From March 13th (Thursday), it is possible to purchase up to 100,000 won per round through Sports Toto purchases made via Batman.
Implementation of the policy to expand real-name purchases for the healthy development of the voting rights business and to enhance competitiveness against illegal sports gambling markets.
Sports Toto Korea will continue to do its best to enhance user convenience and establish a healthy sports Toto purchasing culture.
Sports Toto Korea, the trustee of the Sports Promotion Vote issued by the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, announced that starting from March 13th (Thursday), it has unified the purchase limit on the official internet sales site 'Batman' to be the same as the offline sales point, which is 100,000 won per round.
This unification policy is being implemented to fulfill the real-name purchasing expansion policy in the 4th comprehensive plan for the healthy development of the gambling industry and to strengthen competitiveness against illegal sports gambling markets.
◆Sports Toto expects a significant increase in real-name purchasers through the unification of the purchase limit via Batman.
With the unification policy of the purchase limit for Batman, the purchase limit for Sports Toto through Batman has been adjusted to 100,000 won, which is expected to increase the ratio of real-name purchasers among all Sports Toto users. This is also expected to enhance the integrity of the voting rights business by preventing excessive purchases and contribute to the establishment of a healthy leisure culture.
◆The unification of the purchase limit policy aims to convert users of the illegal market to the legal market, thereby helping to prevent the spread of illegal sports gambling.
Illegal sports gambling sites do not impose purchasing limits on users, leading to many social problems such as gambling addiction and financial issues.
Sports Toto plans to activate real-name purchasing through Batman and convert users of illegal sites into legal ones to help prevent the spread of the illegal sports gambling market through the unification of the purchase limit policy.
Additionally, by adjusting the purchase limits between sales points and Batman in an equitable manner, it has been possible to resolve the equity issues regarding the purchase limit previously raised by Batman users.
◆Batman plans to enhance safety measures to prevent excessive purchasing of voting rights following the adjustment of purchase limits.
Together with the adjustment of the purchase limit, Batman plans to prepare various programs to prevent excessive user involvement.
The programs to prevent excessive involvement will ensure that all buyers implement healthy features of Batman, such as purchasing plans, break plans, and diagnostic evaluations, mandatorily for a short term, thereby providing activities to prevent users' excessive involvement.
In the long term, it plans to conduct integrated analyses of data such as purchase amounts, purchase frequency, and maximum purchase amounts to develop a kind of excessive involvement index, monitor individual excessive involvement levels in real-time, send warning messages during excessive purchases, and recommend adjustments to purchase amounts as preventive measures.
In this regard, a representative from Sports Toto Korea noted, "We plan to continue improving through various and ongoing methods aside from this measure to continuously increase the ratio of customers making real-name purchases."
Meanwhile, detailed information regarding the unification of the purchase limit can be found on the Batman website and the Sports Toto website.