Hue City Police work with people involved in lottery betting

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Recently, the Hue City Police force has dismantled 3 gambling dens in the form of lottery recording. These gambling dens were disguised as grocery stores and coffee shops on Chi Lang Street, Gia Hoi Ward. At the time of the inspection, the Hue City Police force seized many lottery tickets and some cash related to the subjects' lottery gambling.

Previously, a gambling ring in the form of lottery tickets with a total amount of nearly 19 billion VND was also dismantled by the professional force of Hue City Police. Three subjects involved; in which, the leader, Ha Thi Thanh Truc (49 years old), residing in Tay Loc ward, was arrested. Subject Truc confessed: From October 2023 until the time of arrest by the police force, Truc organized gambling in the form of lottery tickets with a total amount of up to nearly 19 billion VND.

A lottery gambling ring consisting of 7 subjects in Hue City was also dismantled and arrested by the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police. From the beginning of December 2023 to the time of arrest, the lottery money of this ring was more than 15 billion VND. To deceive the police, the subjects used Zalo software to exchange information and transfer lottery tickets during the lottery transaction process.

“Although gambling in the form of lottery is easy to play, it is very difficult to win. However, many addicts still gamble, despite the dissuasion of their families and the strict punishment of the law. “Betting on the lottery is a costly lesson for many people, so stay away from it,” said an investigator of Hue City Police.

In fact, gambling in the form of lottery recording is quite popular nowadays in social life, from urban to rural areas. The scale of playing, large or small, depends on the actual situation of each locality. In some families, parents work as lottery recorders, and their children follow suit. To avoid being monitored by the police, the subjects often disguise their activities under the guise of TV repair shops, electronics stores, grocery stores, coffee shops, water shops, lottery ticket sales points, etc.

“Anyone can gamble by writing lottery numbers. With just a few tens of thousands to a few hundred thousand dong, people can find a lottery owner to play. They win little, but lose a lot, but because of habit and addiction, they keep playing,” said a man living in Vy Da ward (Hue city).

Strengthening the fight and denunciation

“When addicted, many people go to lottery places to play, regardless of who they are or what social class they belong to. They go to lottery to try their “luck” at the end of the day, to satisfy their addiction to gambling. Many debtors who lose money in gambling are also addicted to lottery and have to sell their houses and land to pay off their debts, causing many families to not only lose everything but also fall into debt, and their families are broken up, but because of their passion, they do not care about anything,” said Mr. Nguyen V. T, residing in Phu Bai ward (Huong Thuy town).

Not subjectively, but with the naked eye and through the rules of late afternoons every day, it is not difficult to recognize how the lottery players find the lottery owners to gamble by writing the lottery numbers.

According to the analysis of the police force, the tricks of the subjects who gamble and organize gambling in the form of lottery recording are not new, but are increasingly sophisticated and complicated. The subjects transact lottery recording through the social network system zalo, mobile phone text messages to commit their illegal acts.

The subject and the subject operate in many different forms; disguised under many tricks to deal with the police. They often change their methods of operation to communicate and transact, causing many difficulties for the authorities in the fight, detection as well as collecting documents and evidence to fight and prevent.

“People really hope that the police of wards and communes in the province will increase the number of local police forces to continuously check and eliminate lottery betting spots, and fight against the crime of gambling in the form of lottery. The provincial police and local police will closely monitor the grassroots to investigate, verify, clarify, and promptly prevent and completely eliminate gambling in the form of lottery betting. The police need to cross-check and exchange locations with each other to more effectively fight against this type of crime; organize specialized inspections and checks on gambling in the form of lottery betting,” said Nguyen Ngoc M., a resident of Thuy Xuan ward (Hue city).

Faced with the reality of gambling in the form of lottery tickets, the police from the province to the grassroots level have been implementing many plans to combat and prevent it. However, the police also note and advise people to raise their vigilance, actively denounce criminals, and encourage relatives not to participate in lottery tickets in any form. Do not let your passion for gambling lead to painful consequences, cause instability in security and order, and affect social life...

Article and photos: PHONG ANH