Osaka looking to open casino for the 2025 World Expo

As reported in the Japan Times Osaka enjoys strong political support for casino gambling, and is therefore pushing to get one of the country’s first casinos built on the artificial island of Yumeshima, in Osaka Bay. Osaka is currently bidding to host the 2025 World Expo also on the island, ideally soon after the prospective casino might open.

The World Expo currently occurs every five years and lasts up to six months, with the most popular in history being the 2010 Shanghai Expo which attracted over 70 million people.

Osaka’s theme for the bid is “designing future society for our lives” but the city still has to beat Paris for the honour of hosting the Expo.

Stay updated with GI

Follow Gambling Insider for independent news, analysis and industry expertise.

Add as a preferred source on Google

Harrison Sayers

Gambling Writer

Harrison Sayers is a journalist and editorial professional specialising in the gambling and iGaming sector. He began his career at Gambling Insider, where he served first as Editorial Assistant (July 2017 – November 2017) and then as Staff Writer from March 2018 to October 2018, contributing news coverage and industry analysis to both the publication’s digital and print channels.

Since then, he has continued his career in gambling regulation and compliance journalism, working with GamblingCompliance and VIXIO where he covers regulatory issues and industry developments across European and African jurisdictions.

Visit Profile