Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2021年4月 亞博匯 96 10 YEARS AGO shape Japan’s attitude towards all forms of gambling due to issues around problem gambling, minimal tax contributions and links to organized crime. All of these issues have since been raised by opponents of Japan’s casino and IR legislation. Notably, however, there were also worries in 2011 that, due to pachinko’s long history and support from many “old school” politicians, the only way IRs would achieve legal status would be for similar legislation to be passed classifying pachinko as gambling and making it a legal industry under this new definition. What an interesting dynamic that would have added had it proved to be true! 核災難之後。此外還有日本人口老齡化和人口萎縮的問題——這 些皆是支持發展博彩的人士所指出的理據。 但是，當時的主要關注之一是彈珠機，更確切的說，是其在日 本社會多年來所扮演的角色。 儘管早在十年前就有跡象表明彈珠機的流行程度開始下降， 當《亞博匯》當時指出，這種傳統的日本遊戲——儘管官方未有將 其歸類為賭博，導致了日本社會對於各類賭博形式的態度，包括 問題賭博、逃稅漏稅及與有組織犯罪的關聯等。這些都是反對在 日本設立賭場及綜合度假村的理由。 但是，值得注意的是，2011年也有人擔心，由於彈珠機的悠久 歷史和許多「老派」政客的支持，IR獲得合法地位的唯一方法是通 過類似的立法，將彈珠機歸類為賭博，並令其在新定義下成為一 個合法的產業。如果此事成真將會多麼有趣！