On May 19, the Japanese Casino Regulatory Commission opened public comments on screening standards for would-be casino licensees in keeping with the Act on Promotion of Development of Specified Complex Tourist Facilities Areas.
According to Inside Asian Gaming, current screening criteria include links to organized crime and financial stability, including sufficient liquid assets to sustain an operator through economic challenges.
The public comment period runs to June 17.
Under the liberalization act approved in 2016, up to three integrated resorts (IRs) will be permitted in Japan. By the April 28 deadline for local-government submissions, only two regions, Osaka and Nagasaki, applied.
The Japan Casino Regulatory Commission was set up in January 2020, and consists of 120 government officials, drawn respectively from the National Police Agency, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and other bodies, reported GGRAsia.
