Shang: Standardizing virtual currency to strike online gambling is the key

Shang sound based on the rapid development of network games and virtual currency widely used in the network game Management Services, as well as online games virtual currency in the use of the user rights and interests of the lack of security, market behavior is lack of supervision, causing disputes, such as three of the characteristics and problems, the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of　　On the strengthening of virtual money management Network game notice, a regulation and regulation of Internet games in the virtual currency issues, transactions and use of the "succoured action" officially kicked off.　　The author thinks, in the network game fictitious currency regulation, the problem and the most hidden trouble is the "hardest hit" which is wearing various "coats" to gamble the actual disguised gambling behavior, to these behavior's clean-up and the blow should become the net swims fictitious currency "succoured" in the focal area. The use of virtual currency games to engage in disguised gambling and betting activities in order to illegally profit, as early as a few years ago, the government has attracted the attention of the regulatory authorities, the press and publication administration in January 2005, and specifically issued the "on the prohibition of the use of online games to engage in gambling activities notice", Some websites and online games operators set up a game to play home virtual money to participate in gambling, as well as the operation of the Jinhua, gambling size, such as gambling games and other acts were expressly prohibited; Since then, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Information Industry and the press and publication administration have also　　However, the rapid development of online games and related laws and regulations and measures have not been effective in a timely manner, leading to the problem in the case of protracted delays in the more serious, this time to strengthen the virtual currency management of the notice, is "to mend" the beginning. As with any other illegal act, these actions will inevitably follow the "variant escalation". Gambling in the form of various forms of gaming, "Alchemy", "Mixer", "Open box" and so on the essence of some websites and online games operators in disguise to open the network casino. And these online games in order to obtain weapons, clothing, props, etc. for the purpose of the "Upgrade lottery", the probability of setting up a man-made and arbitrary, the process is not transparent completely in the relevant web site and operator hands.　　From the perspective of interests and publicity, these "disguised gambling", the actual credibility and fairness is lower than the real casinos, as to whether the involvement of false propaganda and disguised fraud, and other acts, is a matter of concern. NET game main customer group attribute and net swims the fast trend that pay the user climbs, also make to strengthen the net swims to become an urgent choice in the comprehensive action of the Social Security. According to the statistic data of China Internet Network Information Center 2008 "China Online game User Survey Report", our country net game user scale has reached 55.5 million people, among them the proportion of paid users already up to 76.5%, low age, low education level, lower income is the prominent characteristic that our country net game user presents. In this abnormal user structure of the net, if the supervision, especially in the virtual currency supervision, lax, it is likely to make the online gaming industry to become a hotbed of juvenile delinquency. Thus, to strengthen the virtual money management of online games as an opportunity to standardize and guide the healthy development of the online game market is a new challenge and subject of Internet regulation.