The raid hit the line that built the sites.
On 19 October 2026 Yonhap reported that the South Chungcheong Provincial Police Agency had apprehended 77 people and held 21 in custody. The group built and supplied 188 illegal gambling sites from March 2023 to July 2026. The bases were in South Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia. Police put stakes on those sites at about ₩23TR ($17.3B). They shut the sites and blocked 408 addresses.
South Korea allows only state-run betting and bans private gambling. Sports Toto is the country’s sole legal betting brand, and South Koreans can visit just one casino.
Blask Index in this GEO was 1.6% higher in September 2026 than in September 2025. Offshore brands held 86% of September search share; 1xBet and NekoNeko led the month. Betman, Sports Toto’s website where users can buy lottery tickets, took 14%.
South Korea CEB was 2.6% lower over the same year. Offshore brands accounted for 68.9% of September 2026 CEB, Betman took 31.1%.
