Gamblers don’t need to find a game anymore – just a computer.
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One local site is enjoying such a boom that nearly 2,000 people a day are joining. It’s further fuelled by the fact that people who introduce friends are earning extra credits.
Once online it’s a simple job to set up an account and winnings are transferred to bank accounts.
The site’s statistics show that gamblers from Vietnam account for 12.8 percent of the total players, ranking the third after players from South Korea (33.6 percent) and the US (33.2 percent).
Hanoi ranks second with 6.8 percent and HCM City at the sixth place with 2.7 percent in terms of the numbers of players from big cities in the world. |
Like other online gambling sites, this gambling website for Vietnamese allows players to register an account very easily but these beginners can only play small games. To participate in major gambles, they have to pay at least $20 for a “never-die account”. $20 is equivalent to 10 bills in the virtual account.
Online gambler LTN said that 10 bills is enough to play several games of cards. He says that many people buy multiple accounts in order to avoid interruption to games.
LTN believes the server master sells around 400-500 accounts per day.
After buying “never-die accounts”, players can join various kinds of gambling like domino, cards, Chinese dice and others and chat with other gamblers. There are up to 100 casinos for Texas hold ’em and card playing on this site. Each casino is for a type of accounts, depending on the bills inside.
L.T.N said each account worth 10 bills is called “suckling pig”, 100 bills as “golden pig”, 200 bills as “golden cabinet”, 500 bills as “golden car” and 1000 bills as “golden castle”. The VIP casinos are for “golden castle” gamblers, who are mainly Vietnamese overseas in the US, Canada, Australia and South Korea.
Virtual accounts, burning real cash
At a casino for “golden cabinet” gambling, it is very easy to lose 100 bills/game (equivalent to nearly $180). Casinos of this kind are the most popular on the site.
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L.T.N gambled till he reached a stage where he could take the place of a gambler who had lost a 500 bills slot. However he quickly learned his lesson in one room.
“I had to move to another room. This room has at least five old foxes which have played on this site for at least three years, who are specialized in wring money from the new comers,” he said.
The room for “golden castle” players is opened each several weeks. The winners can earn up to several thousands USD at a time.
According to LTN, rumors on the site are always suggesting that someone has won enough to buy a car or even a house. Whether they are true or not they continue to attract lure new gamblers.
“Golden castle” players soon become famous in the online community of Vietnamese gamblers. This “virtual fame” has urged many rich men to buy “golden castles” simply as a status symbol.
VietNamNet/Tuoi Tre
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