Japan's Addiction to Gambling is NO JOKE

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Your image of Japan may be the traditional culture, food, and beautiful scenery. However, behind all that, did you know that Japan is one of the countries with the most people suffering from gambling addiction?
So today, I’ll explain the problem of gambling addiction in Japan. Next, I will share the information as far as I have been able to find out about the causes of why there are so many people who are gambling addicts. Watching this video will allow you to learn about a side of Japan that is rarely discussed. I hope this video will be a good opportunity for anyone interested in living in Japan to avoid becoming a victim. After watching this video, please let me know in the comments how gambling is handled in your country.
*The content is based on personal studies and experience
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@LetsaskShogo 6 дней назад

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@chunnisama6835 Месяц назад

Pachinko, Gacha coin slots and Digital Gacha games were everywhere in Japan. The Japanese sure love RNG.

@OoiJeeHao Месяц назад

Yakuza 0 again

@TheZebracakez Месяц назад

They approved the building of that big casino in Osaka too. I guess it's not so bad, really. Gambling more or less okay according to Japan so they may as well open up a casino and try to attract foreign money into Japan. Lord knows they need it now.

@MagickP00dle Месяц назад

Japan also produces so many trading card games compared to the rest of the world. In the US the big ones are Magic the Gathering, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh, but I see cards from hundreds of other TCGs from anime and Japanese video games on eBay. I wonder if this is a related trend because it seems like a market that is easily dominated by a few large games.

@gregoryturk1275 Месяц назад

I love RNG

@Nico745 Месяц назад

Or pseudo RNG

@doornik1142 Месяц назад

Japanese government: It's not gambling, it's "surprise mechanics".

@kaltaron1284 Месяц назад

Also "It's not prostitution, it's keeping company."

@bishop51807 23 дня назад

As well as "they're not Yakuza, they're legit businessman."

@massblabla 10 дней назад

Also: They are paying taxes, not a problem to us

@jessecuster42 Месяц назад

I avoid gambling like the plague. I worked to hard to lose my money to chance, addiction, or both.

@berndb3141 Месяц назад

Same. No sports betting, no slot machines for me

@mariannerichard1321 Месяц назад

I much prefer normal video games, they cost so much less and are so much more fun.

@IAmNotYourProblem Месяц назад

Same. I don’t even like playing the claw game at supermarkets. I do go to the arcade every now and then, but more so to PLAY the games than to gamble- like playing skeeball and clown down, not slots or anything left to chance.

25 дней назад

I just use the sign up promotions and leave, this actually makes the RTP go above 100%.

@five12man 25 дней назад

Smart. The allure is strong, best to avoid temptation. And bad chance

@thu4061 Месяц назад

Growing up in Nevada I never had a real desire to gamble. It's everywhere - casinos in every town, slot machines in grocery stores. Maybe I just became numb to it. Definitely for the best.

@danusdragonfly6640 Месяц назад

Slot machines in grocery stores? 😲 That seems crazy to me!

@triburst Месяц назад

The gas station ones always crack me up

@reverendfawkes6138 Месяц назад

Fellow Nevadan here. I'm surprised we don't see them in hospitals... give it time, though.

@juniyananajukyu Месяц назад

@@danusdragonfly6640in 7-11s too 😂😂😂

@gabrielserrano5054 24 дня назад

In the uk even kids can play slot machines up to 10 pounds.

@RedikTrios Месяц назад

I remember when I did my exchange program, the University I was at informed me that if we were ever to play or take part in Pachinko or Hostess/Host clubs. They expel us and have us sent back home. One can see why.

@kaltaron1284 Месяц назад

I don't remember that being the case for me but the noise and smell of a Pachinko parlor is enough to keep me away.

@shoecheto 16 дней назад

1984...

@jont2576 2 дня назад

cause ur underaged and its against the law.....? if u are 24 years old and studying for a postgrad masters or doctorate i dont understand why would they object....

@monicab204 Месяц назад

I did not realize Pachinko was such a problem. I can see how it could become an addiction, especially when it's not considered gambling and society doesn't label it a bad thing.

@joshuabaker1904 Месяц назад

Glad to see you're back shogo!.

@fangoo_e.a.b. Месяц назад

This really explains why there were game corners in the earlier pokemon games I played as a child. I never understood what they were there for, and although they focused more on slot machines roulette, it's still so shocking to me that they'd have something like that in a game that kids especially played.

