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KSPO pays 600 million won to illegal sports betting whistleblowers in 2025

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The Korea Sports Promotion Foundation said it paid 600 million won in 2025 to people who reported illegal sports gambling, with half distributed during the year’s first six months. The foundation runs its reporting centre with Korea Sports Leisure; earlier this month, the parties said one informant would receive 116 million won for a tip.

The reward programme funds reports that can help identify illegal sportsbook operators and patrons.

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Telegram betting channels continue promotions despite Brazil ban

A media investigation found 87 domains offering betting and withdrawals across six Telegram channels, a month after Brazil’s provisional measure prohibited betting platforms. The channels had more than 43 mil subscriptions, and none of the domains ended in .bet.br; the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said it had blocked more than 47 mil illegal sites since the measure was issued.

Betting channels on Telegram are still advertising games and referral bonuses in Brazil, a month after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure banning betting platforms, Metrópoles reported. Its investigation found 87 distinct domains advertised in six channels with more than 43 mil subscriptions combined. None of the 87 domains had the ending that had identified federally authorised platforms before the ban.

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