The second of eight public hearings on the structure, risks, and local rewards of building integrated casino resorts took place in Osaka on Friday, with concerns raised about problem gamblers, floor layouts and where the resorts would likely be most profitable.
The public hearings come just a few weeks after a government panel tasked with creating the framework for how casino gambling would work in practice submitted its recommendations to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The first session was held Thursday in Tokyo, and the remaining sessions will be held by the end of this month.
The Diet is expected to take up the recommendations in its autumn session, and the licensing and operation procedures for casino resorts, also called integrated resorts, are expected to be approved by the end of the year.
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