vector of market development is the strengthening of cyber control, the development of secure state channels and the blocking of illegal offshore companies.

South Korea remains one of the most closed countries in Asia on the issue of online gambling, combining high digital technology with strict supervision.