• Studies on Life and Culture
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• v.54
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• pp.31-50
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• 2019

Internet gambling is to place, receive or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use of the Internet. Internet gambling is a victimless crime wherein its characteristic feature is that the persons affected are those who take part in the act of their own free will and are responsible for the suffering which is self-inflicted. This article reviews the laws of Korea, United States and United Kingdom regarding internet gambling. Further, this article tries to perform criminalization analysis based upon the constitutional principle of "human dignity" in order to find out whether the alternative regulations rather than criminal law are better equipped to regulate internet gambling. Based upon the comparative law review and the criminal analysis, non-criminal regulation is recommended for internet gambling activities.