Author(s)

Yukiko Horiuchi¹, Akira Sakamoto², Kumiko Akiyama³, Akiyo Shoun⁴, Naoyuki Nishimura⁵, Kikunori Shinohara⁶, Yasunobu Komoto⁷, Taku Sato⁸, Hitoshi Ishida³, Nobuo Makino⁹

¹Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
²Faculty of Core Research, Human Science Division, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
³The Nikkoso Foundation for Safe Society, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵Recovery Support Network, Okinawa, Japan.
⁶Tokyo University of Science, SUWA, Nagano, Japan.
⁷Yoshino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸Naruse Mental Clinic, Tokyo, Japan.
⁹Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan.

To understand the reality of gambling disorder caused by playing pachinko/pachislot, a national pachinko/pachislot survey was conducted. Based on the survey result, we examined the appearance ratio and the characteristics of individuals with a suspected pachinko-pachislot playing disorder. The analysis result indicated that approximately 0.4% of survey respondents were suspected to have the disorder. This appearance ratio was comparable to the prevalence of gambling disorder in the general population. Those who had a suspected disorder were likely to be divorced, and have no savings. Meanwhile, no distinctive characteristics were found in their gender, annual household income, or the highest educational attainment.

Gambling Disorder, Pachinko/Pachislot Playing Disorder, National Survey, Japan

Horiuchi, Y. , Sakamoto, A. , Akiyama, K. , Shoun, A. , Nishimura, N. , Shinohara, K. , Komoto, Y. , Sato, T. , Ishida, H. and Makino, N. (2018) Prevalence of Pachinko-Pachislot Playing Disorder and the Characteristics of Individuals with the Disorder: Analysis of National Pachinko/Pachislot Survey Results. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 8, 120-130. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2018.82011.