# Where can I see sumo wrestling in the US?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-sumo-wrestling-in-the-us/536111 "2010-04-14T19:29:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-sumo-wrestling-in-the-us/536111/1 "2010-04-14T19:29:46Z")

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Are there any tournaments here? Specifically on the east coast. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-sumo-wrestling-in-the-us/536111/2 "2010-04-14T20:27:45Z")

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> [@brickbacon](#):
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> Are there any tournaments here? Specifically on the east coast. Thanks in advance.

[http://www.usasumo.com/events\_calendar.html](http://www.usasumo.com/events_calendar.html)

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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-sumo-wrestling-in-the-us/536111/3 "2010-04-15T16:01:12Z")

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Since the question appears to be answered I’ll add on a little factoid.

Legal sports books don’t accept bets on sumo wrestling. It seems that in Japan when one wrestler is in a must-win situation to progress to the next level and the other is not, the must-win guy nearly always does.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-see-sumo-wrestling-in-the-us/536111/4 "2010-04-16T06:38:41Z")

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There’s occasionally a basho at one of the casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I have no clue what organization these are part of, or when the next one is.