Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact

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* 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 History--A 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