Gaming site turned public casino: less than two years profit nearly 800 million

Virtual currency of online games is widely used in the operation of online games. However, a chess game website in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, through the private manipulation of the "Silver Trader" Trading network virtual currency, the site turned into a public casino, in less than two years of illegal profit 756 million yuan, game operators, "Silver dealers", "professional network Gamblers" formed a profit-making chain of astonishing interest.

Online attendance is 2000 daily

The virtual currency generated by knocking on the keyboard can be converted into cash continuously? Sounds like Arabian Nights, however, Wenzhou police recently investigated the formal web site suspected of running a network of casino cases, OU Lok chess site in just over a year's time to use this form of profit amounted to 756 million yuan, the funds involved about 2.8 billion yuan.

According to the introduction, October 15, 2009, Wenzhou Ruian Gold and Shenyi investment registration set up the Ruian Day New Network Technology Co., Ltd., operating a game called ou le Chess card network games, players in the game through Gow, Mahjong, poker and other means of gambling between each other, gambling chips for the game in the virtual currency "le beans."

In order to attract gamblers to use the website virtual currency "Le Dou" to achieve network gambling, Kim Hai Wei, Shenyi and other people secretly to instruct the company technical personnel, through the production of computer programs to modify the background of the Web site data, a large number of virtual currency "le beans" to provide "network silver merchant", a certain, yellow, by two people per 10 million "Le Bean" Exchange RMB 500 to 600 yuan for sale to other virtual currency traffickers or players.

In order to stabilize and elevate the virtual currency of the game outside the price, the realization of gambling personnel can win the virtual currency of the beans back to the renminbi, the site also directs the "Silver Merchants" through the Internet 24 hours rotation on duty recycling "le beans." In addition, the group also in the game Design Robot program, register the robot account and fill in a large number of virtual currency beans, in the game automatically online Republicans and gambling players in the game to gamble, in order to attract popularity, consumption, recycling of virtual currency gambling personnel.

"Most of the day, the site profits more than 10 million yuan." Even we feel a little afraid of ourselves! Kim Hai-wai told the police.

"The normal gaming site, which only publishes virtual currency, allows players to use virtual currency for entertainment; once it reclaims the virtual currency, the virtual currency can be exchanged freely with the renminbi, becoming a bargaining chip, suspected of opening up casino crime. "Wenzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Police Detachment Case Investigation Brigade Big captain Qianyu told reporters."

"Compared with the traditional casino, the number of gambling site participants, a wide range of gamblers who have access to the computer can participate in, more convenient." According to the current situation of the police, only the OU Lok Games website registered staff reached 880,000, daily average online participation of more than 2000 people. Because of the use of virtual currency as a bet, participants often ignore the currency value in the gambling process. According to police enquiries, one of the gamblers had lost a huge sum of $15 million.

Internet gambling is only a tip of the iceberg

"This online gambling case is only the tip of the iceberg, there are some websites in the country to engage in similar online gambling activities, to amass wealth." "Wenzhou City Public Security Bureau relevant responsible person introduces to the reporter.

The reporter noted that, although in some national well-known network game platform, operators often in the virtual Wealth service clause clearly stated: Strictly prohibit the use of points, virtual currency for all forms of gambling activities; The sale of virtual currency is prohibited, its official website also does not provide virtual currency and RMB reverse Exchange services. But the game platform is active a large number of "silver Trader"-engaged in virtual currency trading transactions. Because of the huge amount of trading, the difference between the "silver dealers" is considerable.

In some small game sites, virtual currency exchange has become an open secret. "Chess and card game site if not open to gambling games, can not be exchanged in two-way to make money." "In Hangzhou to operate a number of Internet cafes, Mr. Kim told reporters, there are many sites have opened" Niu Niu "," five "and other gambling-type game items," Business "is very hot. "Gambling is very big, sometimes a game down to win or lose hundreds of thousands of or even millions of yuan!" ”

Reporter Login Some game website, found that these game sites are set up on the gambling class of the network game, set up a virtual currency exchange price, the player can through the website QQ customer Service directly Exchange virtual currency.

"' Silver traders ' use of spreads to get huge profits, and game operators to attract more players to sell more virtual currency." Under such a ' partnership model ', can you expect operators themselves to stop the illegal trading of virtual currencies? The network police Department expert says.

Virtual currency management needs to be strengthened

"My company has obtained the network Culture Business license, has been allowed to operate the network game product, releases the game fictitious currency, has not had the management department to inspect the company." The fictitious currency issue data that the company reported to the cultural department are fabricated. Ou Le website leader Kim Haewey told police.