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Japan May Pass a Bill to Permit Land-Based Casinos

Potentially some big news from Japan. The country's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) once again began yesterday. the on-again, off-again discussions to legalize land-based casinos in a lower house committee of the country’s parliament, the Diet.

Time is ticking away for a bill to be passed into law in 2016 as the current extraordinary session of the Diet ends on Dec. 14.

Diet Affairs Committee Chairman Wataru Takeshita shared on Tuesday during a press conference that a bill could be passed by the lower house of the Diet as soon as Dec.