The core subject in setting up the CAP of gambling industry is to investigate the optimum level regarding the gambling industry and establish the upper or maximum limit. The CAP of the gambling industry is set up by following the procedure shown below. According to the 1st National Master Plan for Responsible Gambling in 2008, the CAP regarding the proportion of GGY to GDP of the gambling industry was set up at the level of 0.58% by 2013. The 2nd National Master Plan for Responsible Gambling on February 2014 initially set it at 0.58% but in the following month it dropped to 0.54% due to the amendment of the System of National Account.

The evaluation of the soundness of the gambling industry is enforced under Articles 5 and 16 of the National Gambling Control Commission Act and the 1st Comprehensive Plan for Responsible Gambling established in 2008. The evaluation system has aimed to assess the effort of each gambling business to enhance the soundness of the gambling business as a whole and to minimize its social side effects. This has led each gambling business to emphasize the bright side of the gambling industry as a healthy leisure activity and apply it to the actual business administration. In order to evaluate each gambling business, the Commission established a plan to assess the soundness of the gambling industry, which was decided at a general meeting of the Commission. In addition, an evaluation committee was composed to conform the assessment guide and examine the assessment results. The results has been applied to the sales CAP and the levy.

Based on the plan for the electronic players’ card system, a detailed action plan was prepared in January 2010. Card readers were installed in the following July on some of the gambling premises, encouraging those who had the cards to make use of the newly activated system in placing their bets.
Because the issuing and usage of the electronic players’ cards were optional, the number of card users was very few, which led users to suffer certain inconveniences.
Based on the results of the pilot operation, an improved plan has been prepared through several meetings among relevant authorities, related institutions, and experts in January 2012. A new pilot operation was also put into practice in July 2012 and is still in progress.
For horse-, bicycle- & motorboat-racing, 10 percent of the off-track betting parlors implemented the system. There are two types of pilot operation for these parlors: 1) venues with complete ban on cash betting and 2) those that allow small amount of wagering under KRW 30,000 or KRW 50,000. Kangwon Land, the casino that allows both Korean and non-Korean players, also participated in this pilot operation by installing electronic table games for the trials of one-day betting limit and gambling addiction prevention effect of the system.

In the 2nd National Master Plan for Responsible Gambling established in February 2014, an enlarged plan for implementation of the electronic players’ card system was prepared. The core of this plan was to build an implementation basis by the end of 2016 for the purpose of the full implementation of the system in 2018.

Based on the National Master plan, the ‘TFT for Promotion of the Electronic Players’ Card System’ was formed. The TFT investigated the existing means of enforcing the system and devised the solutions to problems with the system.

Moreover, the TFT decided to set up a plan for enlarged implementation of the system according to the analysis of monitoring results and example cases.

In March 2015, ‘the guideline for the expanded implementation of the electronic card system’ and specific plans for each gambling business operators were established. However, due to the complaints from horse-, bicycle- and motorboat-racing operators, the plans were confirmed in September 2016 after objective and empirical verification of experts from third parties.

Highlights of the implementation plan
- Kangwon Land : Install additional electronic betting table, offer overindulgence alarm to card users
- Sports Toto : Launch electronic ticket control system
- Lotteries : Implementation of the prevention and treatment measures for high-risk gamblers
- Race betting : Set up and fulfill the goal for the increased ratio of electronic card users and the bets made from the cards.

It is expected that the wider use of electronic player’s card and improved system will contribute to reduce the social side-effects of problem gambling and to help develop each gambling activities into sound and responsible leisure which people enjoy with small amount of betting.

Basic principles
- Improved electronic player’s card system with stronger user protection
- Realistic goals for the number of the card users and the amount of betting made from the card to encourage operators to be more responsible
- ‘Consumer Protection Council for the Gambling Industry’ for user protection to continue developing measures to prevent players from problem gambling

The 3rd National Master Plan states that the ‘Consumer
Protection Council for the Gambling Industry’, the meeting of experts from related organizations to be launched in 2019 for regular discussions to review the progress made for the electronic player’s card system and improve the measures to protect players from gambling harms.

In May 2012, the National Gambling Control Commission prepared a legal basis for the establishment of the Surveillance & Report Center of Illegal Gambling according to the modification of the National Gambling Control Commission Act. The system of surveillance and reporting on illegal gambling was built when the quota of field investigators recruited for the project was filled in April 2013.
Since November 2013, the Center has been carrying out its role, including the establishment and modification of policies regarding investigations of illegal gambling, the receiving of reports and website monitoring, an inquiry into the illegal gambling field, surveillance, and police investigation requests.

The National Gambling Control Commission has been providing gambling addiction prevention and treatment services via the Addiction Prevention & Treatment Center since 2007. The National sed by the gambling industry and illegal gamblingGambling Control Commission Act was amended in 2012, which established a legal basis to create a levy for addiction prevention and treatment. This led to the founding of the Korea Problem Gambling Agency (KPGA) in August, 2013 in order for the commission to operate and efficiently manage the levy, and also promote relevant services. Moreover, the agency has prepared various services to provide effective ways to protect gamblers from gambling addiction.

Purpose: Operation of the agency to prevent and treat gambling addiction and problems caused by the gambling industry and illegal gambling Legal basis: Article 14, Section 2 of the National Gambling Control Commission Act (amended on January 18, 2022)

Main agent of levy imposition and collection: National Gambling Control Commission
- According to Article 14, Section 2, Clause 7 of the National Gambling Control Commission Act, the Commission is able to consign imposition, collection, management, and operation of the levy to the KPGA.

Purpose of establishment: to carry out its mission of gambling addiction prevention and treatment services regarding the gambling industry or illegal gambling

Main functions are listed below:
1) Program development and supply regarding counseling, education, and promotion of prevention and treatment
2) Research analysis and evaluation
3) Fostering professional staff for prevention and treatment
4) Cooperation with medical institutions
5) Service support of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of problem gamblers
6) International exchange and cooperation regarding prevention and treatment
7) Projects assigned by the govenrment or the NGCC.
8) Other projects or activities for the prevention and treatment of problem gambling