The Study on the Regulation of Betting at once in the Web-board Game

웹보드 게임에서의 1회 베팅한도 규제에 대한 검토

  • Kim, Ji Hoon (Researcher at Korea Legislation Research Institute)
  • Received : 2013.08.22
  • Accepted : 2013.09.05
  • Published : 2013.09.30

Abstract

In recent years, the government is trying to regulate the web board games - poker, gostop etc. with the amendment of the executive order regarding the game law. The main regulation of this order is to regulate the maximum amount of betting the game as a ten thousand won per game and a hundred thousand won a day. if these are not obeyed, the gamer and game company will be punished. Therefore, these regulations need to be reviewed in terms of legal issues with a strict examination. However the regulation on the limits of betting in a game seems not to be justified with the constitutional standards - the principle of apparentness (definitude), the principle banning excessive enforcement when restricting the basic rights of people - in this case, the general human rights and liberties to act of gamers and the freedom of profession and speech of game operators(company). It is also questioned that it might infringe the essense of the legal institution of game and rights, and cause the paradox of excessive regulation.

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