A draft ordinance to promote gambling addiction measures was passed by the Osaka Prefectural Assembly on October 26. This is the first time in Japan that a gambling addiction countermeasure ordinance has been enacted. Why was this ordinance enacted?

Promotion headquarters headed by the governor, a fund to secure financial resources

Integrated resorts, including casinos, are being promoted by Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City = IR. While aiming to open a business in Yumeshima in the autumn or winter of 2029, measures against gambling addiction have become an issue. At the gambling addiction awareness week symposium held in May… Association for Gambling Addiction Problems Representative Noriko Tanaka: If a gambling place is built nearby, the absolute rate of gambling addiction will increase. That is why Osaka Prefecture has to take measures against gambling addiction about 100 times more than the current level before other prefectures. It was submitted but rejected by parliament. Meanwhile, on October 11, the Osaka Restoration Council, which makes up the majority of the assembly, submitted a bill to set up a promotion headquarters headed by the governor and create a fund to secure financial resources. At Congress on October 26…. Liberal Democratic Party Osaka Prefectural Assembly Secretary-General Akira Harada: We received the opinion that our draft ordinance would be opposed because there is no financial support in the debate. In the unlikely event that donations do not reach the fund and the target amount cannot be achieved, and the measures stipulated in the ordinance cannot be implemented, how will it be handled? This is because the content of this draft ordinance is to be further enhanced, and the idea is not to cover all ordinances for addicts with this fund.