Crazy “Beijing Racing”: a kind of WeChat gambling in the form of racing games
Comprehensive2016.07.1307:58
Crazy "Beijing Racing"
The rough two-dimensional game screen made it impossible for him to participate in the control of the entire racing process. Although his friend had previously said hello, "This is different from ordinary racing games," this gaming experience still surprised Li Zhi.
The essence of the crazy "Beijing Racing" is a WeChat gambling in the form of a racing game. The organizer Meng Da and the participant Li Zhi, who are well aware of this, represent the mentality and heart of all gamers. They are all entangled, but in reality they are getting deeper and deeper: Meng Da can earn tens of thousands of yuan every month with just a move of his fingers; every "victory" after betting in a single game makes Li Zhi watch. It’s time for me to “turn over”…
Rule of Law Weekend special writer Chen Xi
Rule of law weekend reporter Zhu Yuchen
"Small 1000; Single 1000; 1, 3, 5 each 1000."
After entering the series of numbers in WeChat on his mobile phone, Li Zhi slowly clamped the phone into his palm, then clasped his hands together and raised them above his head, shaking them like a "bow".
About two minutes later, Li Zhi slowly opened his palms. After "tentatively" glancing at the phone with his peripheral vision, he saw clearly the "8 big pairs" displayed on the screen. He shook his head slightly and smiled. Laughed, and then suddenly threw the phone in his hand aside.
Just two strings of numbers made Li Zhi lose 5,000 yuan in two minutes.
In fact, this WeChat gambling game called "Beijing Racing" cost him far more than that.
"Small games" have "big purpose"
Lamborghini, Porsche, Maserati, Aston Martin… In Li Zhi's home, these world-famous sports cars can be found as models or posters.
As a senior car fan, when a friend recommended a game called Beijing Racing to him, Li Zhi chose to try it without any hesitation.
Ten "sports cars" with different colors but the same shape are arranged behind the starting line from left to right. With the countdown of "3, 2, 1" on the screen and three loud "beep" sounds, the ten racing cars while rocketing out from behind the starting line.
The rough two-dimensional game screen made it impossible for him to participate in the control of the car during the whole process. Although his friend had previously said hello, "This is different from ordinary racing games," this game experience still surprised Li Zhi, except when the car started. Realistic engine sound effects, how can this be considered a game?
Under the explanation of a friend, Li Zhi finally understood the "true meaning" of Beijing Racing. It is indeed not a game, it is just a form of gambling in the form of a racing game.
"This is a regular lottery issued by China Welfare Lottery, so you can play with confidence." His friend's confident expression at that time did not really reassure Li Zhi. In order to be safe, he searched on the official website of Beijing Welfare Lottery and found relevant information about a lottery called "PK Shi". This lottery was exactly the racing game that his friend showed him.
You can also buy this kind of lottery ticket at some lottery sales points in the market.
Li Zhi learned from a lottery shop near his home that although it was about sports, "PK Lottery" was significantly different from ordinary sports lottery. It was not based on the results of actual games, but on a network, which Li Zhi learned from. I first saw the computer program for the automatic race of ten cars from a friend.
This model also makes each game of Beijing Racing very short, with one game played every 5 minutes, starting from 9 o'clock every day and ending at 24 o'clock that day, with 179 lottery draws every day, which is a type of high-frequency lottery.
"Don't buy it at lottery sales points. I'll drag you to the WeChat group to play." His friend's repeated emphasis made Li Zhi feel a little uneasy. In fact, this game did not attract him, but in order to "not gamble" on his friend's In order to save face, and with the mentality of "playing lottery casually just in case you can make money", Li Zhi finally asked his friends to drag him into a racing communication group with nearly 100 people.
He never imagined at the time that what was originally a "casual fun" would turn into a "nightmare" in the future.
Borrowing a "shell" to go to the "market"
On Mengda's desk are a computer, a mobile phone and an open notebook. These are his latest "tools" for making money.
Meng Da's recent "career" is related to Beijing Racing. As a partner who invested 100,000 yuan, Meng Da and several other friends jointly "operate" a "Beijing Racing" lottery that specializes in using WeChat to place bets. group.
