• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.49
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• pp.493-519
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• 2017

Looking back at the last 10 years of the enactment of the Game Industry Act, the law was revised as a regulation rather than a promotion of the game. The objective of this study is to investigate where game regulation originated and derived through the history of those, and to find out what areas were missed, and to solve the tangled threads by regulation. For this purpose, we reviewed the implications of 10,000 won per hour, and discussed alternatives. Data were collected and analyzed on the basis of a review of regulatory literature and in - depth interviews with experts. When regulating games, we found that the side effects were further amplified by simply regulating the amount. Especially, we found that the vicious cycle in which functions such as indication, hit repeatedly, and automatic progress are made and immediately following prohibited is repeated. The point at which there is a sharp interest between the game user and the game operator in the game progression is the 'reward ratio for betting'. This is the key to protecting users. This could be a regulation considering the mechanism of the game. If the regulatory paradigm shifts in the future due to game regulations that take into account the 'reward ratio for betting' in the future, it is expected to minimize the side effects of price regulation and create a sound game ecosystem.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.426-435
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• 2017

Since online betting occurs on online where anybody can access through internet, thus, the online gambling market has been expanding. Domestic illegal gambling market size is 4 times bigger than that of legal gambling market, and illegal online betting market is rapidly growing as well. Currently online gambling does exist domestically in form of Sports promotion voting rights, also known as, Toto and Proto and internet lottery. However, the need for other types of online gambling to be permitted, expanded and managed has been suggested. This research has analyzed online gambling users, online gambling addicts and general population's awareness on expansion and operation of online gambling, contraction measures of illegal online gambling and operation measures in case of permitted expansion of online gambling. The result of this research's analysis showed that each group has significantly different awareness level on positive and negative effects of permitting online gambling's expansion. Also, it showed that each group has significantly different awareness on permitting expansion of racing betting as a legal gambling item. Since it is the proven fact that illegal online gambling users could turn into legal users and that users could use the service more positively if online gambling is legalized through allowance and expansion process; one could expect the positive effects from permitting expansion of online gambling.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.242-251
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• 2021

This study investigates the effects of availability and accessibility on an individual's risk of developing a gambling problem. A total of 24 off-track betting facilities located in 12 districts of Seoul were examined in an effort to identify any association between their presence and citizens' gambling habits. Study participants included 1,490 online recruits residing in Seoul who participated in gambling activities in the 12 months prior to the study. To examine the differences in addiction rates and gambling frequency, a survey of demographics, gambling addictions, and gambling frequency divided the participants into two groups: those who resided in a district where off-track betting facilities were available, and those who resided elsewhere. Analysis results indicate that gambling frequency and addiction rates were significantly higher among participants residing in a district where off-track betting terminals are available. Additional analysis was performed with participants who mainly gambled on horse racing, with results similar to the previous analysis-significantly higher rates of gambling addiction and frequency were observed among participants residing in close proximity to off-track betting facilities.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.438-447
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to understand the recognition of gambling industry through the semantic analysis of news data on lottery, sports betting, horse racing and casino that was reported between 1990 to 2015 in South Korea. This paper revealed the difference between journalists' intention and public's perception about news by analyzing the frequency and connectivity of news with framing and public's interest through semantic network analysis and explored the policy characteristics and innovation task. The result of analysis, news on lottery game mainly has been reported social issue related with win such as 'winning number', 'prize money', 'suspicion of manipulation' and etc. News on sports betting has been reported mandatory information related with business project and illegal site such as 'bidding', 'illegal site', 'sales target' and etc. News about horse racing has been reported the information about the business advertisement such as 'online race track' and 'promotion'. Lastly, casino related news has been reported 'major information' such as illegality', 'gambling place' and 'foreigner'. As a result of times series analysis, news about casino in the 1990s, news about lottery in the 2000s and news about horse racing in 2010s have been increased. Public's interest also has been moved to 'business scandal', 'winning game', 'citizens' campaign' and etc. Gambling related news has been classified by four types, 1. advertising publicity(horse racing), 2. mandatory information(sports betting), 3. social issue(public agenda, lottery), 4. major information(casino). We could get the insight that news can be formed a public agenda, when news is reported as a social issue with high frequency and public's interest like lottery related news.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.386-396
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• 2020

This study aimed to examine the influences of an experience of purchasing random items and gambling behaviors among adolescents in South Korea. This study performed a series of binominal logistic regression analyses by using a sample of 17,520 adolescents from the 2018 Survey on Youth Gambling Problems. The findings are a follows. First, 49.9% of the adolescents had experience in buying random items. Second, an experience of buying random items among adolescents who have experienced betting games are related to problem gambling(OR=1.48, p<.001). Third, an experience of buying random items among adolescents who have no experienced in betting games are related to intention to participate in legalized gambling(OR=1.89, p<.001). Fourth, there were no gender differences in the influence of an experience of purchasing random items on gambling behaviors. Based on the findings, implications for addressing gambling problems among adolescents were discussed.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.105-114
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• 2017

