Around five hundred thousand educators, psiquiatrists and games of chance experts are participating in the first International Conference on Gambling Addiction, whose aim is to study the problem in depth. During the two-day conference organized by the Singaporean National Council for gambling problems, assistants deal with the causes of the gambling addiction and the consecuences that such problem involves for the gambler and his family.

Korea will host its first international conference on the subject of casinos next Tuesday. The International Conference on Casino Development and Strategy will be held at the Millennium Seoul Hilton in central Seoul on July 10-11. The meeting was organized by the Korea Casino Association; Kangwon Land, the operator of the nation's only casino for Koreans; Grand Korea Leisure, a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization and the operator of the foreigners-only casino Seven Luck.