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1 GLR 1 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/gmglwr1 and id is 1 raw text is: GAMING LAW REVIEW Volume 1, Number 1, 1997 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Editorial A Word from the House IN THE SUMMER OF 1991, I embarked upon a two-year stint as a research scholar in Japan. My mission: no less than to discover the heart and soul of the Land of the Rising Sun. Who would have imagined that my quest would end with a visit to that prototypical Japanese gam- ing institution: the pachinko (pinball) parlor! Here, amid blaring music and the roar of steel balls clattering through hundreds of up- right pinball machines, staid salarymen shrug off their gray jackets and lose themselves to the lure of fickle fortune. In a country famous for its orderliness and thriftiness, pachinko stands out like a protruding nail-the kind that, ac- cording to a popular Japanese saying, gets hammered down. This nail, however, is golden. Literally. In fact, despite Japan's worst recession since World War II, gross revenue from pachinko has doubled since the late 1980s, according to esti- mates of both the government and private an- alysts. It has hit $275 billion a year-more than the world-wide sales of Japan's auto industry.1 Japan's experience has been echoed across the globe in recent years. Indeed, the spectac- ular success and growth of gaming has spawned new efforts to further regulate what is already the most regulated industry in the world. These efforts range from the enactment of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in the United States to the birth of the U.S. National Gaming Impact Commission to new laws in countries from the United Kingdom to Monaco, from the West Indies to Saipan and Tinian. Yet, to date, there has been a disappointing lack of full-fledged gaming law periodicals. As Editor-in-Chief of Gaming Law Review, my goal is to fill this void. Gaming Law Review will begin as a quarterly journal and contain inter- national coverage of legislative, regulatory, and judicial matters affecting gaming. From a stel- lar editorial board to authoritative analyses and opinion pieces to publication of hard-to-find in- formation and documents, Gaming Law Review is meant to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in this burgeoning field. In our first issue, you will find full text and summaries of cutting-edge judicial decisions and articles that: review the results of recent gaming initia- tives at the polls; analyze the National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act; explore jurisdiction and regulatory issues in Internet gaming; examine gaming legislation and regulation in the U.K. and the West Indies; trace the link between Native American land claims to casino gambling in New York State; explain the rules for enforcement of gaming debts; spotlight casino siting issues in Mississippi; document the Native American struggle to gain economic independence through gam- ing; address the legal and social costs of com- pulsive gambling; discuss the impact of casino gaming in Nova Scotia and Ontario; consider the ramifications of gaming law in Tinian. In upcoming issues, we will bring you arti- cles on the legal dimensions of lotteries, sports betting, pari-mutuel wagering, bingo, card games, riverboat gaming, casinos, and cruise and in-flight gaming. We will report and ana- 1

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