Casino Industry in Asia Pacific
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-2346-9 (ISBN)
This single volume gives you comprehensive information on Asia-Pacific gaming!
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive review of the gaming industry in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This valuable resource thoroughly details the history, the operational issues, and the impact of casino gaming in Australia, Korea, Macao, and Southeast Asiaand the Pachinko phenomenon in Japan. International authorities discuss crucial issues that involve policy makers and casino developers, allowing industry players a global perspective as they consider various important viewpoints in their long-range planning.
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific is organized into three sections: Development, Operation, and Impact. Chapters in the Development section provide a thorough history of gaming for Australia, Japan, Korea, Macao, and Southeast Asia. Laws and regulations are also reviewed for each location. In the Operation section, each chapter analyzes an important casino operational issue, including regulations, licensing and due diligence, internal control and auditing, and rolling commissions. The last section reviews the economic and social impacts for various regions. Chinese culture and gaming are also examined in detail to illustrate the intertwined relationship between gaming and people’s daily life. Extensive bibliographies, helpful tables, and fascinating photographs are also included.
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific discusses:
casino history and gaming legislation in Australia, Korea, and Macao
Japan’s form of gamblingPachinko
gaming in Southeast Asia
suggestions for Asian gaming jurisdictions
casino licensing investigations
accounting, internal controls, and casino auditing
the use of non-negotiable chips
the societal and economic impacts of gaming in Australia
the impacts of casinos in Korea
gaming and Chinese culture
Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact is an essential resource for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, educators, researchers, gaming policymakers and lobbyists, concerned civic organization leaders and members, casino developers and executives, hotel professionals, travel and tourism professionals, and anyone interested in the gaming industry.
Kaye Sung Chon, Cathy Hc Hsu
About the Editor
Contributors
Preface
SECTION I: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND LEGISLATION
Chapter 1. Casino History, Development, and Legislation in Australia (Helen Breen and Nerilee Hing)
Early Colonization: 1778-1900
Selective Legalization: 1900-1940s
Government Endorsement and Market Growth: World War II to the 1970s
Commercialization, Competition, and Market Expansion: 1970s to the Present
Casinos in Australia
Conclusion
Chapter 2. History, Development, and Legalization of Korean Casino Gaming (Choong-Ki Lee and Ki-Joon Back)
Historical Development
The Korean Casino Industry Today
The Korean Gaming Regulatory System
Summary
Chapter 3. Casino Gambling in Macao: Through Legalization to Liberalization (Glenn McCartney)
The Early Years: Illegal to Legalized Gambling
Period of Casino Development: Legalization to Monopoly Franchise
Recent Events: The Liberalization of Macao’s Casino Industry
Regulation of the Liberalization
Tourism Development
Casino Investment Plans
Summary
Chapter 4. Gambling in Japan (William N. Thompson)
Pachinko: My Introduction to the Game
What Is Gambling? Definitions and Fictions
Would Pachinko Work Elsewhere?
Addictive Qualities of Pachinko
A Bit of HistoryA Lot of Ambiguity
Other Forms of Gambling in Japan
Summary and Future Developments
Chapter 5. Gaming in Southeast Asia (Paul D. Bromberg)
Introduction
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Union of Myanmar (Burma)
Republic of Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
SECTION II: OPERATION
Chapter 6. Essentials of Effective Regulation: Suggestions for Asian Gaming Jurisdictions (Fredric E. Gushin)
Introduction
Public Policy
Casino Licensing
Operational Controls
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Casino Licensing Investigations (William R. Kisby and William O’Reilly)
The Application Process
Investigative Process
Operator, Vendor, and Employee Investigation
A Casino Licensing Case
Chapter 8. Accounting, Internal Controls, and Casino Auditing (Kevin O’Toole)
Accounting and Internal Controls
Casino Auditing
Chapter 9. Nonnegotiable Chips: Their Use and Cost (Andrew MacDonald and Sean Monaghan)
Nonnegotiable Chips
Mathematical Ratios: A Simple Geometric Progression
Revenue Calculation Comparisons for Various Games After Tax
Other Methods of Explanation
Glossary
SECTION III: GAMING AND SOCIETY
Chapter 10. Social Impacts of Gambling in Australia (Nerilee Hing)
The Impacts of Gambling
Problem Gambling in Australia and Its Impacts
The Rise of Problem Gambling As a Social Issue in Australia
A Public Health Approach to Problem Gambling: The Role of Harm Minimization and Consumer Protection
Government Responses to Problem Gambling
Industry Responses to Problem Gambling
The Effectiveness of Responsible Gambling Measures
Conclusion
Chapter 11. Economics of Australian Casinos (Jeremy Buultjens)
A Brief History of the Casino Industry
Market Structures and Ownership Regimes
The Impacts of Casinos
The Economic Benefits from Casinos
The Economic Costs of Casino Development
Net Economic Assessment
Constraints on Casinos
The Future
Conclusion
Chapter 12. Impacts of Casinos in Korea (Ki-Joon Back and Choong-Ki Lee)
Introduction
Economic Imp
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.3.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-2346-6 / 0789023466 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-2346-9 / 9780789023469 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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