Research On The Construction Of Responsible Gambling In China

Experienced 30 years of development, the public welfare fund from lottery has raised up to 610.3 billion RMB(as of 2014),and supports the civil administration welfare and the sports,as well as other social public welfare undertakings effectively. However, a problem to which we have to face is that with the expansion of the distribution, negative social influence related to lottery began to emerge and intensify,and become a challenge for the sustainable development of lottery. "Problem gambling" is one of the most prominent. The formation and development of "problem gambling" have brought trouble to individuals, families and the society.In order to alleviate the "problem gambling" and guarantee the sustainable development of the industry, "responsible gambling" has been put forward and put into practice by western countries. The "responsible gambling" practice in European and American countries has confirmed that the implementation of the "responsible gambling" can ease the problem of "problem gambling" effectively. As expect, lottery as a kind of important means of raising funds for public welfare undertakings, will continue to develop in our country. Therefore, it is a important choice for the sustainable development of China's lottery industry for us to build the "responsible gambling" which accords with the situation of our country, and also in the experiences of Europe and the United States for reference.The paper uses the method of documentary, comparative analysis and so on. Getting start from the analysis of "problem gambling" in our country's lottery development, the paper takes a comparative analysis of "problem gambling" in European and American countries, thus explore to build the "responsible gambling" in our country based on our own reality. The core content includes the following three aspects:Firstly, the paper interprets our country's "problem gambling" in the development of the lottery industry. The developing course of the lottery proves that the lottery legalization not only provides the social public legal gambling entertainment channels, as well as civil administration welfare, sports and other social commonweal career to raise a large amount of construction funds, but also supports the civil administration welfare and the sports and other social public welfare undertakings effectively. However, lottery has brought some negative influence to the society, one of the typical is "problem gambling". In this section, based on the "problem gambling" problem in the development of our country's lottery, analysis of "problem gambling" negative social influence and the reasons has been given.Secondly, the paper draws lessons from the European and American countries system of "responsible gambling". "Problem gambling" is a common problem faced by legalized gambling countries, Europe and the United States are not exceptional. In order to alleviate the "problem gambling", "responsible gambling" has been put forward by western countries.Carry out a proof, "responsible gambling" can effectively alleviate the negative social influences including "problem gambling". There would be a great significance for our country's "responsible gaming" system building on reference to the European and American countries "responsible gaming" experiences. This section interprets the meaning of "responsible gaming", on the basis of practice comparison of "responsible gambling" in Europe and the main countries, several available experiences for our country to learn from has been summing up.Thirdly, the paper constructs responsible gambling of our country. Each kind of system has the corresponding support such as to the economy, culture and tradition. Was the "responsible gambling" system which born in Europe and the United States suitable for our country? This section tries to answer the question. On the basis of analysis of currently related practices, the guiding ideology of "responsible gambling" system, from three levels-the government, lottery sales agencies, media, has been proposed to explore the "responsible gaming" in our country.