{"id":54069,"date":"2017-07-07T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T18:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=54069"},"modified":"2017-07-07T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T18:14:46","slug":"las-vegas-sands-and-mgm-resorts-have-upper-hand-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-sands-and-mgm-resorts-have-upper-hand-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Sands, MGM Have Upper Hand in Japan, Tokyo Likely Out for Integrated Resort Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas <\/span>Sands and MGM Resorts are best positioned to be dealt coveted integrated resort (IR) casino licenses in Japan, which will be handed out at the very earliest sometime in 2018, as bids haven’t been accepted yet. That’s according to Morningstar, a prominent investment research firm, which believes the two gaming operators’ worldwide track record makes them the strong favorites in what’s expected to be a massive bidding war.<\/p>\n