South Korea’s Kangwon Land casino resort will tighten its customer entry rules as a measure to prevent gambling addiction, says its management.
Kangwon Land chief executive Ham Seung-huie made the announcement during a government audit hearing at the country’s National Assembly, the Korea Times newspaper reported.
South Korea currently has 17 casinos, but the country’s nationals are only allowed to gamble at one of them - Kangwon Land in an upland area of Kangwon province.
The Korea Times report stated that the casino property was proposing to ban - for up to three months - entry to the property by suspected gambling addicts. The measure could be in place by next year, Ham reportedly said.
According to the newspaper, South Koreans are only allowed to gamble at Kangwon Land for up to 15 days in any given month. Those who visit the property for an aggregate of 30 days in two consecutive months are adjudged as likely to be gambling addicts and are banned from entry.
Currently, suspected addicts have the ban immediately lifted after attending a six-hour education programme at a Kangwon Land-run anti-gambling centre, the Korea Times report noted.
