This Smells Like Hypocrisy

[Pierre 2]

I remember watching horse racing video game on playstation YouTube account. They literally made video game of it. I guess horse racing is some sort of cultural phenomenon in Japan. But it doesn't make sense to me so. I mean why don't they allow sports betting anyways if horse racing is okay. Some forms of gambling are banned in my country too but betting in overall is allowed/permitted. Well I guess its just Japan being Japan type of thing.

[Woodie]

Banning gambling in a country can have its benefits like preventing its citizens from getting into debt, depression, being unproductive at work and possibly crime, but all this comes with control from a responsible gambler!

But seeing the Government has chosen to make exceptions to what is banned, I do agree with the OP, this is hypocrisy at its best and I wouldn't be surprised if these guys have an interest in this... Maybe someone in the system owns horses that race and they want to keep this market under their exclusive control.