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In response, Mayor Lee said, “Since the private investment company’s business plan was received on November 25, we have been gathering public opinion regarding the Korea Racing Authority’s announcement of a park-type off-track betting facility,” adding, “After the deadline for public submissions on November 29, we have already sent an official letter requesting consultation on the situation and the KRA’s stance.”In his response, the mayor also explained, “If KRA’s park-type off-track betting facility is established and operated within the Suanbo Tourism Special Zone, tax revenue is estimated to reach about 2.5 billion won annually through collected grants and financial subsidies.” He added, “We will do our best during consultations with Chungbuk Province and Chungju City to ensure that a significant portion of the leisure tax attributable to Chungbuk Province is reinvested for a certain period in the Suanbo area, where the park-type off-track betting facility will be located.”

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Eo Kyung-seon, head of the Chungju Citizens’ Coalition opposing the establishment of a virtual horse racing track, emphasized, “The foundation and core of the Chungju Horse Culture Complex Leisure Center is the installation and operation of a virtual horse racing track within Chungju city,” adding, “It will affect not only the daily lives of residents in the Chungju area but also the economy. Since it is expected to have ripple effects throughout society, we cannot help but oppose the bid,” they said, reiterating the opposition stance of the Chungju Citizens’ Coalition Against the Bid.Shin Geon-jun, Secretary General of the Chungju Citizens’ Coalition Against the Hwaseong Horse Racing Track, and Lee Seon-young, Secretary General of the Chungbuk Participation Solidarity, also expressed negative views on the project plan for attracting, establishing, and developing the horse culture complex leisure center through their opening remarks, and voiced their opposition as a group.

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He added that, through the general opening remarks, he explained that the guidebook for park-style off-track betting facilities was released with the basic policy that the KRA would carry out the pilot project, as this model comprehensively considered and incorporated improvements to address issues that arose during the installation and operation of existing off-track betting facilities, as well as the diverse demands and suggestions of local residents.Team Leader Kim added, “The park-type OTC sales outlets will be selected through a fixed, predetermined review process for applicants submitted through a public contest, and after approval procedures by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, they will be finalized. The plan is to proceed with a pilot project and then decide whether to expand it.”

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He added that, through the general opening remarks, he explained that the guidebook for park-style off-track betting facilities was released with the basic policy that the KRA would carry out the pilot project, as this model comprehensively considered and incorporated improvements to address issues that arose during the installation and operation of existing off-track betting facilities, as well as the diverse demands and suggestions of local residents.Team Leader Kim added, “The park-type OTC sales outlets will be selected through a fixed, predetermined review process for applicants submitted through a public contest, and after approval procedures by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, they will be finalized. The plan is to proceed with a pilot project and then decide whether to expand it.”

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Following the keynote presentations, a panel discussion involving experts from various fields was held, where a wide range of opinions were put forward on preventing the spread of illegal gambling in Korea.Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Integrated Supervision Commission on Gambling, who took the floor as the first discussant, briefly introduced the background, definition, and role of the commission, and said, “Although the commission was created at its inception to eradicate illegal gambling games, during its development it was not recognized as having enforcement authority, so it ended up focusing less on cracking down on illegal gambling and more on imposing institutional regulation on the legal aspects.” Also, “A task force for cracking down on illegal gambling is scheduled to be formed soon within the Disciplinary Committee, and I am grateful that the National Assembly created this opportunity.”

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Researcher Kang said, “Compared to the astronomical expected profits, that level of punishment has become acceptable. If the system for recovering criminal proceeds is actively utilized to strongly recover the profits earned from gambling, illegal gambling could be reduced.” Along with this, measures to ease regulations were also presented as a solution to strengthen the competitiveness of the legal gambling industry. Research Fellow Kang said, “It is time to consider ways to absorb the demand from illegal gambling industries into the legal market,” adding, “Until now, the total sales cap system has only applied to legal gambling businesses, but going forward, it is necessary to include illegal gambling industries and implement an integrated total sales cap system.”

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At present, as an alternative, we intend to place an online illegal gambling investigator in the disciplinary committee. I agree that the Gambling Supervision Commission needs to ease regulations on the legal gambling industry. He said, “I think the idea of integrating the legal and illegal scales under the total sales volume system is a groundbreaking solution, but in reality, it seems difficult because the scale of illegality varies from one investigative agency to another.”Because of this, major domestic shipping lines are drooling over national-flagged cruises. Moreover, if domestic access to onboard casinos is permitted, people will be able to board and use casinos in places like Incheon, Busan, and Jeju, which will become cruise home ports, greatly improving accessibility. In the end, the national cruise business is expected to become a “goose that lays golden eggs.”

