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_2020-10-06
Patrons of poker machines in the state of New South Wales may soon be required to register for government-issued gambling cards and to be prevented fr

_2020-06-24
New Zealand has launched a mobile app aimed at curbing problem gambling in collaboration with the Deakin University in Australia. 

_2019-11-24
Minister for Families and Social Services Anne Ruston issued a statement on Sunday revealing that the government is preparing legislation to create an online National Self-Exclusion Register that will allow people to ban themselves from all online wagering...

_2019-04-23
As expected, the Abe Cabinet has endorsed the new measures to combat the gambling addiction in accordance with its responsibilities under the Basic La

_2019-04-08
Japan's Ministry of Education has published a pamphlet aimed at high school teachers with the objective of raising their awareness and knowledge about

_2019-03-07
The central government is proposing new measures to combat the gambling addiction associated with pachinko, horse racing, bicycle racing, etc., but it

_2019-01-30
Facing more serious pressure from policymakers and the public in the wake of last year’s legalization of casino gambling, five major pachinko compan

_2018-07-31
Televised comments by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga suggesting that pachinko is effectively a form of gambling has sent shivers through the a

_2018-02-12
The Osaka prefectural and city governments have decided to take a proactive approach to the issue of gambling addiction, wishing to promote themselves

_2017-11-06
Macau Social Services Centre Chief Supervisor Hetzer Siu Yu Hong has called for gaming operators to better protect their employees from addictive gamb

_2017-11-06
The Osaka-based Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin) has demanded that the ruling party move forward immediately with gambling addiction legislation

_2017-05-14
The Japanese government expects to draft a system by this summer to tackle gambling addiction and is considering ways to ban serious addicts from casi

_2017-04-08
Hong Kong’s gamblers spend more in the casino ships that leave the territory for international waters than they do in Macau’s casinos, a governmen

_2017-03-30
South Australia’s Minister for Consumer and Business Services John Rau said he would call Friday for more decisive action to be taken to prevent har