Strict ID checks risk hurting casinos, Japan lawmaker says
Bloomberg | July 05, 2017
TOKYO (July 5): A proposal that residents of Japan be required to give their social security number before entering a casino could severely restrict access, the leader of a ruling party panel working on plans for the Singapore-style resorts said in an interview.
Identification cards with chips that contain data including social security numbers should be a requirement for entry, an expert panel working with bureaucrats on proposals for regulation of the so-called "integrated resorts" said last month. This would be a stricter requirement than in the U.S., where social security numbers are required only when collecting winnings over a certain limit. Foreign tourists in Japan are to be allowed to use their passports as ID, the panel said last month.
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