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Kim Moon-young, publisher of this paper, said, “The legal private industry is managed and supervised under relevant laws in each sector, but it is struggling under the double regulation of overlapping regulations imposed by the Private School Discrimination Investigation Act. To prevent the spread of illegal gambling, we need to strengthen the competitiveness of the legal gambling industry, so I asked Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Gambling Supervisory Commission, “How about changing the name of the commission to the Illegal Gambling Management and Supervision Commission to better reflect its significance in launching?”Regarding this, Secretary-General Park Sung-ki said, "If the Disciplinary Committee Act is abolished, there will be confusion among the public. It was stated that a second “Bada Story” incident could be repeated, and “In the long term, the Disciplinary Committee needs special judicial authority over illegal gambling.”

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Moreover, when the “Act on the Promotion and Support of the Cruise Industry,” which allowed onboard cruises, was being reviewed in the National Assembly, criticism is pouring in because, when concerns about gambling were raised, he promised to “strictly limit entry to nationals,” only to reverse his position just three months later after the law passed the National Assembly this February.Discord is already arising even in coordination among government ministries. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which oversees approval authority, bluntly stated that it has never considered allowing domestic nationals to use onboard casinos. This is because allowing domestic nationals to use casinos is prohibited under current law.

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Currently, the payout rate of horse racing in our country is 73%, which is far too low compared with the OECD average. Even in Japan, it becomes 75.1%, and in Hong Kong, 78.1%. In countries like the United Kingdom or Australia, it reaches as high as 89%. Our country takes too many taxes off people. On top of that, there are many horse racing taxes, including a 100% increase in entrance fees, double taxation at more than 100 times the rate, and refunds exceeding 2 million won. So the content is that horse racing taxes should be reduced.

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In fact, the staff working at LetsRun Park Jeju had also been concerned about this issue, but there were limitations due to internal circumstances. Because there were various conflicts as the Halla horse and the Jeju horse ran together, there was no capacity to systematically invest training or energy.At the end of February 2016, with the signing of an agreement on the development of the horse industry, the obstacle to going to Jeju horse racing was removed. I couldn’t carry the Jeju horse race on like this. I had to provide products that customers wouldn’t feel embarrassed about.

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During the process of training to ride a colt, it fell together with the horse and got run over by it, getting injured. Since then, I developed aftereffects from my ankle. Even now, I can’t run at full speed. There is currently no major impact on Gyeongju, but at the time it had an impact. My ankle was swollen from a ligament tear and fracture, but because I wanted to keep riding for the race, I said I had a sprain. Limping, I tried to ride even one more horse. At that time, a full recovery was not properly achieved, so there are still slight aftereffects present now.

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Currently, the payout rate of horse racing in our country is 73%, which is far too low compared with the OECD average. Even in Japan, it becomes 75.1%, and in Hong Kong, 78.1%. In countries like the United Kingdom or Australia, it reaches as high as 89%. Our country takes too many taxes off people. On top of that, there are many horse racing taxes, including a 100% increase in entrance fees, double taxation at more than 100 times the rate, and refunds exceeding 2 million won. So the content is that horse racing taxes should be reduced.

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Moreover, when the “Act on the Promotion and Support of the Cruise Industry,” which allowed onboard cruises, was being reviewed in the National Assembly, criticism is pouring in because, when concerns about gambling were raised, he promised to “strictly limit entry to nationals,” only to reverse his position just three months later after the law passed the National Assembly this February.Discord is already arising even in coordination among government ministries. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which oversees approval authority, bluntly stated that it has never considered allowing domestic nationals to use onboard casinos. This is because allowing domestic nationals to use casinos is prohibited under current law.

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Following the keynote presentations, a panel discussion involving experts from various fields was held, where a wide range of opinions were put forward on preventing the spread of illegal gambling in Korea.Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Integrated Supervision Commission on Gambling, who took the floor as the first discussant, briefly introduced the background, definition, and role of the commission, and said, “Although the commission was created at its inception to eradicate illegal gambling games, during its development it was not recognized as having enforcement authority, so it ended up focusing less on cracking down on illegal gambling and more on imposing institutional regulation on the legal aspects.” Also, “A task force for cracking down on illegal gambling is scheduled to be formed soon within the Disciplinary Committee, and I am grateful that the National Assembly created this opportunity.”

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Since last year, the province, the Jeju Horse Producers Association, and the Korea Racing Authority have come together to carry out the project. Although it was in the early stages, it was persuaded of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and eventually reached the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, but the special zone funds were not sufficiently provided. Through another route, we secured 400 million won in national funds and 400 million won in provincial funds, but as the project progressed, various internal regulations and legal issues made it impossible to use them.

