Ban on Using 'Arcade Tokttaki' That Promotes Gambling Addiction

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[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] The automatic progression device, known as the 'arcade clicker,' is disappearing from game centers.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 31st that the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act, which includes a ban on the use of automatic progression devices, was passed at the 16th Cabinet meeting held that morning.

With the passage of this amendment, it will be illegal for game providers to offer automatic progression devices to game users and for game users to use them.

An automatic progression device is a device that automatically and repeatedly operates the joystick or buttons of a game machine on behalf of the game user.

Until now, game providers often provided automatic progression devices to users, allowing games to be played automatically without user operation. This method of game operation accelerated game progress and induced excessive spending, ultimately leading to illegal currency exchange and promoting gambling tendencies.

In addition, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has also reorganized regulations on web board games established in 2014. At that time, to prevent illegal currency exchange of game money, the Ministry limited the 'single use limit' and 'monthly payment limit' to 50,000 won and 500,000 won respectively. Also, if the 'daily loss limit' exceeded 100,000 won, users were prohibited from playing games for 24 hours.

However, there were opinions that the simultaneous restriction of the 'monthly payment limit' and 'single use limit' was redundant regulation, and blocking normal game users from playing for 24 hours was excessive regulation.

Accordingly, the Ministry abolished the 'daily loss limit' restriction. Instead, the Ministry decided to apply the same regulations applied to web board games to sports prediction games, which have similar characteristics to web board games.

A Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism official stated regarding this amendment, "It will dispel negative perceptions of game providers and web board games and contribute to establishing a healthy gaming culture," adding, "We will continue to strive to reasonably improve regulations on the game industry from the perspective of industry promotion and establishing a proper gaming culture."

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