"This group is just for betting on Beijing racing." Currently, Meng Da's group has more than 50 members. Compared with the racing group that Li Zhi was drawn into, their group is still in the development stage. According to Meng Da's report A reporter from the Rule of Law Weekend revealed that there must be at least dozens of Beijing Racing WeChat groups like this.
"So-and-so Car Club", "So-and-so Communication Group"…these so-called Beijing racing betting groups usually use other banners. "To put it bluntly, we just use the 'shell' of 'PK to pick up' to be the banker ourselves." "Black lottery." Meng Da said bluntly, "This is gambling. How dare we publicize it? We all rely on friends in the group to invite their own friends to play. We will give at least 200 yuan to those who can attract people." award."
Yang Ming, who has been exposed to and participated in WeChat Beijing Racing for a long time, admitted to the Rule of Law Weekly reporter that the gameplay of Beijing Racing has a history of about two or three years, but in the past, it was mostly carried out by opening black lottery physical dens or website platforms. WeChat has mainly started to establish this kind of gambling game in the past year or so.
At present, many lottery websites such as Lottery.com have live broadcasts of the "PK Lottery" lottery results, which has become the "foundation" for the survival of these WeChat racing groups.
Compared with opening some "black lottery" website platforms, using WeChat does not require the purchase of lottery source code or website maintenance. As long as the URL that can broadcast the "PK Lottery" lottery is copied to the WeChat group, you can start downloading. Note. WeChat's own red envelope and transfer functions also well meet the needs of real-time cash transactions for bets. For some individual bets where the amount is too large or exceeds WeChat transfer limits, transactions can also be completed through bank card transfers and other methods.
The threshold for setting up a Beijing Racing WeChat "Black Lottery" is very low. The basic routine is to build a group, find the "PK Shi" lottery live broadcast website, attract people to place bets in the group, and transfer money in real time through WeChat red envelopes.
As for how much to invest in the "fund pool" behind the opening, Yang Ming said that it was an agreement between the "partners". Beijing Racing's high-frequency game mode determines its rapid capital exchanges, and real-time transfers of bets determine the "funding" Money is flowing into the "pool" every moment, so if there are no large bettors and the bet is successful, there is actually no pressure on the "fund pool".
All the organizers need to do is record and ask for money from those who try to "defeat their debts." Since people who can join these WeChat groups are basically "pulled" by people in the group and can be found through connections, this is also invisible. These risks are reduced.
"Low threshold, low cost, low risk." These are the three key points Yang Ming summarized as the rapid spread of WeChat "black color" like Beijing Racing.
Rule "PK"
The lottery results of "PK Shi" every 5 minutes cannot be faked, but the gameplay of Beijing Racing in the WeChat group is very different from the regular lottery.
The owner of a lottery sales point in Fengtai District, Beijing, told the Rule of Law Weekend reporter that the normal gameplay of the officially issued "PK Shi" lottery is to guess the numbers similar to the two-color ball.
There are 10 cars in this system, corresponding to numbers 1 to 10 respectively. Punters can choose at least one and up to ten positions to place bets. The final result will be the order in which the 10 cars reach the finish line. If you place a bet, If the player's betting number is exactly the same as the number in the corresponding position, he or she will win.
In addition, there are also odd-even and large-size betting methods, that is, whether the numbers of the first three arriving vehicles are all odd or even numbers; the numerical value of the sum of the three numbers (6 to 12 is small; 21 to 27 is large) is used as the result.
Compared with the official lottery, the Beijing racing rules set up by the WeChat group are "simplified" and only the first car to cross the finish line shall prevail.
"This is to facilitate statistics and make the results more obvious." Meng Da said that betting on the size, betting on odd and even numbers and betting on the car number are the three mainstream methods of playing in the Beijing Racing WeChat group.
Numbers 1 to 5 are considered small, and numbers 6 to 10 are considered large; odd and even refer to whether the vehicle number is odd or even; the car number is to guess which car number can reach the finish line first. You can only bet one at a time, or you can Bet on more numbers to increase your chances of winning.
