Online card games submitted for assessment

What exactly is the city worried about? It seems that the games in question have raised concerns about offerings that provide gambling or violence and overly consume the time and interest of the young.

The department asked the Ministry to review the contents of five online card playing games, namely Baccarat, Blackjack, Badugi, Seven Poker and Gostop, which are distributed by the Pacific Company, and three games which have violent elements: Sudden Attack distributed by Vinagame, Special Force by FPT Online, and Cross Fire by VTC Intercom, according to Vietnamnet Bridge.

Sudden Attack, Special Force, and Cross Fire are very popular and these have particularly lured many young people to game shops and Internet cafes, with often tens of thousands of people playing Sudden Attack around the city and around 10,000 playing Special Force.

All online gaming accounts in Vietnam are controlled by the Ministry of Information and Communications and only permit-users are allowed to play on an account for five hour periods each day, after which user-accounts are automatically logged off. In addition, users only get the full value of any bonus points if they play for three hours or less - between 3 and 5 hours of play, only 50 percent of available bonus points are given.

But it seems that most game players have figured out surprisingly simple ways to get around the system. The easiest way is, of course, for operators to reset the playing hours. This means that after the player completes the allowed 5 hours he or she must exit and then sign in once more.

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