In Nepal, TikTok is Becoming a New Gambling Platform

At a time of rapid technological advancement, the nature of crime is changing, and new ways of gambling are emerging. According to police, a group of individuals are using the popular TikTok app to organize live gambling in Nepal.

Law enforcement officials report that although they have detained several people involved in illegal activities, they have difficulty tracking the most active gamblers because they often use fake IDs and change phone numbers. The current availability of new phone numbers allows such users to constantly change their numbers or stop using some numbers after using them for illegal purposes. The lack of clear laws governing the fight against cybercrime is also a problem.

Between Jan. 10 and Jan. 17, Crime Squad officers in Kathmandu Valley, Minbhavan, apprehended four people from different locations organizing gambling through live TikTok broadcasts. According to police, they made transactions worth more than 5 million rupees using digital wallets. It is not yet known whether the attackers used no deposit bonuses for online casinos to attract customers or whether users found them through recommendations.

Rishi Prakash Yogi, 21, ran card games on TikTok under the names Pugg and Pubg2. He was detained in Gwarko, Lalitpur. According to police, Yogi had made transactions worth Rs. 2.8 million in the past 10 days using an e-Sewa mobile wallet, playing live games with various participants.

Another gambler, Kapil Giri, 27, was detained in Suryabinayak-10 municipality in Bhaktapur. He was organizing online gambling on TikTok under the pseudonym Pler King. Giri collected Rs 1 million from three different e-Sewa accounts in 10 days.

That same day, police detained 21-year-old Prem Katyat, another online gambling organizer on TikTok, from Madhyapur Thimi-1 in Bhaktapur. He made transactions worth Rs. 93,214 over six days through e-Sewa.

Also, on Tuesday, Harishchandra Malla, 35, of Harisiddha, Lalitpur, was detained. Malla, acting under the pseudonym Kick Cash, had conducted transactions amounting to Rs. 853,331 through two different e-Sewa accounts in the past 15 days.

Cell phones, a diary for player and transaction records, and card books were seized from the detained players.

According to the Valley Police Investigation Department, the players were referred for further investigation under Section 125 of the 2017 National Criminal Act, which prohibits gambling and betting in Nepal.

“This is one of the first cases of gamblers being apprehended on TikTok, but there is no appropriate cyber law to punish them,” said Police Superintendent Krishna Prasad Koirala, who is also a spokesman for the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Department.

After the players’ names were published, police received a flood of calls to their toll-free emergency number (100) complaining about new cases.

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