@BenPanced Месяц назад

My mother was working at a department store during the mid 70s when some companies began importing used Pachinko machines to the US. It was a bad idea because the instruction sheets were all in Japanese with no English translations, so nobody could figure out how to play unless they spoke Japanese. She also said the ball bearings were loose in the boxes, so they were constantly chasing the things all over the floor.

@dannylo5875 Месяц назад

😂

@jeannerogers7085 Месяц назад

LOLOLOLOL

@feykingjulian Месяц назад

very interesting, but so sad :( i've seen a few cases of people addicted to the gambling game machines at gas stations when i worked there. they always seemed very isolated and agitated. hopefully more people can get the help they need. also, great to see you back and i love your new hairstyle!

@biggerdoofus Месяц назад

I suspect the indirect relationship between the payouts and the cash make it worse. In casinos in other countries, the chips still make it clear how much you're betting and losing to some degree.

@MidnightSmoke Месяц назад

gambling can be fun, but always remember the house (gambling place) always wins in the end. You may win a little but the longer you play the more you will lose.

@kaltaron1284 Месяц назад

Knowing stochastics killed gambling with money very quickly for me.

@johnrivers3813 Месяц назад

Slots and other big game systems like that are rigged to only win after a certain amount of plays. Only card games do you have some sort of chance but it's still not in your favor unless you can count cards

@streamingnowstreamingnow2568 25 дней назад

house ain't winning squat in Poker.

@kaltaron1284 25 дней назад

@@streamingnowstreamingnow2568 Ever heard of rake and time charges? So they might not be "winning" the game exactly but they still get money out of you.

@goonhead3791 16 дней назад

@@streamingnowstreamingnow2568they winning every time in poker..

@RxBruin Месяц назад

Thank you for this video. I recall that when I visited Japan for my first time back in 2019, I visited a pachinko parlor out of curiosity. Using my smartphone, I measured the sound intensity of the parlor. It was in the morning so the parlor was about 10% full of patrons, and the sound level was *92 decibels!* Very loud! I can't imagine the sound level when the parlor is fully occupied!

@jeannerogers7085 Месяц назад

Wow!

@mariagriffin2987 Месяц назад

Here in America it's even worse, you can now gamble on sports games on your phone, it's ridiculous. How many people here became homeless because of their gambling addiction, it's insane. Btw, I love your yukata/kimono -- the fabric is amazing just beautiful. Japanese style is tight.

@Miss_Wonderful1 Месяц назад

Same in Italy. Betting and online casinos are even claiming lives but, as long as the government can gobble money, everything is swept under the rug.

@kukuhimanputraraharja8084 Месяц назад

gambling is a serious problem in every countries it seems.

@anas-432 Месяц назад

Gambling is a scam, in the end the house always wins and the odds are too random to ensure winning

@snooganslestat2030 15 дней назад

People have been able to do sports betting on phones for years in the UK but on the flip side we have far fewer casinos.

@brinjoness3386 14 дней назад

I bet you 100 bucks Australians gamble the most money per person. I don't but I know plenty of people that don't call themselves gamblers but they buy the lottery ticket every week and bet on the Melbourne cup through work every year.

@MariaMartinez-researcher Месяц назад

In Chile, those machines are called "tragamonedas," literally, "swallowcoins." Around 2018-2019, they were spreading everywhere with machines placed in small commerce, and dedicated salons; gambling addiction was increasing and making headlines. For the small shop owners, it was a source of income, as they got a part of the money, so they liked them. In my neighborhood there was a 24/7 dedicated salon (right next to a 24/7 liquor store) and machines in several shops. In Chile, gambling is forbidden by law, only allowed in authorized casinos and things like official lotteries or charity raffles (there are legal horse races and a betting system on soccer matches). So, the heated argument was whether those machines operated on skill or luck. A bunch of municipalities didn't wait for the resolution of the argument and simply forbade them (mine included); Chilean municipalities have a lot of autonomous power. Covid did the rest. Now, the machines are found mostly in licensed casinos and the few municipalities that allow them.

@knarftahw Месяц назад

I've wondered about this myself, I noticed people in Japan sure seem to love Pachinko and similar "colourful, bright and flashy" games.

@KaoruMzk Месяц назад

I knew gambling was a problem in Japan, but I didn't think it was this bad.

@sethrawbass 18 дней назад

In america it’s worse 😂

@fattiger6957 Месяц назад

It doesn't help that Japanese entertainment gets people hooked on gambling at a young age with gacha mechanics in video games.

@be-noble3393 Месяц назад

Happy to see your return.

