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The Yokohama IR Council has held its first meeting and discussed the criteria for operator recruitment.

The council is chaired by Mayor Fumiko Hayashi and consists of six members: Governor Yuji Kuroiwa of Kanagawa Prefecture, the chairman of the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry, chairman of the Association of Yokohama City Neighborhood Associations, chairman of the Prefectural Public Safety Commission and the president of Yokohama City University.

During the meeting, Mayor Hayashi said: “An IR is not just a casino but a facility of international conference halls and entertainment facilities. We expect it to have an unprecedented impact on tourism and growth of the local economy.”

She highlighted the importance of an IR bid to promote the local economy and to boost the city’s finances.

Governor Yuji Kuroiwa said: “We will respect the judgment of the city and would like to cooperate fully. Security measures and addiction measures are important tasks for the prefecture and police, and I would like to work with the city to overcome the problems.”

The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has confirmed that they are studying the possibility of legalising online gambling, but raised concerns over its potential use for money laundering.

DICJ director Adriano Ho confirmed the study was ongoing in a written answer to the legislator Jose Pereira Coutinho, who inquired about using online gaming opportunity to increase tax revenue while the travel restrictions remain in place.

The DICJ director said that legalising online gambling could increase gaming revenues but that there were concerns it could be a risk for money laundering and problem gambling. Ho said the government had to conduct “careful studies, which are still on-going.”

He mentioned the DICJ was open to proposals from society and legislators on how to develop the sector and was optimistic about a decrease in complaints related to illegal gambling websites and mobile applications following increased prevention and awareness efforts.

The prospects for the development of an urban IR at Yumeshima, Osaka, took a sudden and unexpected turn for the worse after voters rejected the administrative reorganisation proposals of the local leaders, and Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui announced his intention to retire from politics at the end of his term.

While Sunday’s referendum was not directly related to the Yumeshima IR plans, it does exercise an enormous impact on the political fates of both the strongly pro-IR Osaka governor and mayor, as well as the movement that they lead.

The so-called Osaka Metropolis Plan has been the central policy plank of the Osaka Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) since its establishment. It called for the administrative unification of Osaka prefecture and city to create Japan’s second “metropolis” following Tokyo. This has been portrayed by Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui and Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura as symbolic of the revival of Osaka’s glory and a necessary step to reduce wasteful bureaucratic practices.

Osaka Ishin’s original metropolis plan was narrowly defeated in a referendum in 2015, leading to the retirement from politics of the movement’s young founder, Toru Hashimoto. On Sunday, a revised version of the plan was again narrowly (by less than 1%) rejected by the voters. This was a particularly bitter result because until the final week or so polling had shown the proposal heading for voter approval.

In the wake of Osaka Ishin’s second failure to gain sufficient support for its signature policy, the party’s leader, Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui, announced that he would finish out his current term and then retire from politics in April 2023.

The market for online versions of games such as Poker has grown tremendously during this period of lockdown as people battle boredom, stress, and loneliness amid continued physical distancing. It is one of the biggest winners in the online gaming industry. Poker, the refuge of the bored, lonely, and thrill-seeking Indian in lockdown.

India’s poker industry was already in a major growth phase in 2019, and now, after the lockdown, it seems to have burgeoned further. There are professional players, too, who make their entire living out of playing the game, like players of any other sport do. Poker is coming up with so many new innovative features such as 3D Poker & Live Poker.

3D Poker: It features 3D formats of personalized Avatars

Live Poker: It provides a real-world experience of playing and conversing with real players online

Benefits:

• The users can invite their friends and family and play the game for real cash or virtual coins while sitting in their own space
• Brought people during the times of pandemic

• • Real-world experience to its users like real-world dealer’s commentary exchange mocking gifs, club room ambiance, personalized 3D avatar

• Advanced secured features, the payment gateway to maintain high-security standards for the userssil