Rambling on Gambling: 6月 2014

2014年6月25日水曜日

Answers for the questions part3

Q4 How many countries are gambling legal ?

We have found that there are as many as 154 countries which allow gambling. We describe counries by region below.

We were surprised that Japan was included in this list even if gambling is illegal under the laws of Japan. (Of course there are some gambling such as pachinko, mahjong, motorboat racing and horse racing.)

Next time we are going to research about how these gambling get around the law!

North America

Canada
Mexico
United States

Africa

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Asia

Armenia
Bahrain
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macao
Malaysia
Myanmar
North Korea
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Viet Nam

Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonnaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Curaçao
Dominican Republic
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Martin
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands

Central and South America

Argentina
Belize
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

Europe

Åland Islands
Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Northern Mariana Islands
Papua New Guinea
Réunion
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu

Narayanan, Vin. "Worldwide Casinos, Horse Tracks and Other Gaming." Casino City. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 June 2014. http://www.casinocity.com/casinos/

2014年6月19日木曜日

Survey on gambling

We have made a simple survey about gambling in Japan. We would be very happy if you participate in it.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QQYWMW6

Enjoy!!

2014年6月18日水曜日

Answer for the questions part2

Q1 What is gambling?

Q30 Is gambling with friends the same as gambling in casinos?

Literally speaking, gambling means to wager of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods.

Considering this meaning, Japanese pachinko and mahjang are regarded as gambling and they should be banned. Moreover, if you bet some money, when you play cards with your friends, it is also seen as a gambling.

References

"Gambling." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 June 2014. Web. 16 June 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling>

2014年6月12日木曜日

Answers for the questions

We are going to answer two or more questions in a week !

Q2 Which casinos earn the most money?
Q3 How much does the casino, which makes the most money, earn in a day?

We can't find one particular casino which makes the most money, but we can find that casinos in Macau earn the most money. We have thought that casinos in Las Vegas earn the most money in the world. According to the website at which we took a look, casinos in Macau earn seven times as much money as casinos in Las Vegas. Macau earn about $45 billion in a day, while Las Vegas earn $6 billion in a day.

References

Keeffe, Kate O' "Macau's 2013 Gambling Revenue Rose 19% to $45.2 Billion." The Wall Street Journal. Andrew Langhoff, 2 Jan. 2014. Web. 11 June 2014. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303640604579295884261629874

Q13 What is the origin of gambling?

Gambling dates back to ancient times where they would use knuckle bones and marked sticks. Many of the game that are played in casinos originate from ancient China and Europe. The game Keno that used to be played in ancient China has now become modern day lotteries. Another ancient game in China named Pai Gow has been combined with poker and is now played in many casinos. Even then there were problems with gambling, with some countries banning it.

References:

"History of Gambling." Thur. 12 June. 2014. Web. 1 Jan. 2014. http://gamblingsummary.com/index.php/history/history

"Origin and History of Gambling." . Web. 1 Jan. 2014. http://gamblingsummary.com/index.php/history/history

2014年6月1日日曜日

Word Cloud

We have posted two word clouds.
These words in the two word clouds are taken from the words in two websites. One website is for gambling and the other is against it.

For

Li, William . "Jiggery Pokery – The economics of gambling in Australia and proposed pokies reforms." . N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2014. <http://www.ecolarge.com/blog/jiggery-pokery-%E2%80%93-economics-gambling-australia-proposed-pokies-reforms/>

In this website, gambling is regarded as a good thing because there are many advantages.

You can find that there are some words related to economic such as "benefit" , "economic", "value" or "price". That's why, in this website, gambling is seen as a good thing to make economic better.

Against

Gambling Addiction. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2014. <http://www.gamblingaddiction.org/>

On the other hand, in this webpage, gambling is regarded as a bad thing because it is dangerous to be addicted to it.

You can see that there are some words that react negatively to gambling such as "addiction", "help", "avoid" or "blame", so in this website, gambling is described as negative to make people addicted to gambling and ruin their lives.