Inside Asian Gaming

2019 年 2月 IAG JAPAN 53 日本 Director Maekawa says, “We aim to continue to strengthen our post-graduation support.” There are four courses students can choose from at the Osaka school. The most popular “Premium Course” consists of 58 classes, each 2.5 hours in duration. The quickest graduate so far completed their course in just three months, but on average it takes most students six months to complete. TuitionfeesforthiscourseareJPY1.3million(US$12,000), but this includes a post-graduation overseas “field trip” with a peek into the backyard of IR operators. Past classes have traveled to Macau, last year’s trip in February was to the Australian Gold Coast and this year’s trip is planned for Las Vegas in April. The management class also includes lessons in gambling addiction where students learn about various measures taken in other countries. As of now about 80 students have enrolled in Japan Casino Academy, Osaka campus, with 10 graduates. “Most of our students are men with normal, salaried jobs, but there are many working women and housewives enrolled in the school as a whole. There is also one high school student and one junior high school student in 7th grade,” states Maekawa. Thedemand for dealers inJapan is expected toultimately be in the thousands or even tens of thousands. The long- standing Japan Casino School, established in 2004, also opened an Osaka campus in April of last year. Applications are expected to continue increasing as time goes on. もっとも、日本カジノ学院大阪校では卒業生10人を含めて現在の 入学者は80人程度。「ほとんどがサラリーマンの方ですが、学校全体 ではOLや主婦。高校生や中学2年生もいます」とは前川校長。ディー ラーの国内需要は最終的には数千人から1万人に上ると言われてい る。2004年に開校した老舗「日本カジノスクール」も昨年4月に大阪校 を開校。今後ますます入学希望者は増えていきそうだ 。

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