ギャンブル依存症で対策条例　全国初、財源に企業の寄付―大阪府議会

　大阪府議会で２６日、ギャンブル依存症対策を推進する全国初の関連条例が可決、成立した。条例は最大会派の地域政党「大阪維新の会」が提案。依存症患者や支援者らの意見を反映させた施策を進める体制づくりのほか、必要な財源を確保するための基金も新設し、企業などから寄付を募る内容。年内にも公布される見通し。
　府は、カジノを含む統合型リゾート（ＩＲ）の整備計画を国に申請している。府内には競馬や競艇などを楽しめる場所が多く、２０２０年度に府が行った調査によると、推計で府民約９万８０００人がギャンブル依存症を疑われている。（2022/10/26-18:55）

The Osaka prefectural assembly has passed an ordinance tackling gambling addiction, the first of its kind in Japan.
   Proposed by the assembly's largest power, regional party Osaka Ishin no Kai, and enacted Wednesday, the ordinance calls for creating a system under which the prefectural government in western Japan will implement measures that incorporate the voices of gambling addicts and their supporters.
   The ordinance, set to take effect by year-end, also includes a plan to establish a foundation to secure funds for such measures. Companies will be asked to donate to the foundation.
   Osaka has submitted to the central government a casino-featuring integrated resort development plan.
   The prefecture has many facilities for betting on horse and speedboat racing. An estimated 98,000 Osaka residents are suspected of having a gambling addiction, according to a prefectural government survey in fiscal 2020.