Online Gaming in South Korea

Operating an online gambling site in Korea is illegal. Koreans may gamble at foreign websites, as the government has no jurisdiction over them, although it can be difficult to establish an account. Using agents to collect and pay is illegal. South Korean authorities treat betting with overseas sites as illegal under the Criminal Act, and actively investigate and prosecute both operators and participants in offshore online gambling networks, with repeated nationwide crackdowns and seizures of illicit sites and PC-bang–based betting rooms.