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I would personally prefer a complete blanket ban on gambling and psuedo gambling online.

My country (Japan) likely has one of the highest rates of child gambling addiction in a developed nation.

The number of times I heard "I spent all my savings on the casino haha, gotta skip some meals I guess" was ludicrous.

That was in highschool. And now I see it in middle schools. (Siblings)

I have done my part ensuring my sibling doesn't get involved in that garbage.

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I feel like you are talking about gacha games and didn't say so, would make more sense than children physically going to casinos.

I know people of my generation that went to pachinko parlors at a very young age. They do not officially have a minimum age requirement.

It's just that the generation has moved onto gacha games with systems that are even worse. They tend to be better designed and more easily accessible.

Are children allowed into physical casinos in Japan, or are they gambling online and if so is that restricted at all?

it's a Pachinko parlor

Thanks. I guess since no gambling technically takes place, there's no reason to exclude minors.

Casinos are technically illegal.

So instead we have pachinko parlors. They do not have age restrictions.

We also have gacha games which heavily push gambling and incentivise the spending of money for png images.

What do you mean by casino here?

Pachinko parlors and gacha games.

The are all fundamentally designed around the same psychological hooks.

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