Casino Industry in Asia Pacific: Development, Operation, and Impact is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive review of the gaming industry in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This valuable resource thoroughly details the history, the operational issues, and the impact of casino gaming in Australia, Korea, Macao, and Southeast Asia - and the Pachinko phenomenon in Japan. International authorities discuss crucial issues that involve policymakers and casino developers, allowing industry players a global perspective as they consider various important viewpoints in their long-range planning. Extensive bibliographies, helpful tables, and fascinating photographs are also included.

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Preface
  
• SECTION I: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND LEGISLATION
  
• Chapter 1. Casino History, Development, and Legislation in Australia (Helen Breen and Nerilee Hing)
  
• Early Colonization: 1778-1900
  
• Selective Legalization: 1900-1940s
  
• Government Endorsement and Market Growth: World War II to the 1970s
  
• Commercialization, Competition, and Market Expansion: 1970s to the Present
  
• Casinos in Australia
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 2. History, Development, and Legalization of Korean Casino Gaming (Choong-Ki Lee and Ki-Joon Back)
  
• Historical Development
  
• The Korean Casino Industry Today
  
• The Korean Gaming Regulatory System
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 3. Casino Gambling in Macao: Through Legalization to Liberalization (Glenn McCartney)
  
• The Early Years: Illegal to Legalized Gambling
  
• Period of Casino Development: Legalization to Monopoly Franchise
  
• Recent Events: The Liberalization of Macao's Casino Industry
  
• Regulation of the Liberalization
  
• Tourism Development
  
• Casino Investment Plans
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 4. Gambling in Japan (William N. Thompson)
  
• Pachinko: My Introduction to the Game
  
• What Is Gambling? Definitions and Fictions
  
• Would Pachinko Work Elsewhere?
  
• Addictive Qualities of Pachinko
  
• A Bit of HistoryA Lot of Ambiguity
  
• Other Forms of Gambling in Japan
  
• Summary and Future Developments
  
• Chapter 5. Gaming in Southeast Asia (Paul D. Bromberg)
  
• Introduction
  
• Cambodia
  
• Indonesia
  
• Laos
  
• Malaysia
  
• Union of Myanmar (Burma)
  
• Republic of Singapore
  
• Thailand
  
• Vietnam
  
• SECTION II: OPERATION
  
• Chapter 6. Essentials of Effective Regulation: Suggestions for Asian Gaming Jurisdictions (Fredric E. Gushin)
  
• Introduction
  
• Public Policy
  
• Casino Licensing
  
• Operational Controls
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 7. Casino Licensing Investigations (William R. Kisby and William O'Reilly)
  
• The Application Process
  
• Investigative Process
  
• Operator, Vendor, and Employee Investigation
  
• A Casino Licensing Case
  
• Chapter 8. Accounting, Internal Controls, and Casino Auditing (Kevin O'Toole)
  
• Accounting and Internal Controls
  
• Casino Auditing
  
• Chapter 9. Nonnegotiable Chips: Their Use and Cost (Andrew MacDonald and Sean Monaghan)
  
• Nonnegotiable Chips
  
• Mathematical Ratios: A Simple Geometric Progression
  
• Revenue Calculation Comparisons for Various Games After Tax
  
• Other Methods of Explanation
  
• Glossary
  
• SECTION III: GAMING AND SOCIETY
  
• Chapter 10. Social Impacts of Gambling in Australia (Nerilee Hing)
  
• The Impacts of Gambling
  
• Problem Gambling in Australia and Its Impacts
  
• The Rise of Problem Gambling As a Social Issue in Australia
  
• A Public Health Approach to Problem Gambling: The Role of Harm Minimization and Consumer Protection
  
• Government Responses to Problem Gambling
  
• Industry Responses to Problem Gambling
  
• The Effectiveness of Responsible Gambling Measures
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 11. Economics of Australian Casinos (Jeremy Buultjens)
  
• A Brief History of the Casino Industry
  
• Market Structures and Ownership Regimes
  
• The Impacts of Casinos
  
• The Economic Benefits from Casinos
  
• The Economic Costs of Casino Development
  
• Net Economic Assessment
  
• Constraints on Casinos
  
• The Future
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 12. Impacts of Casinos in Korea (Ki-Joon Back and Choong-Ki Lee)
  
• Introduction
  
• Economic Imp