The defendant shall be innocent.

1. The Defendant from March 23, 2012 to the same year.

7. 13.경까지 울산 동구 C에 있는 피고인 운영의 D게임장에서 게임물등급위원회의 등급분류를 받은 청소년 이용불가 아케이드 게임물인 '오대양스토리' 게임기 70대를 설치하고 그곳을 찾은 불특정 다수의 손님들로 하여금 게임기에 현금을 투입하고 자동실행장치인 속칭 ‘똑딱이’를 이용하여 자동으로 게임을 진행하게 하여 게임을 통해 획득한 점수가 20,000점 이상이 되면 이를 다시 이용할 수 있는 점수보관증을 발급하여 주는 방법으로 게임물을 이용하여 도박 그 밖의 사행행위를 하게 하거나 이를 하도록 내버려 두었다.

2. Determination

A. Article 44(1)1 of the Game Industry Promotion Act provides that “a person who causes others to gamble or perform other speculative acts, or leaves others unattended so that they perform such acts, in violation of Article 28 subparag. 2 of the same Act” shall be punished. Article 28 subparag. 2 of the same Act provides that “The matters to be observed by game products related business entities shall not allow others to gamble or perform other speculative acts, or leave them to do so, using the game products.”

In addition, “gambling” used in the above statutory provisions refers to “a determination of the acquisition or loss of property by drinking materials and by chance,” and “act of speculation” refers to “an act of collecting goods or property benefits from many people and determining the acquisition or loss by an incidental method, and giving property benefits or losses (Article 2(1)1 of the Act on Special Cases Concerning Regulation and Punishment of Speculative Acts, Etc.).”

Since the facts charged of this case’s issuance of a certificate of custody of points constitutes an act of causing or neglecting to perform speculative acts, the above legal text provides that “gambling and other speculative acts” shall be construed as “gambling and other speculative acts.” This premise is that gambling is naturally included in the speculative acts.