I wonder whether you can quickly and easily “squander to nowhere” is really a lot of money on the Internet? On the one hand, there are many online long games that require members of certain financial investments, and the cellular operators today to arrange shy annoying lottery, where subscribers are sent a message asking
send a “right answer” to any elementary question and the results of the draw to get (in fact, do not get any circumstances), a valuable prize.
Of course, spend lots of money by such methods are likely to fail, although everything is relative: for example, one of my
reckless friend in one night managed to lose the 1000 WMZ (count, $ 1,000), deferred for a rainy day. How? It’s simple: the dead of night, just before bedtime, he looked at his misfortune into a major online casinos. Without the slightest experience of playing in such places, he enticed the ability to quickly “make dollar ten thousand” (the 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 contests far more money than the cost of the coveted prize.
A typical case, which became a classic: a kind of fanatical local dairy worker has sent several hundred posts worth up to more than a dollar each for the opportunity to win a simple cell phone. Needless to say, that it ended the drama, a nervous breakdown, and – obviously – a loss?
Should I consider such “attractions” of money from weaning people gambling? In the Moscow City Duma to 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, e-betting 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 a congressman and chairman of the Finance Committee Barney Frank (Barney Frank) are working on a bill that would have returned Americans to online casinos and would relieve them from the kind of interventions in the sphere of personal interests. According to officials, over 10 years, these projects will enrich the coffers at $ 50 billion.
We attempted to contact the chairman of the head of the commission 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 innocuous, “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?
Yet 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 to have a neutral domain (*. com, *. net, etc.), and geographically located in other states (most often – in the “Third World”). Obviously, to interact with them will have to use some extraordinary methods – subject to 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 wide – and all of them will decide to officials in the decision above mentioned
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 decided 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 hardly used, was not excluded that in the near future, their regiment arrives.
The leaders of network projects, which in theory could “suffer” from the Moscow City Council initiatives, 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 government only supports. However, for them, Mr. Zhukovsky and his company to get our request they have not heard, and plan to continue working in a habitual mode.
What remains of Alexei comment Tulikova lead – if the representatives of the Moscow City Duma are not yet ready to answer our questions, even if it will make a professional lawyer.
Alex Tulikov, Program Coordinator, “Law and Society in the Digital Age”
Can I work on websites created by our countrymen to our own countrymen, but located abroad?
In this case, the legal effect involves taking not only in relation to the sites, how many offenders to law. 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 the U.S. courts in states where gambling is prohibited, began distributing its jurisdiction in cases of placement of gambling sites overseas. Often in favor of this decision affects the presence of the established facts of participation in online games for money from the territory of the respective states.
But 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 virtually impossible.
Among other factors affecting the ability to prosecute the offender, are, in particular, ownership of the domain name to the national domain zone, the location server, the location of the registrar and hosting provider. In some cases, law enforcement agencies can stop the offense until the closing of the site, interacting with providers within the territory of Russia.
Is there any real prospect of similar initiatives in the Moscow City Duma?
The intention of the federal legislature is clearly expressed in Part 3 Article 5 of the Law № 244-FZ, under which the activities of the organization and conduct of gambling, using information and telecommunication networks, including network “Internet” as well as communication facilities, including mobile communications is prohibited. This provision came into force since January 1, 2007.
As representatives of the Moscow City Duma have expressed their intention only and did not provide any specific solutions, then judge the prospects of this initiative is premature. However, we can assume that the financial crisis and rising unemployment extension possibilities of gambling are unlikely to be welcomed by the federal legislator.