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After so many delays, Japan casinos must move forward… later
27th April 2021
| By Muhammad Cohen
Japan’s long-awaited legalisation of casino gaming, through the integrated resorts project, prompted widespread industry enthusiasm for a new, highly engaged market. However delays, setbacks and high costs suggest it is starting to sour. But in his first piece for iGB, Muhammad Cohen writes that the pandemic has presented the chance to reset integrated resorts rules and broaden the properties’ appeal.
Japanese casino legalisation has been in the cards for decades, but legislative and bureaucratic fiddling has let enthusiasm burn out. The only sure thing so far has been delay at every stage of Japan’s integrated resort process.
Police Raid Illegal Poker Club in Japan with Alleged Links to the Yakuza
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A police raid in Japan shut down an underground poker club that authorities believe may have links to the Yakuza.
A police raid in Tokyo has uncovered poker’s underground links to Japan’s largest organized crime syndicate, the Yakuza. (Image: Wikipedia)
According to a report by local station TV Asahi, Tokyo Metropolitan Police busted the illegal poker room on April 24. The underground casino was located in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward and, according to police, profits from its games were allegedly helping to fund organized crime.
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