Council estimates Japanese residents bet ¥6.45tn on overseas sports sites
The Council for Sports Ecosystem Promotion estimated that Japanese residents placed ¥6.4503tn in sports bets on overseas sites during FY2024. Its survey also recorded ¥1.183tn in bets on domestic sports fixtures, while more than half of overseas-site bets involved professional baseball, the council said.
The estimate gives operators and regulators a measure of betting activity on overseas sites and its concentration in professional baseball.