G3 INSIGHT - LAND-BASED GAMING Japan Does Japan still want casinos?
A scramble to submit bid applications has reversed polarity. Now the most coveted licences in the world have run into serious headwinds. How did it get to this? G3 speaks to gaming consultant Jonathon Strock, who spent six years investigating a bid for France’s Barriere Group in
Wakayama, Japan. He assesses the bidders, the reasons
for the withdrawals and the likely outcome for Japan’s great IR project.