Sushi Blog — pachinko
What it's like to work full-time at a Japanese casino establishment
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This video follows Kento, an employee of Maruhan Corporation as he shows how he spends his day at work. The company is one of the largest casino establishments in Japan with nearly 5,000 employees in Tokyo. Unlike western casinos, Japanese leisure arcades for adults only have Pachinko, the only form of gambling permitted in Japan.
History of Pachinko - A Legal Gambling
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There are no casinos in Japan because there are laws that prohibits gambling, but that doesn't stop the clever entrepreneurs from inventing something similar to games found in casinos which led to a birth of Pachinko. In this video, Chris explains the history of this number one Japanese game with deep insights into how it evolved from a simple game for children to a gamblers' hangout.