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日本 – 大阪需要一家赌场来资助 2025 年世博会

Officials in Osaka have gone public on the need for an Integrated Casino Resort to help fund the cost of hosting World Expo 2025 which have been pitched at about JPY125bn (US$1.1bn).

The reward would be a casino on the man-made site called Yumeshima or Dream island in the Japanese city of Osaka, a large port city and commercial centre on the Japanese island of Honshu. The local government will fund 33 per cent of the total of the total cost and wants a casino group to fund another third as any casino would be built at the same location. The casino group might also have to fund costs for a subway link to from Yumeshima Island to the city at an estimated cost of US$641m.

Eleven international casino operators are believed to be interested in developing an Integrated Resort in Osaka according to prefectural records. Melco Resorts has its sights firmly set on Osaka and has sponsored several events and donated money to a natural disaster preparation cause. Last year, Lawrence Ho, the owner of Melco Resorts went public saying he’d prefer to build a casino in Osaka rather than Tokyo.

新濠国际总裁白尾川赤子表示：“我们将进行必要的投资。即使施加了严格的条件并制定了世界上最严格的法规。我们将在日本做我们从第一天起就做的事情，与当地合作伙伴一起建设，投资世界一流的非凡建筑和设计，创造复杂的娱乐体验。”

Caesars and MGM have both registered their interest.