According to the police, the gamblers were betting approximately over 1 billion VND per day, with the total amount of money the suspects used for football betting reaching tens of billions of VND.
From "provincial rich kids" to "Saigon playboys," they all share the same fate: debt, loss of homes, broken families, and ultimately, losing everything because of the World Cup "trap."
The ringleader of the illegal football streaming ring, whose main source of income came from advertising gambling, illegally profited 1-2 billion VND per month from bookmakers.
Another large-scale sports copyright infringement website system has been shut down after a long period of operation, with several well-known social media commentators being prosecuted.
According to the allegations, the Xôi Lạc TV system inserted advertisements for football betting and pornographic material into its website, illegally profiting hundreds of billions of VND.
Based on data extraction, Da Nang authorities have initially determined that the total amount of money transacted in the football betting ring is estimated at approximately 50 billion VND.
Authorities in Da Nang are searching for Vo Tan Anh, the mastermind and leader of an inter-provincial gambling ring that organized and managed football betting.
Hoang Duy Ninh purchased Super betting accounts, then split them into hundreds of Master, Agent, and Member accounts to distribute to "dealers" and lower-level gamblers.
Duy colluded with an individual named Torres (residing in Cambodia) to participate in the development and upgrading of online gambling websites, including those for football betting, casino games, dice games, lottery, and Sic Bo.
Türkiye has arrested eight people and banned 1.024 players as part of an investigation into the largest match-fixing scandal in world football history.
According to VCCI, businesses and experts in the field believe that the maximum betting limit of 10 million VND per day for horse racing and international football is still too low.
From the beginning of July 2025 until now, this network has organized thousands of gambling sessions in Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, etc., with total transactions exceeding 400 billion VND.
A gambling ring operating in the form of football betting, with transaction amounts exceeding 350 billion VND, has just been dismantled by the Quang Nam Provincial Police.
The Criminal Police Department of Nam Dinh Provincial Police announced the arrest of five individuals involved in organizing online football betting with transaction amounts totaling approximately 100 billion VND.
From a gambling habit during his student years, Mr. H. spiraled into online gambling, losing his career and family, and was hospitalized due to a mental disorder.
Pham Anh Van colluded with foreign bookmakers, obtained online football betting sites, increased the betting limits himself, and then instructed his subordinates to divide them into smaller websites to organize gambling.
Kien Giang police have dismantled a football betting ring operating on Bong88.com, with transactions totaling 400 billion VND, arresting the group managing, operating, and participating in the gambling.
These individuals use the internet and social media applications to gamble, creating fake accounts and bank accounts that are not in their own names to settle winnings and losses.
The police in Thach Ha district, Ha Tinh province, have just initiated a criminal case and indicted nine people for gambling and organizing gambling activities with transaction amounts exceeding 200 billion VND per month.
The suspects lured many people in various provinces and cities to participate in online football betting, with the total amount of gambling transactions estimated at around 600 billion VND.