[2014-06-08] CD: Korean Bitcoin Gambling Site Seeks Asian Customers

[Jamie_Boulder]

I know it's in beta but I could literally get nothing to work lol, anyway I like the concept of it + the games (texas holdem mainly)

http://www.coindesk.com/korean-bitcoin-gambling-site-seeks-asian-customers/

[kjlimo]

How would you compare it to Strike Sapphire Casino?

What language does a Korean/Japanese/Chinese gambling site use?  Is it multiple?

[bryant.coleman]

I am not sure whether online gambling is 100% legal in South Korea. I have friends there and they have told me that even porn sites are blocked there. A large number of people use VPN in South Korea. (I am not talking about the DPRK).

[Jamie_Boulder]

I am not sure whether online gambling is 100% legal in South Korea. I have friends there and they have told me that even porn sites are blocked there. A large number of people use VPN in South Korea. (I am not talking about the DPRK).

No surprise there lol, I think even Facebook is blocked (or google, I forget which one) but then again it's a popular games development company so I think it's legal to some extent.

@Kj I haven't player either but from a design perspective I think Satoshinori takes the cake.

[kjlimo]

I am not sure whether online gambling is 100% legal in South Korea. I have friends there and they have told me that even porn sites are blocked there. A large number of people use VPN in South Korea. (I am not talking about the DPRK).

No surprise there lol, I think even Facebook is blocked (or google, I forget which one) but then again it's a popular games development company so I think it's legal to some extent.

@Kj I haven't player either but from a design perspective I think Satoshinori takes the cake.

Gotcha; is that an English based site?

[medicine]

I am not sure whether online gambling is 100% legal in South Korea. I have friends there and they have told me that even porn sites are blocked there. A large number of people use VPN in South Korea. (I am not talking about the DPRK).

No surprise there lol, I think even Facebook is blocked (or google, I forget which one) but then again it's a popular games development company so I think it's legal to some extent.

@Kj I haven't player either but from a design perspective I think Satoshinori takes the cake.

Gotcha; is that an English based site?

I live in Korea and first off, other than some porn sites, I have never come across a blocked site, Facebook, google etc... I think you may be confused with China there.  As for the design it really looks Korean to me.  Korea is infamous for heavy use of Java which makes this site and many others impossible to use with a mac computer.  
As for the online gambling laws, I'm not sure there.  Gambling in general is illegal for Korea citizens, I'll check with some friends and see what the online policy is.
I guess this site is hoping the government will look the other way because they are using bitcoin and not Korea won.  I'll be shocked if it's legal.

[bryant.coleman]

I live in Korea and first off, other than some porn sites, I have never come across a blocked site, Facebook, google etc...

OK... my friend was mostly referring about porn sites. Some of his sites and blogs were blocked by the authorities.

As for the online gambling laws, I'm not sure there.  Gambling in general is illegal for Korea citizens, I'll check with some friends and see what the online policy is.

If gambling in general is illegal, then there is not much hope for online gambling as well.

[Ron~Popeil]

I am not sure whether online gambling is 100% legal in South Korea. I have friends there and they have told me that even porn sites are blocked there. A large number of people use VPN in South Korea. (I am not talking about the DPRK).

No surprise there lol, I think even Facebook is blocked (or google, I forget which one) but then again it's a popular games development company so I think it's legal to some extent.

@Kj I haven't player either but from a design perspective I think Satoshinori takes the cake.

Gotcha; is that an English based site?

I live in Korea and first off, other than some porn sites, I have never come across a blocked site, Facebook, google etc... I think you may be confused with China there.  As for the design it really looks Korean to me.  Korea is infamous for heavy use of Java which makes this site and many others impossible to use with a mac computer.  
As for the online gambling laws, I'm not sure there.  Gambling in general is illegal for Korea citizens, I'll check with some friends and see what the online policy is.
I guess this site is hoping the government will look the other way because they are using bitcoin and not Korea won.  I'll be shocked if it's legal.

Korea blocks porn? Time to bring democracy to the peninsula. We will present our evidence of your weapons of mass destruction to the UN next week. 

[bryant.coleman]

Korea blocks porn? Time to bring democracy to the peninsula. We will present our evidence of your weapons of mass destruction to the UN next week. 

There is a lot of activism by various American evangelical and baptists Christian organizations in South Korea. Some one-third of the population has been already converted. The Christian lobby is very powerful there. The porn-blockade was lobbied by them.

[Ron~Popeil]

Korea blocks porn? Time to bring democracy to the peninsula. We will present our evidence of your weapons of mass destruction to the UN next week. 

There is a lot of activism by various American evangelical and baptists Christian organizations in South Korea. Some one-third of the population has been already converted. The Christian lobby is very powerful there. The porn-blockade was lobbied by them.

I grew up in a southern baptist church. It takes a long time to fully deprogram from that kind of upbringing. Making laws to keep religious people happy is a dangerous precedent to say the least.

[bryant.coleman]

I grew up in a southern baptist church. It takes a long time to fully deprogram from that kind of upbringing. Making laws to keep religious people happy is a dangerous precedent to say the least.

Well... you can't win elections by alienating one-third of the population.  They are a very vocal minority, and very powerful one as well. In democracy such instances are not that rare to find.