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Gambling is not legal in Japan, but this guy is running a casino school in the hopes they legalize it. Thought this was interesting:

Legalized gambling is one pillar of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pro-growth agenda, and he has promised to back a casino bill in the coming parliament session this fall.

Mr. Abe's support didn't help this spring, when a casino bill failed to come up for a vote due to bureaucratic delays. But legislators say the chances are better this time.

U.S. heavyweights—like Las Vegas Sands Corp. , Wynn Resorts Ltd. and MGM Resorts International —have already been talking up the billions of dollars they are prepared to spend on a casino-resort in Japan if given the opportunity. And already, casino executives have stepped up their location scouting, eyeing sites from Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market to a man-made island in Osaka.

And casino-industry analysts have said that Japan could quickly become the world's second-biggest casino market after Macau, which generated $45 billion in gambling revenue last year, according Macau government data.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/japa...galized-1409020204?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories

The article goes on to note that they are hopeful to legalize gambling in Japan by the time the 2020 Olympics are hosted in Toyko.
 

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