I wonder whether you can quickly and easily “squander to nowhere” is really a lot of money on the internet? On the one hand, online games, there are many long, requiring participants certain financial investments, and cellular operators today to arrange shy pesky lottery, when subscribers are sent a message requesting
send a “right answer” to a basic question and the results of the draw to get (in fact, do not get under any circumstances), a valuable prize.
Of course, spend lots of money by such methods is likely to fail, although everything is relative: for example, one of my
reckless friend one night managed to lose the 1000 WMZ (count, $ 1,000), deferred for a rainy day. How so? It’s simple: the dead of night, just before bedtime, he looked at his misfortune into a major online casinos. Not having the slightest experience of playing in such places, he enticed the ability to quickly “to make the dollar ten thousand” (text of Gdańsk banner) and in the end three sheets to the lost.
And it happens that people spend to participate in a variety of SMS quizzes far more money than the cost of the coveted prize.
A typical case, which became a classic: a kind of fanatical worker Dairy local posted several hundred messages cost up to more than a dollar each for the opportunity to win a simple mobile phone. Needless to say, that it finished the drama, nervous breakdown, and – obviously – a loss?
Should I assume these “attractions” of weaning money from people gambling? In the Moscow City Council on this rhetorical question is already answered in the affirmative: the deputies are going to propose a package of amendments to federal legislation, in particular, they consider it necessary to change the laws “On Gaming”
and “Connection” so that all kinds of network playing at home, paid sms services, electronic sweepstakes and other projects of this type are classified as gambling.
And as with the “they”?
In the United States since 2006 has a law prohibiting gambling on the Internet. He was adopted at the initiative of congressional Republicans, and is considered highly controversial: according to some experts, it restricts the constitutional rights of potential players.
Currently, representatives of the Democratic Party, headed by Congressman and Chairman of the Finance Committee Barney Frank (Barney Frank) are working on a bill that would back the American online casinos and would relieve them from the kind of interventions in the sphere of private interests. According to officials, over 10 years, these projects will enrich the coffers by $ 50 billion.
We attempted to contact the chairman of the Commissioner of Moscow City Council for Security Ina Svyatenko – that it announced
planning officials on March 4 this year. We were interested in how the plan to classify gambling online? After all, the web
operate and completely harmless, “casino”, offering to play solely for fun. And what about the bookmakers? On the Internet, they also have, and quite successfully “collect” money from the population
- And what they are in fact different from the SMS quizzes and gambling houses?
Still it would be nice to know which service or organization will be engaged in the regulation and control of network projects recognized
gambling. Finally, today there are services that are created by Russians for Russians have Neutral Domains (*. com, *. net, etc), and geographically located in other states (most often – in the “Third World”). Obviously, for interaction with them will have to apply certain extraordinary methods – submit their domestic legislation is so simple you can not make. A typical example is quoted: “The company PlanetOfBets Entertainment SRL
registered in Costa Rica and operates the Internet casino operations in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Costa Rica. ”
As you can see, a set of logical questions is very broad – and all their officials to be resolved in the decision above mentioned
the amendments. Unfortunately, the answers to them (at least preliminary!) We never received, and in the process of communicating with the authorities we have the impression that the project is currently at the stage of ideas and nothing more. In other words, doubtful paid services agreed to curb, but how and by whom it will be implemented in practice …
This has not yet known and the officials. I think that it is no secret that there are now a number of dormant laws, which in real life is almost not apply, is not excluded that in the near future regiment arrives.
Managers of network projects, which in theory could “suffer” on the initiatives of Moscow City Council, do not seek obschatsya with the press, it is not surprising that the response came only from the general director of “Gambler” by Alexei Zhukovsky. According to him, “Gambler” is an entertaining resource (to be exact, it generally sided “club of interests”) – the design philosophy does not mean the game at stake, as described in the material he plans to only support the government. However, for them, Mr. Zhukovsky and his company to get our request had not heard, and plan to continue working in a habitual mode.
What remains to bring Alexei Tulikova comment – if the representatives of the Moscow City Duma is not yet ready to answer our questions, even if it will make a professional lawyer.
Alex Tulikov, coordinator of the program “Law and Society in the Digital Age”
Can I work on websites created by our countrymen for our own countrymen, but located abroad?
In this case, the legal effect involves taking not only in relation to the sites, as violators of legislation. Such measures may be applied if the problem will be solved jurisdiction and applicable law.
This problem manifested itself in the late 90s of last century, when U.S. courts in states where gambling is prohibited, began to extend their jurisdiction to cases of placement of gambling sites outside the U.S.. Often in favor of such a decision affects the presence of the established facts of participation in online cash games from the territory of the respective states.
However, even more important is the nationality of the person who commits an offense on the Internet. In Russia, this fact is usually of paramount importance to bring the offender to justice. Bring to justice the perpetrators, the location of which is Antigua, Costa Rica or the Philippines, to the Russian law enforcement is almost impossible.
Among other factors affecting the ability to prosecute the offender, are, in particular, ownership of the domain name to the national domain zone, location of servers, the location of the registrar and hosting provider. In some cases, law enforcement can stop the offense until the closing of the site, interacting with providers within the territory of Russia.
Is there a realistic prospect of such initiatives in the Moscow City Duma?
The intention of the federal legislature is clearly expressed in Part 3 of 5 of the Law № 244-FZ, according to which the activities of the organization and conduct of gambling, using information and telecommunications networks, including networks, “Internet” as well as means of communication, including mobile communications is prohibited. This provision came into force since January 1, 2007.
In some foreign countries entrepreneurs have the opportunity to conduct this type of activity, such as using computer networks. As the Internet has no national boundaries, the users of gambling sites are Russian citizens.
Despite the fact that the norm of Part 3 of 5 of the Law № 244-FZ put in an unequal domestic and foreign businessmen, it certainly serves a positive function and creates some limitations for the proliferation of such social and mental diseases, such as gaming addiction. However, the effectiveness of enforcement of this provision is questionable, since many “foreign” online casinos are still located in the national domain zone RU.
As representatives of the Moscow City Council only expressed their intention and did not provide any definite decision, the judge on the prospects of this initiative is premature. However, we can assume that the financial crisis and rising unemployment extension possibilities of gambling is unlikely to be welcomed by the federal legislator.