Research depthBaselineRegulatory contract only
Market maturity
Level 2 of 5
Research coverage
52%
31 of 60 baseline fields verifiedOpen items2 unknown, 1 conflictingResearch jobs queued
Legal status by product
Baseline research contract v1.1PRODUCT OR FIELDFINDINGSTATETYPELAST VERIFIEDSRC
Online casino Prohibited under the Penal Code. No online licences exist. Known Declared 30 Sep 2026 2
Live casino, online Prohibited under the general online prohibition. Derived Calculated 30 Sep 2026 1
Sports betting Limited to state-authorised public sports and the football lottery. Known Declared 30 Sep 2026 3
Crypto iGaming No specific rule found. General prohibition appears to apply. Derived Calculated 30 Sep 2026 1
Casino regulator Casino Regulatory Commission, for integrated resort casinos. Known Declared 30 Sep 2026 1
Conflicting: enforcement against offshore sites
Two credible sources disagree on how actively offshore online casinos and their Japanese players are prosecuted. Both are kept and linked. We do not resolve this by picking one: a research job is open to find primary enforcement records.
Source A: [SOURCE], reported, [DATE] Source B: [SOURCE], reported, [DATE]
Tracked separately from current law
Proposed legislation and public consultations are monitored but never shown as law. Integrated resort licensing is tracked as its own timeline.
2018Integrated resort implementation act enacted.
2023First integrated resort plan approved, Osaka.
[DATE]Opening date: not yet established.
Not legal advice
This describes the law and its evidence. It does not tell anyone what they may do.
No commercial content
No operators are listed or promoted for Japan. Research coverage is decided separately from commercial activity.
Help fill the gaps
Unknown and conflicting items stay visible until a primary source resolves them.
- Identifier
- CR-JUR-JP [VERSION]
- Last revised
- 30 Sep 2026
- Accountable
- [NAME], Head of Research
- Translation
- Japanese primary sources, translated by [METHOD]
- Corrections
- None to date
Design values. Every finding is verified against the primary source before launch.