Japanese Casino Offering Online Access Raided by Police

Two employees and two customers were arrested at the Ocean Club which had generated 36m Yen in six months.

Key Takeaways

Japanese gambling club which offered online gambling raided by Tokyo police.
The club had generated $366k in revenues over the last six months.
Police believe it was linked to organized crime, although one arrested staff member said she needed the money for a sex change operation.
Japanese gaming laws may change in time for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Earlier this week Tokyo police raided an illegal casino in the Ueno district, arresting the manager Takashi Higa and an employee, Mariko Koito as well as two customers.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on November 08, 2013.

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