{"id":7798,"date":"2020-07-02T22:05:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T22:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:58:27","slug":"japan-survey-up-to-1-2-have-gambling-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-survey-up-to-1-2-have-gambling-problems","title":{"rendered":"Japan survey: up to 1.2% have gambling problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kanagawa prefecture has reported findings from a survey carried out to discover how many residents may have gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.- Kanagawa prefecture has carried out a survey on gambling that found up to 1.2 per cent of people may have gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Health and Medical Bureau of <strong><em>Kanagawa\u2019s prefecture<\/em><\/strong> conducted a study of 2,687 residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respondents answered a 20-question questionnaire designed by South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). Those who answered yes to more than five of questions were considered at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about gambling over the past year, 0.8 per cent of respondents answered positively to five or more questions. The Bureau said it could estimate with 95 per cent certainty that between 0.4 and 1.2 per cent of the population had gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked to consider lifetime habits, 4.9 per cent answered positively to five or more questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The respondents included in the at-risk group spent an average JPY300,000 (US$2,788) a month on gaming, while the median spending was JPY30,000 (US$278) per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the spending was on pachinko and pachislo games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese national government is still <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-could-delay-ir-licence-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discussing the schedule<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for the development of integrated resorts (IR) in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanagawa prefecture has reported findings from a survey carried out to discover how many residents may have gambling problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A survey conducted by Kanagawa prefecture's Health and Medical Bureau indicates that 0.4-1.2% of its residents may have gambling problems, with a lifetime prevalence of 4.9%. At-risk individuals spend an average of JPY300,000 monthly, primarily on pachinko and pachislo, underscoring significant responsible gambling considerations as Japan progresses with integrated resort development discussions.","focusai_entities":"Health and Medical Bureau of Kanagawa's prefecture, South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS)","focusai_location":"Japan, Kanagawa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SOGS Methodology Impact","query":"How might the specific SOGS methodology and survey sample size influence the generalizability of these problem gambling prevalence rates across other Japanese prefectures or the national population?"},{"label":"IR Regulatory Response","query":"What specific responsible gambling measures and governance frameworks are likely to be mandated for integrated resorts in Japan, given these reported prevalence rates and the significant spending on existing gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[229,14017,470],"class_list":["post-7798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-integrated-resort","tag-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008303,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798\/revisions\/777008303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}