摘要：Purpose of the research; culminating in the February 13, 2019 '’İddaa Tender'’ with the following changes took place in Turkey, legal and illegal betting in virtual platform is to examine the opinions of the individuals participating in the game. Case study pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The study group of the research consists of 14 participants who participated in illegal sports betting in the virtual platform, determined by the purposive sampling method. During the data collection phase, interview technique was used through the semi-structured questionnaire and content analysis was applied to the obtained data. As a result of the findings obtained, the motivation sources of the participants for sports betting are divided into two sub-categories, pecuniary and incorporeal. When examining the way participants informed of illegal betting games, it is seen that the sub-category with the highest frequency is ‘'through friends’' (f=7). It was determined that "crypto money transfer" (f=8) is most commonly used among the participants as a method of transferring money to illegal sports betting companies. For the participants who evaluate illegal sports betting companies, it is seen that positive aspects are perceived more intensely than negative aspects. It has been determined that the expectations of the participants from the legal sports betting services are divided into pecuniary and incorporeal. As a result, the participants in the survey, it was determined that not satisfied with the legal betting services in Turkey. It was demonstrated that this situation did not change after the "İddaa Tender" on 13 February 2019. For this reason, it has been determined that the sports betting participants prefer illegal betting companies.
