Legal basketball betting in Japan is underway

Japanese basketball fans may finally get the chance to legally bet on their favorite B-league team in the coming year. In December last year, an amendment law was enacted to include basketball in the Japanese sports lottery (toto).

Japanese sports lottery (toto)
The Japanese sports lottery is run by the Japan Sport Council (JSC) under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Sales revenue of the lottery in 2020 was approximately 101.7 billion yen. Currently, the Japanese sports lottery is limited to soccer and mainly J-League. The available markets are pre-match results (win/draw/lose) only. So the offerings are extremely limited in comparison to international betting sites like bet365, which is also gaining popularity in Japan. Japanese soccer betting still remains in the scope of a lottery rather than a sports betting, with the legal provision of its primary aim as promoting sports in general.

Source: https://www.talkbasket.net/133919-legal-basketball-betting-in-japan-is-underway