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All Five Nagasaki IR Candidates Qualify to Proceed with First Selection Round to Begin in March

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February 17, 2021

Niji Narayan

All Five Nagasaki IR Candidates Qualify to Proceed with First Selection Round to Begin in March

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The Nagasaki Prefectural Government has announced that all five candidate operator groups for an IR property in the region have met the prefecture’s initial qualification requirements.

The officially registered operators are:

Oshidori Consortium, represented by Oshidori International Holdings Limited and including US tribal casino operator Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment
Casinos Austria International Japan
Current Group, a consortium comprising Current, Get Nice, Guangdong Group, Success Universe and ITC Properties
NIKI Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group, the recently announced contender bringing together Japan’s THE NIKI and Taiwan’s Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group
One Kyushu, represented by TLL Resorts and bringing together Pixel Companyz and Europe’s Groupe Partouche

First-round screening documents will be accepted until March 1, and three candidates will then be named by mid-March as having advanced to the second round. Nagasaki’s partner operator is planned to be selected in August.

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Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.