In the Zhetysu region, four residents were convicted of organising illegal gambling on TikTok. During live streams, they played card games for money and received 95 million tenge.
HOW THE GAMBLING TOOK PLACE
According to the Zhetysu region prosecutor's office, the residents conducted live streams on TikTok, during which they organised card games for money. In this way, the participants received a total of 95 million tenge.
WHAT PUNISHMENT THE COURT IMPOSED
The court found all four guilty of organising an illegal gambling business. Each was sentenced to four years' imprisonment with confiscation of property.
One of the participants was a minor at the time of the offence.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.
CONTEXT
Earlier in the Karaganda region, the activities of a group that provided the acceptance and withdrawal of funds for players of the online casino Vavada were shut down. Through 23 drop accounts, more than 415 million tenge was processed.
In July, the Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) shut down the activities of the online casino "Nomad Poker", which operated in Kazakhstan. According to the investigation, the gaming platform operated through a network of foreign droppers, and the amount of receipts from players exceeded 7.5 billion tenge.