@Takashikuubo Месяц назад

I see a lot of people fall for this. My daily commute actually has me pass by one of those pachinko place just to get to and from the station. I never get why it's always crowded and seeing that i have also noticed that there been advertisements on social media for online gambling. It's getting worse every day now with the amount of addicts, not just in japan but globally

@yuri7297 Месяц назад

The thumbnail goes hard

@Arekusando Месяц назад

Like Japanese Olivier Swanick "YEAH! Who won the lottery? I did! Look at these yens, can't you just drink 'em like sake, ahaha'

@specialk9999 Месяц назад

Back in the mid ‘90s when I was a teenager and lived in Tokyo, it was so easy to get into pachinko parlors with no questions asked.

@johnrivers3813 Месяц назад

Do they even have an age restriction on playing pachinko?

@specialk9999 Месяц назад

@@johnrivers3813 yeah it’s 20 I think

@SteVen-cr3bx Месяц назад

So happy to you back brother

@alpacamale2909 Месяц назад

I thought it had too many gambling addicts because they were Kaiji fans.

@Susie_F Месяц назад

So happy you’re back, Shogo! Hope you and your family are doing well.

@JamesMcDowell Месяц назад

I have a rack mounted musical computer called pachinko that generates random melodies

@p-co1753 Месяц назад

What a coincidence that this topic comes up after I watched videos about a gambling streamer with an extreme addiction and thinking a little bit about the Kaiji manga series yesterday. Keep it up with the great videos Shogo!

@medievalkite Месяц назад

So happy to see you back, I missed your videos! Thanks again, hope you and the family are well :)

@jodieg6318 Месяц назад

I always appreciate your teaching style. World culture always fascinates me, but many times a lot of the nuances of different cultures is lost in translation but you always make your subjects accessible and detailed and I learn much more than I have in other ways of study.

@SageArdor Месяц назад

I'm genetically predisposed to addictive tendencies. Thank you for this warning. I know now to avoid participating in Pachinko if I visit Japan.

@ethics3 Месяц назад

Wow. What a great thing for you to CLAIM to have . By saying you are " genetically predisposed" to " addictive" things , you free yourself completely from any and all responsibility for YOUR OWN ACTIONS !!! Of coarse thats a pile of garbage

@Miss_Wonderful1 Месяц назад

@@ethics3 Not only the OP is not squandering your mamma's money, but yelling like a mad preacher tells a lot about you 😅 What they say is correct and they prove they have a spine for acknowledging their issue, and avoiding what's potentially alluring and dangerous to them. Stay away from topics for grownups until you know how to interact with others.

@SageArdor Месяц назад

@@ethics3 I'm literally taking proactive responsibility for my actions by avoiding activities that I know could easily get me addicted. Never smoked in my life and only ever had one taste of alcohol (tasted terrible by the way) for that reason. You assumed the exact opposite of my point because you interpreted a real aspect of me as a buzzword. Also, it's "of course", not "of coarse".

@philrei2797 Месяц назад

@@ethics3are you projecting or something?…

@DavidCruickshank Месяц назад

@@ethics3 You know you are on the internet right? So you could easily look it up and find out all about how true it is. But i guess you don't care about facts and reality, nothing but rage for you.

@sesshoumarusama7397 Месяц назад

Will drop by in Kyoto at begin of August :) ... I was one time in a Pachinko parlor ... tooooooo loud :)

@kaltaron1284 Месяц назад

And don't forget the smell. I think the longest I've been in one or even just the entrance was like 10 seconds.

@AdamOwenBrowning Месяц назад

@@kaltaron1284 The smell? I'm morbidly curious. What signature smell is their to a pachinko parlor? intense BO with a metallic undertone?

@DavidCruickshank Месяц назад

@@AdamOwenBrowning Yep, they also stink of smoke and booze, A lot of sweaty salary men engaging in as many vices at once as possible

@kaltaron1284 Месяц назад

@@AdamOwenBrowning Tobacco. There's probably other "nice" smells as well but that one is enough for me.

@shield0164 Месяц назад

it's great to have you back Shogo. also besides Pachinko there are other forms of gambling such as gacha games. and in case of how my country handles it... it is completely forbidden but as of recent gambling sites in internet has become a problem

@christopherharris6005 Месяц назад

Awesome video as always Shogo.

@SeriouslyWereJoking Месяц назад

Glad to see ya back

@NekoWinters Месяц назад

Welcome back!! :D

@bryanduncan6954 Месяц назад

I wanted to try pachinko while in Japan, but the smoke drove me out. I was also told the reason the government did not interfere is that the mafia has a lot of controlling interest in pachinko casinos

@Cody-5501 Месяц назад

Has the sword collection grown? Glad you’re back and another great video!

