Nagasaki Casino Bidding Process Flawed at Best, Rigged at Worst, Allegations Argue

The Nagasaki casino asking for proposition (RFP) unconscious process was severely influenced past prefecture and local city officials, a new write up claims.

Oshidori International Development panned the prefecture as the companionship withdrew its RFP for Nagasaki’s structured resort (IR) earlier this month. Oshidori Development, a subsidiary of Japanese financial services steady Oshidori International Holdings, scolded the holiday resort compliance review, proclaiming that it has no interestingness in participating unless such a mental process is conducted “in an ethical manner.”

Inside Asiatic Gaming reports today that Nagasaki officials perhaps had long chosen Casinos Austria, the gaming unwavering that was selected past the prefecture for its IR ambitions on August 10.

IAG has been told past multiple sources familiar with the position that Casinos Republic of Austria has long been Nagasaki’s preferred option, and that the prefecture engaged in legion(p) machinations behind the scenes to ultimately control Casinos Oesterreich as the only candidate presented to the judges, inwards a kind of contrived ‘one Equus caballus race,'” the media outlet focussed on Asiatic gaming matters explained.

IAG relays that Oshidori and NIKI Group, the latter beingness a small Nipponese hospitality consortium, were both allegedly pressured to drug withdrawal their IR bids. Oshidori was to boot encouraged to debar public marketing campaigns, something that the telephone exchange government’s casino government note did non mandate.

Casinos Austria Plan Hidden

Nagasaki is one of quaternary cities in Nippon prepping bids to win 1 of the telephone exchange government’s ternary forthcoming IR licenses, the others existence Osaka, Yokohama, and Wakayama.

During its proclamation of deeming Casinos Republic of Austria its preferred evolution partner, Nagasaki’s Evaluation Committee scored the firm’s tar 697 points. Oshidori and partner Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) scored 682.8 points, and NIKI thirdly at 667.1 points.

Oshidori-MGE released their Nagasaki IR plans to the public, renderings that, at to the lowest degree as of now, will non come up to realization. But Casinos Oesterreich is refusing to unveil their IR plans until its prefecture concord is officially executed.

What is known is that — the likes of Oshidori-MGE — Casinos Austria’s IR draught targets soil contiguous to the Huis Ten Hieronymus Bosch theme park inwards Sasebo City.

Why Casinos Austria?

With no more explanation from Nagasaki other than vague scores, IAG and other industry observers are bewildered as to wherefore Nagasaki went with Casinos Republic of Austria o'er Oshidori and Mohegan.

Casinos Oesterreich owns and operates 25 casinos in ennead countries, 12 of which are in its place nation. The keep company predominantly operates boutique gaming venues. In fact, the company’s website says it operates a add of 3,600 gaming machines and 230 tabularise games crossways its total portfolio.

By comparison, MGE’s flagship property inward Constitution State — Mohegan Sun — has 300 tabular array games and nearly 5,000 one-armed bandit machines at that structured resort hotel alone. MGE additionally owns or operates casinos inward Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Washington, Nevada, and Canada. All of the properties get hotels, conference space, legion(p) restaurants, and retail shopping.

The grouping is also investment billions of dollars on IR developments inward South Korea and Greece.

However, it’s of import to notation that at that place has been no concrete evidence suggesting that Nagasaki’s RFP was indeed flawed. Nonetheless, IAG concluded, “Speculation as to why Casinos Oesterreich might follow the preferred partner of Nagasaki Prefecture is rife.”