Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUN 2023年6月 亞博匯 54 COLUMNISTS significant consequences for the gambling industry. Government policies that are not subject to review are destined to remain in place forever, whether they work as intended or not. Consequently, irrespective of the government’s motivations, the industry needs to appreciate that every time it misbehaves it runs the risk of new restrictions being imposed which may never be removed. If one were to be supremely cynical, an argument could be made that harm minimization for governments sometimes means minimizing harm for them at the ballot box. 如果有人極度憤世嫉俗,可以提出這樣一個 論點:對政府來說,減少危害有時意味著在 投票時對其的負面影響最小化。 的限制,而這些限制可能永遠不會被取 消。 作為例證,澳洲維多利亞州的《賭 場管制法》於1991年頒佈時,涉及97 頁之多,而現在該法內容已擴展至277 頁,而維多利亞州只有一家賭場。更可 怕的是另一法案《賭博管理法》管理著 維多利亞州所有非賭場賭博活動,當該 法於2003年頒佈時,它是維州議會有史 以來通過的最大法案,內容達630頁。 現在,其體量幾乎翻了一倍,達到1,182 頁,而自該法頒佈以來,該州沒有允許 任何額外的賭博產品。

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