Officials in Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture have confirmed that the region’s integrated resort (IR) bid remains active.
Japan’s Casino Administration Committee fielded just two IR bids a year ago this month. They came nearly four years after the controlling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan’s National Diet passed the 2018 gaming bill that authorized as many as three IR casino developments nationwide.
The two IR proposals came from the prefectures of Osaka and Nagasaki. Osaka’s plan is a roughly $8.1 billion project led by MGM Resorts and Japanese financial services firm Orix Corporation. Last week, Osaka’s casino bid was approved by the central government’s Casino Administration Committee.
Nagasaki’s pitch not being ruled on raised some eyebrows and concerns that the prefecture had folded on its casino ambitions. But officials there told GGRAsia, a gaming media outlet focused on Asian markets, that its casino pathway remains intact.
Japan’s Casino Administration Committee fielded just two IR bids a year ago this month. They came nearly four years after the controlling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan’s National Diet passed the 2018 gaming bill that authorized as many as three IR casino developments nationwide.
The two IR proposals came from the prefectures of Osaka and Nagasaki. Osaka’s plan is a roughly $8.1 billion project led by MGM Resorts and Japanese financial services firm Orix Corporation. Last week, Osaka’s casino bid was approved by the central government’s Casino Administration Committee.
Nagasaki’s pitch not being ruled on raised some eyebrows and concerns that the prefecture had folded on its casino ambitions. But officials there told GGRAsia, a gaming media outlet focused on Asian markets, that its casino pathway remains intact.
