Good Morning. Team work makes the dream work. The focus now is on how Japan’s progressive leadership under the new Prime Minister will align with the nation’s integrated resort aspirations beyond Osaka. The benefit is that the legacy was already pro-casino, so hopes are that this next political shift can help drive forward gaming in other regions. Looking to Thailand, things are going the opposite way, with a rescind of the allowance for poker games shutting down a potentially emergent sector and signalling how volatile political interests are towards gaming-related activities.
What you need to know
- In Japan’s moves to set up integrated resorts, fortune favors the brave, and the new prime minister could be key in this next iteration.
- Thailand reinstates nationwide poker ban under new Anutin administration, moving away from liberalized gaming policy.
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JAPAN
New PM signals interesting future for Japan IRs
Japan’s new leadership shift is potentially paving the way for more friendly integrated-resort approaches, if Sanae Takaichi follows through on previously etched out plans. But she still faces an interesting political structure, which could be detrimental not only to gaming work, with strong opposition to views that she and others espouse. Author Daniel Cheng breaks down the current dynamics.
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