From Gaming Today on Monday, June 14, 2010:
MACAU -- Frank Fahrenkopf, president and CEO of American Gaming Association (AGA), scolded Asian gaming regulators for not paying enough attention to "responsible gaming," in a talk show interview on Monday.
"In our view," said Fahrenkopf, "Asia has not paid enough attention to what we call responsible gaming." He credited the success of the Macau casino industry as "probably the reason why there is no much interest throughout Asia."
However, he warned, "the jurisdiction has a duty to do whatever it can to help the people who can’t gamble responsibly. Pretty much around the world, about one percent of the population will have trouble adjusting to gaming."
He called that one percent "pathological gamblers," and noted that they "will lose all their money." With families involved, Fahrenkopf said, "they may commit a crime, and that presents problems."
According to the Macau Daily Times, which reported on the interview, Fahrenkopf made his remarks to the talk show TDM during the 2010 Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2EAsia).
