In a recent debate on lotteries in the Control Yuan's finance committee, Ku Chia-hua suggested decriminalizing the playing of mahjongg at home in order to defuse people's obsession with gambling: "Gambling is a part of human nature, and banning it altogether only makes people seek ways to gamble illegally." Ku stresses that a controlled approach would be more effective than a total ban.
最近，監察委員谷家華在監察院財政委員會討論彩券問題時，建議開放家庭麻將，以紓解人的賭性。「人性中原就有賭性，一味禁止反而使人暗中從事非法的賭博」，谷家華強調，與其禁止，不如用疏導的方式。