{"id":17265,"date":"2021-04-27T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17265"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:03:45","slug":"japan-horseracing-off-track-betting-facilities-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-horseracing-off-track-betting-facilities-suspended","title":{"rendered":"Japan: horseracing off-track betting facilities suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid a fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese authorities have suspended horseracing off-track betting facilities and the presence of spectators at races in four prefectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.- Faced with another rise in <strong>the number of people infected by Covid-19<\/strong>, Japan has decided to <strong>suspend off-track betting facilities<\/strong>&nbsp;and the presence of spectators at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/online-betting-boosts-horseracing-bets-in-japan\">horseracing<\/a>&nbsp;meetings in <strong>Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo<\/strong>&nbsp;prefectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Japan Racing Association&nbsp;<\/strong>(JRA) announced that races will be held with&nbsp;<strong>no spectators until May 9<\/strong>. <strong>Off-track betting facilities<\/strong>&nbsp;will also remain <strong>closed.<\/strong> A similar decision was taken by the&nbsp;<strong>National Association of Racing<\/strong>&nbsp;(NAR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off-track betting facilities in other prefectures will remain open for now. Punters can also <strong>continue to bet online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has also ordered the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-pachinko-parlours-suspend-business-until-may-11\">suspension of Pachinko parlours<\/a>&nbsp;until at least May 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese authorities have suspended horseracing off-track betting facilities and the presence of spectators at races in four prefectures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Japanese authorities have suspended off-track betting facilities and spectator presence at horseracing events in four prefectures (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo) due to a fourth wave of Covid-19. Pachinko parlours are also temporarily closed, though online betting remains available. This impacts the retail GGR for the Japan Racing Association (JRA) and National Association of Racing (NAR).","focusai_entities":"Japan Racing Association, National Association of Racing","focusai_location":"Japan, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.75), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact on JRA and NAR from these retail closures, factoring in the sustained performance of online betting channels?"},{"label":"Digital Shift Strategy","query":"How will these restrictions accelerate or alter the long-term digital transformation strategies for Japanese horseracing and other land-based gaming operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[233,23935],"class_list":["post-17265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17265","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=17265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17288,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17265\/revisions\/17288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}