{"id":16887,"date":"2021-04-15T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16887"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:21:50","slug":"online-betting-boosts-horseracing-bets-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/online-betting-boosts-horseracing-bets-in-japan","title":{"rendered":"Online betting boosts horseracing bets in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Proceeds from domestic races increased 30.1 per cent in the fiscal year 2020 to JPY912.29bn (US$8.4bn), the highest in nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Japan.-\u00a0<strong>Horseracing is experiencing a renaissance\u00a0<\/strong>in Japan thanks to online betting. After several years of decline, the sport saw a rise in popularity as punters turned to online gambling during the <strong>Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the\u00a0<strong>National Association of Racing<\/strong>, proceeds from Japanese races increased<strong>\u00a0by 30.1 per year-on-year to JPY912.29bn (US$8.4bn)<\/strong>\u00a0in the fiscal year 2020. More than<strong>\u00a090 per cent of the proceeds came from online betting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more than 21,000 horse races held each year in Japan. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/horse-racing-in-japan-continues-without-audiences\">races take place without spectators<\/a>\u00a0or, in some cases, with a limited number of people, which<strong>\u00a0has led many fans to bet online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proceeds from domestic races increased 30.1 per cent in the fiscal year 2020 to JPY912.29bn (US$8.4bn), the highest in nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Japan's horseracing sector recorded a 30.1% increase in proceeds to JPY912.29bn (US$8.4bn) in fiscal year 2020, marking a nearly 30-year high. This significant growth is primarily attributed to the surge in online betting, which accounted for over 90% of the total proceeds, driven by the shift to digital channels during the Covid-19 pandemic.","focusai_entities":"National Association of Racing","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Digital Channel Impact","query":"What specific digital marketing and platform enhancements contributed most significantly to the 90%+ online betting proceeds, and are these strategies scalable to other regulated iGaming verticals?"},{"label":"Regulatory Adaptation","query":"How are Japanese regulatory bodies adapting governance frameworks and responsible gambling mandates to address the rapid shift towards online betting in horseracing, particularly concerning player protection and AML?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[4138,233,23935],"class_list":["post-16887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-online-gambling","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16909,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16887\/revisions\/16909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}