Jurisprudential and Criminological Aspects of Betting in Cyberspace

The expansion and development of cyberspace, like other human achievements, in addition to it’s undeniable benefits, has created challenges and disadvantages, including the launch of Roman games in gambling and online betting in this space. Gambling is one of the most destructive and ruinous games, which unfortunately the corruption is being covered as a deceptive intellectual sport. In this writing, with the descriptive-analytical method and the use of library resources, the jurisprudential aspects and theories of criminology and the preventive measure of this phenomenon are examined. The results of this study show that Iranian law is as reliable as the articles (705 to 711 of the Islamic Penal Code (Punishment) approved in 1996) that may be available on the Internet, and therefore it’s openness between betting and gambling, the materials available on Betting is not reliable. Article 2 Law on Intensification of Bribery, Embezzlement and Fraud approved in 1988 of governs it. It should also be kept in mind that criminalization is not the only solution, however he should act like a physician, and a competent physician, to figure out the tendency of young people to gamble and seek preventive measures; because prevention is better than cure.