According to the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports on May 12, recently the fanpage "Crown poker club" on Facebook has continuously posted information and images about the "WPT VietNam 2024" (a Poker tournament) scheduled to be held from May 14 to May 27, at a 5-star hotel in Dong Da district, Hanoi.
Information about this tournament, tickets for athletes to play come in many types, from a few million to a few tens of millions of dong.
Regarding this incident, a representative of a specialized department under the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports said that in order to organize mass sports tournaments on Poker, it is mandatory to have the approval of the policy and supervision of the authorities.
Poker is sensitive, so when any unit has a permit application, the authorities will review, check and notify the Hanoi City Police and local authorities about this mass sports tournament. If there is any disguised gambling, the police will handle the related people and the organizing unit according to the provisions of the law.
Currently, the "WPT Vietnam 2024" tournament has not been approved in principle by the Department of Culture and Sports.
Promoted poker tournament information is posted.
Previously, on December 6, 2023, the Office of the Hanoi People's Committee issued an official dispatch assigning the City Police to verify a citizen's petition reflecting that VSOP Entertainment and Event Organization Joint Stock Company organized a Bridge and Poker tournament at the National Convention Center with signs of disguised gambling, and the process of approving the organization of the tournament was carried out in violation of the law.
Informing the press later, a representative of Hanoi City Police said that through initial verification and working with relevant authorities, the City Police determined that the Department of Culture and Sports had agreed in principle to allow VSOP Company to organize the above tournament. The participation of many foreigners in the tournament was voluntary, not invited by any Vietnamese unit or organization.
The conclusions of the above agencies all agreed that they had not discovered any gambling or exchanging chips for cash by tournament participants, so there was not enough basis to determine that there were signs of the crime of Organizing Gambling or Gambling.
After the incident, Hanoi Police studied legal documents and found that the "Bridge and Poker Hanoi Open December 2023" tournament had a large number of participants, including many foreigners, held at the National Convention Center, but regulations on management, operation, and organization of the tournament were not strict.
Authorities believe that using cash to pay entry fees and prizes in large amounts poses a potential risk of being exploited for gambling activities.
According to Hanoi City Police, current regulations on mass sports activities are very general, without specific regulations on conditions, participants, funding sources and prize levels, responsibility for management, organization and operation of tournaments... as well as handling of violations .
Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/dang-xem-xet-thong-tin-giai-poker-du-kien-to-chuc-duoc-o-ha-noi-a663248.html
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