arkhipov mobile gaming as gambling risks 08_02_2014
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Brief description of possible risk: what if an innocent mobile game containing elements of luck and profit will be considered as a gambling game?TRANSCRIPT
Presentation title
Gambling and Non-gambling on Mobile
Problems of Separation and Legal Consequences
8 February 2014
Winter Nights Mobile Games Conference
St. Petersburg
Vladislav Arkhipov
Of Counsel, Ph. D. *
* Ph. D. in Law: Vladislav Arkhipov is an associate professor at Saint Petersburg State University
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State Awareness
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exponential regulatory growth
protection of youth / public morality
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1993-2006
What?
2006-2011
There is Internet!
2011-2013
We can block IP!
Today
Oh, there are games too!
Proper Understanding
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GAMES
GAMBLING
fun
creativity
socializing
exploration
profit
luck
some other
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Formal Definition
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Gambling risk-based agreement about prize, made by two or more participants between themselves or with an organizer of a gambling game under the rules provided by such organizer.
Item 1 Article 4 of the Gambling Law
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Property Right
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limited license
(thats how a user formally has access to the content)
is a property right!
O RLY?
tricky issue
Prize money or other property including property rights, which shall be transferred to a participant of gambling when the result of gambling set forth in the rules happens.
Item 4 Article 4 of the Gambling Law
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Therefore Risk Factors
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virtual currency
random numbers
content unlocks
cash-in / cash-out
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Internet Gambling
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Activity for organization and conduction of gambling games with the use of information/telecommunication networks, in particular the Internet, as well as means of communication, including mobile communications,
IS PROHIBITED.
Item 3 Article 5 of the Gambling Law
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The Worst Scenario
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IP
blocked
app
removed
company
fined
CEO
convicted
hardware seized
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Be Mindful
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track gambling legislation
monitor political crusades
and if you include gambling elements in your game
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
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Thank you!
Vladislav Arkhipov
Of Counsel
IP / IT/ Telecommunications Practice
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