• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.43-54
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• 2009

This paper is written for analyzing the history of the Korean game legislation system. The regulation system of amusement place business that is discussed in this paper was started at the Enforcement Rule of the Amusement Place Act of 1973. It was maintained till 1999 and comes under the quickening period of the current game legislation. The legal regulation of this times was accomplished through the Amusement Place Act, the Amusement Place Business Act and the Public Health Act. The amusement place business was differentiated into the athletics facility business, the amusement facility business and the game proffer business of current legislations. The game proffer business succeeds to the kernel of the regulation system of amusement place business. Therefore, The basis of the current game legislation was constituted in the times of the regulation system of amusement place business. Two cores of the regulation system of amusement place business, (1) the separation of the amusement instrument and the speculation, (2) the regulation of a place of business, are still the important issues of the current game legislation.