Treatment and aftercare included
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito hoped last week to pass a problem gambling bill before the Diet session ended December 9.
According to CalvinAyre.com, the lawmakers looked for help to the Nippon Ishin no Kai party in the House of Representatives to get the legislation approved. Enactment of the bill is widely presumed to be a necessary step before the Integrated Resorts Implementation Bill passed in December 2016 can be passed, according to the Jiji Press. That bill will not be consider until 2018 unless the problem gambling bill is approved.
The bill includes plans to fight gambling addiction that include treatment programs for problem gamblers and “social support” once they have completed treatment.
