Laws on gambling games

Legal analysis: online game lottery means that online game operators provide virtual props and value-added services in a random way. This kind of behavior has certain legal risks, and gamers need to be cautious to prevent being cheated.

Legal basis: Notice of the Ministry of Culture on Regulating Online Game Operation and Strengthening Post-event Supervision.

(6) If an online game operation enterprise provides virtual props and value-added services by random selection, it shall not require users to participate by directly investing in legal tender or online game virtual currency. Online game operators shall promptly publicize the names, performance, content, quantity and extraction or synthesis probability of all virtual props and value-added services that may be extracted or synthesized on the game official website or random extraction page. Randomly selected publicity related information should be true and effective.

(7) The online game operation enterprise shall publish the random selection results of participating users on the official website of the game or in a prominent position of the game, and keep relevant records for the relevant departments to inquire, and the record keeping time shall not be less than 90 days. When publishing random sampling results, certain measures should be taken to protect users' privacy.

(8) When online game operators provide virtual props and value-added services in a random way, they should also provide users with other ways to obtain virtual props and value-added services with the same performance, such as exchanging other virtual props and directly purchasing online games with virtual currency.