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    Default Pachinko Parlors

    I have read on this board and other places online about pachi parlors going out of business. It seems that I have read that alot all over. Do they not last long as far as proffitable businesses go?
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    i think it"s more of a gangster problem, or rival businesses!!!!
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    Default Re: Pachinco Parlors

    Well I don't know, but how big is the pachinko business in Japan?

    Well, it employs a third of a million people, three times more than the steel industry; it commands 40 percent of Japan's leisure industry, including restaurants and bars; and with 30 million regular enthusiasts coughing up almost 30 trillion yen in 1999 (a higher turnover than the car industry), it's very big business indeed.

    So big, that foreign businesses are getting in on the act. While much of the pachinko industry has long been controlled by residents of Korean descent, in early 2001 British company BS Group bought a stake in Tokyo Plaza, who run about 20 parlors in Japan, and have also opened parlors in the UK.

    The first thing you do is use cash or these days increasingly a prepaid card to buy a tray of what this game is all about - balls. Small steel balls, resembling ball bearings, to be exact. You'll pay about 4 yen per ball and while you can buy just 100 yen's worth, no serious gambler would start by spending less than a few thousand yen. They usually have a cashvalue of about 2.5 yen each.

    1 yen is .00923 of a dollar USD (just under a penny).
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    Default Re: Pachinko Parlors

    Wow Arby. Thanks for the info. I did not know it was that much part of the culture.
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