These three ways of playing can be played individually or combined. Li Zhi's betting method of "small 1000; single 1000; 1, 3, 5 1000 each" is a comprehensive gameplay.
The biggest difference between WeChat Beijing Racing and "PK Shi" is the betting limit and odds.
Take the size of the bet as an example. Every time you bet two yuan on "PK Shi", you will get 5 yuan if you guess correctly. In the WeChat group to which Meng Da belongs, the minimum single bet is 10 yuan and the upper limit is 30,000 yuan; the odds are odd and even. If the size is 10 yuan, you will get 19 yuan, and if you guess the car number, you will get 90 yuan for 10 yuan.
Such betting limits and odds are not considered high in the Beijing Racing WeChat group.
According to Meng Da, the specific betting upper limit and odds are mainly determined based on the amount of funds of the banker. If the amount of funds is small, they dare not set it too high; but he learned that some large-scale Beijing racing WeChat groups have begun to set the limit through betting. If other small groups are set up to jointly operate the game, the banker will have more money and the odds will be higher, so there will naturally be more people playing.
Although the official rules can be changed beyond recognition, the "official background" based on the official issuance of lottery tickets by the state must not be "left behind". Based on the official lottery system, the results can be checked on the official website of the Welfare Lottery, which is also the case with Meng Da One of the "slogans" in the group.
The popularity of the WeChat racing group has even taken away business from the official "PK Pick Up".
According to the above-mentioned owner of the lottery shop in Fengtai District, not many people usually come to the store to buy "PK coins". He knows that many people choose to play on WeChat where the odds are higher. "But after all, it is a private gambling game and it is illegal." of".
The way to make sure profits without losing money
"Lottery is a legal form of gambling, and gambling naturally means you lose more and win less." Most people who often buy lottery tickets and "lose" frequently will comfort themselves with these words. As the organizers of "black lottery", they know this very well. The reason for this.
Using the official lottery system, the banker does not control the probability of winning; coupled with the high odds set, Beijing Racing seems "fair", but in fact the banker is definitely "guaranteed profit but no loss". In addition to the fact that gambling itself loses more than it wins, In addition to its characteristics, there are many "doorways" behind it.
In every Beijing racing betting WeChat group, there are "promoters" who are responsible for advertising, posting live lottery URLs and reminding betting times, as well as "cashiers" who collect and pay bonuses to bettors through WeChat red envelopes and transfers. "Standard configuration", but in fact there are some members in the group who are usually "active", but their identities are not as simple as ordinary players.
As one of the "investment partners", Meng Da now plays a seemingly ordinary "special player" in the group.
"I haven't gotten big in a few games, but this time I will definitely get big. I'll bet 50 on big. Do you have any objections?" Meng Da's semi-joking and semi-"provocative" speech quickly received a response from a group member, " I'll bet 50 to accompany you."
Li Zhi is no stranger to such scenes. In the Beijing Racing WeChat group, PK between players is a new way of playing. Often when someone places a bet and "makes a noise", there will be a response in the group. If someone bets big, just Some people bet on small; those who bet on singles are betting on evens.
Li Zhi has also competed with people in his group many times, because compared to a person betting on the outcome of each round of racing, this kind of "betting" not only has actual economic benefits, but also allows him to experience the fun of PKing others. Once intra-population PK begins, it will usually last for several rounds, and more and more bettors may participate.
Being able to ignite the enthusiasm of other players in the group for betting is actually the ultimate goal of individual clamoring players.
Affected by factors such as time, Beijing Racing's 179 high-frequency lottery draws every day are not always so attractive, and group members cannot play from morning to night, so "cold spots" are not uncommon in various racing groups.
Generally, the "freeze" time is close to an hour, and individual "special players" in the group will take the lead in starting to place bets. If they find that there are players playing by themselves, they will also take the initiative to PK to challenge, stimulating the atmosphere in the group.
"If someone makes a bet, there will be income, and the turnover in the group will increase." This is also the source of income for small partners like Meng Da. In addition to the big bookmakers who established the group, most other investors start from each investor in proportion to their investment. Profit will be drawn from the total turnover within the daily group.
