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New rules regarding the certification of “adult” content has led to a surge in poker apps going live inside South Korea’s App Store.

New certification rules have led to a surge of casino and poker apps for iOS users in South Korea. (Image: Dice Insights)

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News of the move was made public on August 19 and changes came into force the following day. As per the update, the minimum age for content classified as “adult” will only be available to users aged 19 or older.

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Age No Barrier for Poker Apps

The decision to apply age ratings comes as part of Apple’s efforts to protect children from seemingly inappropriate content. It also comes as part of ongoing discussions between Apple and local ministers to make more apps available online.

Apps required to hold a user rating are those that include one or more of the following:

• Apps in the Casino subcategory.

Apps in the Games or Entertainment categories with frequent/Intense selected for at least one of the following content descriptions:

• Simulated Gambling
• Sexual Content or Nudity
• Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or Reference
• Realistic Violence

Far from being a barrier to entry, the new laws have led to a surge in casino and poker apps.

Changes Great for Poker in Asia

Prior to the certification, developers were barred from launching certain types of iOS apps, including those that contained gambling. In fact, in 2014, the government cracked down on financial payments to social gambling apps such as Zynga Poker.

Although real money and free play apps eventually found their way onto Google Play, they remained unavailable in the Apple Store.

However, with new rating system in place, local publication The Korea Bizwire said casino and poker apps are now launching “en masse.”

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NHN Entertainment Corp. was one of the first developers to market according to the news and tech website.

“We developed and prepared a game that was previously serviced on Google Play in time for the start of the app store’s adult certification,” an NHN source told The Korea Bizwire.

With poker apps starting to emerge, many more are expected to follow. Although South Korea is still a grey market for online poker operators, the recent Apple Store changes could be a positive.

As it stands, South Koreans can use overseas betting sites but there are now specific laws allowing them. However, by finding a way to regulate casino and poker apps, it suggests South Korean officials could be persuaded to introduce additional regulations.

That would not only be a positive for locals but the industry as a whole. With trouble in China and the likes of Japan still lagging behind, South Korea could take the lead in the emerging Asian market.

The AI Foundation, which bases itself out of Singapore, has proceeded to launch its first project outside of the country. On December 4, the AIPoker platform debuted in Seoul, South Korea. This makes it the first online poker room around the world that incorporates artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies and big data.

The project itself was announced and revealed at the “99EX Global Launching Conference & Initial Project Launching Introduction”.

The team behind the AI Poker platform has over 10 years’ experience working in the world of online poker in Greater China. Over the years, this team has put together various online gaming platforms, whilst also creating offline events in large-scale settings. Additionally, they have been responsible for the creation of poker clubs, TV programs, industrial media and much more surrounding the Texas Hold’em version of poker.

While crafting all of this, the team went on to launch the offline event known as “CPC China Poker Game Carnival”, which took place in Hainan, China. It became one of the very few events that were officially certified by the Chinese government. So far, the event has taken place five times over and has attracted more than 10,000 players. And these players have come from all corners of the world. The bonus that was available in the Main Event of the 2017 CPC went on to surpass the $1.6 million mark.

Meanwhile, the entire team worked on developing its own management system. This became known as Match Manager – something that would be used to manage a mass of competitors playing in large-scale offline games.

Poker Gameplay with Artificial Intelligence

During the launch of the AI Poker platform, the team spoke of the core gameplay being based on the company’s technological patents. By this, it means that there’s an automatic strategy system in place, which is able to perform strategies created by humans. This will go on to dramatically alter the gameplay of traditional online poker games. Through the platform, users are able to create and edit strategies that the machine will apply to masses of poker games.

With this in mind, players have the ability to participate in a larger number of poker games than what is the current norm. Once a player wins a game, the person who created the strategy in use will get a share of the revenue from such.

The team behind the AI Poker platform has the belief that the open, traceable and transparent features coming from blockchain technology will assist with the industry solving difficult problems, too. For example, the difficulty in making payments and exchanges, and incidents of player or platform cheating. Legit poker players throughout the world will also be able to benefit from the channel of providing a convenient payment method that blockchain technology provides.

Speaking of online poker and blockchain technology, the chairman of AIGame Foundation, Dong Wang, said that the two are “naturally matched”. With the launch of AI Poker, the company is looking to completely overturn the industry via the integration of blockchain technology.