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Casino
June 2, 2021
Japan Makes Progress with IR activity as Yokohama and Wakayama Make Updates
Japan’s efforts to introduce integrated resorts (IR) and casino gambling to the country are making progress, even if they had to put things on hold for a while because of COVID-19. The country will initially allow three IRs to be built and, although there was a great deal of enthusiasm initially, the race to be […]
Casino
May 25, 2021
Nagasaki Leaders Actively Developing a Robust Integrated Resort Plan for the Prefecture
Nagasaki, Japan is confident that it has the talent and qualities to be one of the first three integrated resort (IR) hosts when the country issues its initial licenses next year. Despite its overwhelming optimism, the prefecture isn’t satisfied with idly waiting for a decision to be made and is demonstrating why it would be […]
Casino
May 18, 2021
Galaxy Entertainment Bows out of IR Race in Yokohama
When Japanese lawmakers first approved an initiative to bring casinos to the country by way of integrated resorts (IR), there was no shortage of interest on the part of gaming operators around the world. However, as time has progressed and COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the gaming industry, that interest has waned somewhat. Several big names […]
Sports
April 29, 2021
Japan May Be Ready to Add Sports Gambling to Its Growing Gaming Industry
Japan is already working non-stop to bring integrated resorts (IR) and casinos to life, but the country might be considering other forms of gambling, as well. As the popularity of pachinko, virtually the only type of gaming activity allowed, continues to wane in the country, there are plenty of alternatives to create new enterprises and […]
Business
April 15, 2021
Genius Sports Acquires B.LEAGUE Exclusive Data Rights
Sports data and digital content supplier Genius Sports announced today it entered into a multi-year partnership deal with B.LEAGUE to become its Exclusive Streaming and Data Partner for Betting. League Data Capturing Under the deal, Genius Sports and the Japanese governing body of professional basketball agreed to give access to live data and video insights […]
Casino
April 14, 2021
Nagasaki Continues IR Push as New Kyushu IR Council Launches
Efforts to bring casino gambling to Japan through integrated resorts (IR) continue, despite a few stumbles along the way. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed progress down considerably and it didn’t help that a national legislator was caught up in an IR bribery scandal with a Chinese gaming company, 500.com. Having overcome those issues, 2021 appears to […]
Casino
April 7, 2021
MGM Resorts Remains Only Suitor for an Osaka Integrated Resort
It might be taking longer than expected, but Japan’s attempt to bring integrated resorts (IR) to the country is moving forward. There are several cities still vying for position as one of the first three to be selected to host a major casino, and Osaka remains at the top of the list. As anxious as the city is to […]
Legal
March 19, 2021
Three Operators to Compete for Nagasaki Integrated Resort
The Prefecture in Nagasaki chose Casinos Austria, NIKI Group, and Oshidori International to continue to the next stage of interviews for an integrated resort. Current Group and One Kyushu were the two operators that did not make it forward. Nagasaki IR Moves Forward, Three Operators to Compete for the Project Earlier this month, Nagasaki prefecture […]
Industry
March 15, 2021
Japan Has No Plans to Legalize Online Gambling
Japan’s government has no plans to allow online gambling and plans to continue restricting illegal online gambling. Japan Doesn’t Intend to Legalize Online Gambling Chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party’s National Public Safety Commission, Hachiro Okonogi, denied any speculation that Japan could legalize online gambling. He stated that the government would continue to clamp down on such […]
Casino
February 22, 2021
Japanese House Rep. Asks How Chinese Blacklist Would Impact Integrated Resorts
The Chinese government expands its travel ban on gambling destinations but has not revealed the list publicly. Speculations as to why the list is necessary vary from protecting Chinese citizens to stop spending money abroad, making Japan question whether its upcoming Integrated Resort would fall within the blacklist. Japan Silent on China’s Upcoming Gambling Blacklist […]