Japan has lost this round of the legislative battle that would have seen a gaming expansion bill move forward in the Diet this year.

Media outlets in Japan recently reported the Liberal Democratic Party-led government has already ditched plans to hold the fall extraordinary session of the Diet—the first time in 10 years that the country’s two-chamber Diet without such a session.

Without the special session of the Diet, it is impossible to move a gambling bill forward, according to Union Gaming Securities Asia analyst Grant Govertsen.

“Gaming expansion is of the table for 2015 as we believe it is unlikely that the opposition parties will be successful in their demands for a special session, and even if so that would be enough time (or demand) for the gaming expansion bill,” Govertsen said in a note.