Editorial

14:59 JST, March 17, 2025

The use of online casinos, which is illegal, is spreading rapidly in Japan. It is essential to raise awareness in society that doing so is a crime, and to step up the crackdown on gambling brokers.

The National Police Agency has conducted its first survey on the issue, and it has found that an estimated 3.37 million people in Japan have accessed overseas online casino sites and gambled. The total am

However, according to the survey, 40% of online casino users said they did not know it was illegal. It is a shocking fact that illegal gambling is spreading due to misunderstanding.

The number of users of online casinos that were discovered by police nationwide last year was over 160, which is three times bigger than the previous year’s........

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