In order to ignite the enthusiasm of the players in the group more quickly, some racing groups have also opened a more exciting way of playing – "single take bet", that is, one party bets that the result of the other party's single bet is wrong. If the final bet is If the bettor wins, the other party will pay the bonus; otherwise, the bettor's money will be given to the bettor.
This kind of gameplay may seem like the dealer may not receive the amount of a certain bet, but in fact it is what the dealer wants to see the most.
On the one hand, this kind of gameplay is very confrontational. No matter which side is captured, it will often continue, and the amount may also become larger and larger.
If a member of the group bets against those "special players", the banker will definitely make a profit, "because we will inform the banker in advance before placing bets that these are 'leading games', so we are just pretending to bet in the group." Note, no money is actually transferred." Although Mengda occasionally places real bets to try his luck, most of the time he is "leading the game" in order to let other players in the group who don't know the truth pay to bet.
"Leading" also requires skills. You can't always "take the lead" when it's quiet. You also have to intersperse a few bets when everyone is enthusiastic about betting. The bets can't be too outrageous or too low, so that you can both Increasing the excitement can also quickly increase the amount of bets.
"If you win with 'fake shouting', you should give out some lucky red envelopes in the group at the right time. Only by spending this little money can you get big money." This is Meng Da's "experience".
Conflicted human heart
Li Zhi couldn't remember how many times he threw his cell phone out of anger like at the beginning of the article. He only knew that since he started playing Beijing Racing, his behavior was no longer as "sane" as his name suggests. .
He lost more than 70,000 yuan in less than 3 months. "It would be difficult for anyone else to stay sane." Every time he said this, Li Zhi could only smile bitterly and suck on the cigarette in his hand.
Until now, Li Zhi has not dared to tell his family that he participated in "black lottery" gambling, but the originally gentle Li Zhi gradually became grumpy because of losing money, which also attracted the attention of his wife.
While Li Zhi was "prevaricating" his wife by saying that the auto parts store he opened was not doing well, he was searching the Internet for so-called "secrets to winning" in Beijing racing, hoping to win back the money he lost as soon as possible.
However, repeated painful experiences made Li Zhi understand that the so-called cheats are just psychological comfort. This kind of computer program has no rules to follow, and even if there are "cat tricks", it cannot be easily figured out.
"But as long as you compete with others, you will definitely lose money." Li Zhi once lost nearly 10,000 yuan in less than half an hour because he continued to chase the younger ones out of anger.
"It's not that you can't win in gambling, but the money you win will eventually continue to be thrown in until you lose it all; the kind of people who don't win the first 50 yuan bet, but the second time they bet 100 yuan, hoping to get back the money by doubling the investment. The method makes people sink deeper and deeper." Li Zhi, who had already understood everything, chose to quit the group more than once and vowed never to play again, but every time he would let his friends in the group pull him back. "I still want to win back the money I lost." Li Zhi's "wish" has been broken countless times.
Like Li Zhi, Meng Da, who is in a different "camp", is also very conflicted. Although he earned tens of thousands last month just by drawing turnovers, he is now hesitant whether he should continue to participate in this "making money" "Because this is online gambling after all, the amount is not small."
According to Meng Da, sometimes on weekends or if there are people who are "red-eyed" about betting, this WeChat group of more than 50 people can generate hundreds of thousands of yuan a day.
"There are not many WeChat groups like this. We should arrest the big ones first. It won't be our turn." Although he was constantly comforting himself, Meng Da still quietly checked online to see how he would be sentenced if he was caught organizing online gambling.
However, the inner "tangle" did not allow the two to stop in time in reality. Meng Da can earn tens of thousands of yuan every month just by moving his fingers; every "victory" after a single round of betting allows Li Zhi to see an opportunity for him to "turn over"… The two are still together This road of black lottery gambling on WeChat is getting deeper and deeper.
The movie "Crazy Racing" once fascinated Li Zhi and he watched it many times; now, the reality of "Crazy Racing" has made him "deeply involved", but he has gradually understood that it has nothing to do with the comedy ending of the movie. Differently, this crazy "Beijing Racing" may only bring him endless tragedy and pain in the end.
(On request, the names of the interviewees in this article are pseudonyms)
