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All racetracks across the country have been shut down since February in the aftermath of the coronavirus.

Then, these days, illegal sites that broadcast overseas horse races and make money bet have increased significantly.



Reporter Minjung Kim on the report.



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A PC cafe in Seoul last July.

The police and the Korean Horse Association Joint Enforcement Team arrest a man in his 50s.



[Police-Korean Horse Association Joint Enforcement Group: Regarding Article 48 of the Korean Horse Association Act (prohibition of similar acts)...

] On the



computer screen that men used to see, horse racing events held in foreign countries are broadcast in real time.



You are accessing an illegal site that pays for horse racing abroad.



Last August, an officetel in Seoul.



[(Sit down! Stay still!) Take off your child's shoes, this man!

(What's your cell phone number, your cell phone number.)]



Five or six people gathered together for illegal overseas horse racing and were caught by the police for violating the Horse Racing Act.



In February, the Korean Horse Association stopped operating racecourses nationwide due to corona prevention.



Then, illegal overseas horse racing began to rise.



I tried to access the overseas horse racing site through the horse society.



As soon as you enter your ID and password, you will be connected to the Japanese horse racing relay, and the progress will be announced in Korean.



[(Gyeongju) result was reflected.]



As of this year, 3,176 illegal overseas horse racing sites were detected until last month.



This is more than 300 more than the 2,851 detected in the past year.



[Jung Woon-cheon/National Forces Member (National Assembly): There are very few personnel to crack down on illegal horse racing.

If fundamental measures are not taken, (illegal overseas horse racing) will increase and expand further.] It



is pointed out that there is a concern that such illegal overseas horse racing may become the base of corona infection as there are many cases where several groups are secretly gathered.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan, screen courtesy: Jung Woon-cheon, Clinic)