Inside Asian Gaming

2020 年 2月 IAG JAPAN 45 日本 Okinawa ruled itself out of Japan’s IR race following a 2018 election. 2018年の選挙の結果により、沖縄県はIR誘致を見送り mixing policy with his personal scam? I wish the media wouldn’t be so quick to be biased and negative against IRs.” One major operator told IAG , “What did the company with no experience or know-how in running IRs plan to do by giving money to someone with absolutely no authority [in deciding IR operators]? “It’s unfathomable to us. However, we are happy to bleed out the poison.” Brendan D. Bussmann, Partner and Director of government affairs for Global Market Advisors, told IAG , “It is unfortunate that you have one company that has minimal if any shot of landing an IR license casting such a shadow on an industry that has good operators that want a strong regulatory environment to operate, similar to those in Singapore and Nevada. “What will be telling is how far the pendulum potentially swings to negate the actions of a few as to not over-regulate an industry that would turn away quality operators from investing tens of billions in Japan, its people, and driving tourism. “Now that the Regulatory Commission is in place, it will be incumbent upon them to finalize the regulatory structure and IR selection process. In that effort, they will have to glean from other similar jurisdictions like Nevada and Singapore but make sure that their reach isn’t overly burdensome or reduces investment and market potential. There are ways to keep bad actors out of the marketplace and the most recent incidents help further that effort along. “For IRs, it is still about education as there has never been a large or solid push to the general public on the positives that this can bring in tens of billions of dollars in investment, job creation and economic development. Those operators that partner with the government in showing not only the positives but also starting to turn public opinion into a positive will likely have a leg up over those that just simply rely on their merits.” An official of a local municipality aiming for a bid said, “At this point it hasn’t affected us. We will continue the procedure as we have been, steady and under strict regulation.”