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of gambling environment factors (being around gambling, gambling ad access) and irrational gambling belief on the gambling behaviors of college students who experienced sports gambling. Methods : Study participants were 240 college students with sports gambling experience. Data were collected through self-report questionnaires and analyzed with SPSS 18.0. Results : Being around gambling and sports gambling ad access have a statistically significant effect on irrational gambling beliefs, which have statistically significant statistical effects on gambling addiction. Self-regulation did not show statistically significant regulatory effects between irrational gambling beliefs and gambling addiction. Conclusions : It is necessary to take a proactive approach to minimize the negative effects of sports betting and to be aware of the rapidly changing sports gambling environment factors.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.13-20
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• 1987

Today, the conception of building architecture is changing the conception that it is a kind of product and the operator of construction try to produce excellent building through developing efficiency and materials of building component This study improves the problematic point of the exterior tile setting, through making an experiment on the method of it and purposes doing to do the exterior tile setting of good quality as it selects out of the most conformable the method. The experimental materials choose the tile of 60$\times$108 mm size which are using frequently in the exterior tile setting and ready mixed compound for bonding mortar. The methods of tile Betting utilize the method of the tile setting and laying, the method of the tile improved setting and laying, the method of the pressing adhesion, the method of the improved pressing adhesion and the method of setting adherent (the method of VIBRATOR).

• Korean Business Review
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.31-52
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• 2010

The casinos and gaming sector consists of all forms of betting, including commercial, state-run, and charitable operations. The casinos segment comprises gambling in casinos, and includes gaming machine gambling where this occurs on casino premises. The gaming segment covers all other forms of gambling, including national and other lotteries, racing and sports betting, bingo, pachinko, and gaming machines where these are not located on casino premises. All values are stated in terms of gross gaming win. This is the total amount waged by customers minus the total amount paid out to customers as winnings, but before the payment of any applicable taxes, disbursements to charitable or other causes by games established for those purposes, or other expenses. The South American casinos & gaming sector posted strong growth in 2009 and this growth is expected to accelerate during the forecast period. The South American casinos & gaming sector generated total revenues of $9.6 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual growth rate(CAGR) of 15% for the period spanning 2005-2009. In comparison, the Argentinian and Chilian sectors grew with CAGRs of 17% and 21.9% respectively, over the same period, to reach respective values of $2.2 billion and $93.7 million in 2009. The other gaming segment was the sector's most lucrative in 2009, generating total revenues of $7.1billion, equivalent to 74.1% of the sector's overall value. The casino segment contributed revenues of $2.5billion in 2009, equating to 25.9% of the sector's aggregate revenues. The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 20.4% for the five year period 2009-2014, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $24.3 billion by the end of 2014. Comparatively, the Argentinian and Chilian sectors will grow with CAGRs of 10.2% and 7.3% respectively, over the same period, to reach respective values of $3.6 billion and $133.6 million in 2014.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.77-88
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• 2018

This study anatomizes various traits of slots in Slotomania, the most popular online slot game in the world. Developed by Playtika, Slotomania is a social casino genre game that runs over Facebook. Slotomania has been the number one as a title in the social casino genre, and this study multi-dimensionally analyzes various characteristics of slots that exist in the game. Specifically, it analyzes factors of 1) User Interface(UI) 2) Theme 3) Payline & Betting 4) Structure & Symbol 5) Bonus 6) Additional Traits. As a reuslt, it reports that there is "diversity". Therefore, it not only researches how and why those slots are attractive to people but also explores the market of social casino based on Facebook.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.589-598
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine risk factors for pathological gambling of horse race participants. Methods: The participants, 508 horse race gamblers, completed the DSM-IV criteria of pathological gambling, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-K) and Symptom Checklist-47-Revision (SCL-47-R). Data were analyzed using t-test, $x^2$-test, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analyses. Behaviors related to horse racing, alcohol abuse, and mental health were analyzed between problem or pathological gamblers compared to recreational gamblers. Results: The prevalence rates of recreational, problem, and pathological gambling were 36.6%, 39.4%, and 24.0%, respectively. Frequency of gambling (${\geq}4/day$), frequency of racetrack visiting (${\geq}3/month$), accompaniment (alone), and mental health (SCL-47-R scores) were all associated with increased risks of problem and pathological gambling. Expenditure on betting (${\geq}200,000$ won/day) and alcohol abuse (AUDIT-K 8-20 scores) group members had higher levels of gambling pathology than recreational gamblers. Conclusion: Problem and pathological gambling are highly associated with alcohol abuse and mental health disorders, suggesting that clinicians should carefully evaluate this population.