Japan Lower House Passes Bill to Ban Online Casinos
Tuesday 03 de June 2025 / 12:00
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(Tokyo).- Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, passed a bill on Tuesday to impose a ban on opening and operating online casino sites in the country.
The Lower House cleared the bill to revise the law on the fight against gambling addiction by a majority vote with support mainly from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
After deliberations at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, the bill is expected to be enacted before the current parliamentary session ends later this month.
The bill seeks to impose a ban on getting people to visit online casino sites through social media.
The legislation is aimed at encouraging social network operators to delete related information.
Online casinos that can be easily accessed via smartphones are legally operated in some countries but are not authorized in Japan.
The revised law is expected to be enacted during the current parliamentary session through June 22.
The bill bans the opening of online casino websites as well as transmitting information aimed at attracting users to such sites. It also urges social media website operators to delete illegal information on their platforms.
According to the National Police Agency survey released in March, 3.37 million people in Japan are estimated to have gambled at online casinos, with around 1.24 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) being spent annually.
Categoría:Legislation
Tags: Sin tags
País: Japan
Región: Asia
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