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Following the keynote presentations, a panel discussion involving experts from various fields was held, where a wide range of opinions were put forward on preventing the spread of illegal gambling in Korea.Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Integrated Supervision Commission on Gambling, who took the floor as the first discussant, briefly introduced the background, definition, and role of the commission, and said, “Although the commission was created at its inception to eradicate illegal gambling games, during its development it was not recognized as having enforcement authority, so it ended up focusing less on cracking down on illegal gambling and more on imposing institutional regulation on the legal aspects.” Also, “A task force for cracking down on illegal gambling is scheduled to be formed soon within the Disciplinary Committee, and I am grateful that the National Assembly created this opportunity.”

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After receiving approval, we made a public announcement, and last year we held an explanatory meeting for therapists, assistant trainers, trainees, and owners.We created a standard manual last year. There is every single way to nurture and train. It was produced by capturing the actual training process on a CD.The problem is that after having all the materials prepared, "I made this. Although they said, “Please attend,” many farmers did not come, and there were things they did not know. That didn’t mean I could just leave it alone either.

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Jeju Halla University, which produced the training manual, and representatives from the pilot farms meet once a month to present the results and address any difficulties, refining the manual accordingly.After this process goes on to some extent, the horse created according to the manual comes out. Data tracking will be used to compare horses that have undergone training at demonstration farms with other horses, based on age. We will track and fear just how much the timing of race entries is getting earlier, and what the results are after they are entered.

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Unlike Thoroughbred, where production, training, and development are systematized, they are being put into racing at some point simply because they have reached an age. Because they come in without proper training, their expertise is lacking and accidents happen frequently. Even the horses’ running level drops. The ability is good, but the words and the deviation are also severe. Overall, the quality of the race is declining. Jeju horse racing is broadcast in Seoul and Busan, but there were also complaints from customers saying,

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Following the keynote presentations, a panel discussion involving experts from various fields was held, where a wide range of opinions were put forward on preventing the spread of illegal gambling in Korea.Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Integrated Supervision Commission on Gambling, who took the floor as the first discussant, briefly introduced the background, definition, and role of the commission, and said, “Although the commission was created at its inception to eradicate illegal gambling games, during its development it was not recognized as having enforcement authority, so it ended up focusing less on cracking down on illegal gambling and more on imposing institutional regulation on the legal aspects.” Also, “A task force for cracking down on illegal gambling is scheduled to be formed soon within the Disciplinary Committee, and I am grateful that the National Assembly created this opportunity.”

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Following the keynote presentations, a panel discussion involving experts from various fields was held, where a wide range of opinions were put forward on preventing the spread of illegal gambling in Korea.Park Sung-ki, Secretary General of the Integrated Supervision Commission on Gambling, who took the floor as the first discussant, briefly introduced the background, definition, and role of the commission, and said, “Although the commission was created at its inception to eradicate illegal gambling games, during its development it was not recognized as having enforcement authority, so it ended up focusing less on cracking down on illegal gambling and more on imposing institutional regulation on the legal aspects.” Also, “A task force for cracking down on illegal gambling is scheduled to be formed soon within the Disciplinary Committee, and I am grateful that the National Assembly created this opportunity.”

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There is a lack of knowledge and experience in personnel management and government policy necessary for running a ranch. I thought I knew a fair amount of speech and had studied a lot, but raising it myself turned out to be different from what I had imagined. I had dreamed of a life where I could run and play with words and live at ease. But in reality, besides horse management, there are many tasks to do such as pasture management, facility management, and government support, so there are many difficulties.

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He emphasized that “in the future, budget, organization, and cooperation are needed for cracking down on illegal gambling.”Lee Won-hee, head of the Public Institutions Research Center at the Korea Institute of Public Finance, stated, “Introducing a competitive system to expand and legitimize the market can also be one way to reduce illegal markets.” Meanwhile, Park Sung-ki, secretary-general of the Integrated Supervisory Commission on the Gambling Industry, stressed the need for budget, organization, and cooperation to crack down on illegal gambling.Professor Jonghwa Lee of Kwangwoon University's Department of Criminology stated, "There is research showing that regulating legal gambling businesses does not help eradicate illegal gambling at all." Hong Deok-hwa, head of the Citizens' Coalition for Addiction Prevention, argued, "If we shut down the illegal gambling market, which exceeds 100 trillion won, we could also solve the public officials' pension problem."

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Last year it was held on the lawn course, and this year it took place at the Sonopellice Equestrian Club. We also wanted to introduce and show Sono Felice Riding Club to the public, and it is true that last year, due to inconveniences with the practice arena and other facilities, we were unable to provide the horses with the best possible environment. This year, we played in a dedicated field so that the horses could compete in their best condition. Although it lacked the beauty and style of a grass field, competing in a dedicated venue allowed for a focused and compact match,