500.com is a well-known Chinese, online sports lottery, and is one of the many companies that are keen to get involved in bringing an integrated resort to the popular province of Hokkaido in Japan. 500.com have put down $1.5B in a consortium it created with Kamori Kanko, a Japanese tourism company. Other companies that joined in on the bid include Vision Knight Capital, SIG Asia investments, and Sequoia Capital China. It seems as if everyone wants a slice of Japan’s promising casino market with big names like SunCity also wanting to stake a claim. The Proposed Hokkaido Resort The ideas… Read More
