Trillions of Yen May Be Flowing to Illegal International Sports Betting

Yuji Kimura and Kyosuke Murakami / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers
16:05 JST,
February 21, 2025
Online sports betting has spread across the globe in recent years. As the phenomenon has grown, Japanese sporting events have become the subjects of some of this gambling, and several trillion yen in bets are believed to be flowing from Japan to illegal overseas markets each year.
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