@jillbrison5177 Месяц назад

I don't really find gambling fun. I've done it before, and I can do it and limit myself to a specific amount. Once that was gone, I was done. I do enjoy Bingo, but again, I am able to set a hard limit for myself on what I spend and abide by it. I also prefer Bingo in more informal settings where it is a fundraiser for a local school or other organization. As it stands, I haven't even played that in years. They just don't hold that many Bingo fundraisers anymore, and Bingo at Casino's is full of people who take it all WAY more seriously than I ever would.

@estrella9944 Месяц назад

glad to see you back! you look well

@spikespiegel4928 Месяц назад

Love your content very informative!

@sevenproxies4255 Месяц назад

Gamblers should toss their money into the stock market instead. There's plenty of start up's out there with really cheap stock prices. The difference to gambling is that the companies who's stock you invest in have a real, financial incentive to work towards increasing the stock's value, as opposed to a gambling den who's incentive is to try and make you lose money. And you can follow the price movements of stocks in real time too, so it has a similar degree of excitement as gambling. To make a gambling comparison: betting on a stock is like betting in a horse race. Only the race doesn't truly end until the horse is dead.

@jeannerogers7085 Месяц назад

You were talking about leaving Japan awhile back. I am glad that you stayed.

@user-ou2kr4vi8e Месяц назад

I like your new intro to your videos!

@sleepysartorialist Месяц назад

I like your hair in this video, Shogo-san. You look so relaxed with it styled that way!

@kdefensemartialarts8097 Месяц назад

Thank you for your videos.

@mtwhatley3253 Месяц назад

I heard norm Macdonald say gambling was a way to escape from reality. So very sad what it does to familys.

@johnrivers3813 Месяц назад

Yeah that's the definition of an addiction. The crazy bit is that you can practically get addicted to anything

@Starseed44488 Месяц назад

Glad to hear you guys are ok, I was worried after the earthquake over there.

@leonardticsay8046 Месяц назад

Could low salaries be a contributor to the gambling addiction?

@tendies9248 Месяц назад

That's an interesting theory

@PiroKUSS Месяц назад

I wouldn't be surprised if their backwards working culture was also a major contributing factor

@nedhead1972 Месяц назад

Love the hair Shogo!

@DanielPereira-ey9nt Месяц назад

In Brazil any luck based game is considered is considered gambling and so is strictly outlawed, that is with the exception lotteries because they are a big source of tax revenue A research done by the University of São Paulo pointed that about 1% of Brazilian adults are addicted to gambling considering anyone who plays these game is regularly as addicted. However this number would be much higher if sports bets where considered gambling as well

@sayonarakid 27 дней назад

I started following your channel years ago because your videos about social problems in Japan. Those are probably your best ones. You once did one about pets and I wish if possible another video about animals in Japan, but wild sea life. How the japanese see and deal with the still ongoing whale hunting and if that dolphin killing festival is still happening.

@ghost_fueled_scarecrow Месяц назад

Unrelated but i haven't watched your videos in a while and i love your new hair.

@kaboodledoodledoo Месяц назад

Yooo, Shogo is back! Okaeri minasai! ✌

@gwillis01 Месяц назад

I believe that some people are natural born thrill seekers. They get a jolt of excitement from the ups and downs of gambling.

@410cultivar Месяц назад

Loving the new music

@planken203 Месяц назад

thank you for this insight, japan is one of those places that in my country, you never hear anything bad about in the media - i would never have guessed the gambling addiction rate is so high there. still, i do have a lot of respect for the japanese and i think us english folk could learn a lot about how to act in public from you

@boydr7160 Месяц назад

Great Video.

@mamoyapomegranate Месяц назад

thank you for your editing it helped prevent my plasma from getting burn in

@kingforkings Месяц назад

new intro is great.

@RedMedina25 21 день назад

I cycled through a a rural town near where I live in Japan. The town was full of dilapidated houses and closed down businesses but at the middle of the town was a newly renovated pachinko packed with customers. Even where I live, I have 3 pachinkos within 10 mins of walking time. It seems like they are one on the most booming business around.

@gothhydran2241 Месяц назад

Vegas local here. I personally have never been interested in gambling because years ago i found that I'm a horrible loser and its a waste of money. However, I'm surprised you didn't mention crane game machines which is sort of like gambling. You're basically feeding coins into a machine in hopes of winning the prize which either takes skill, chance, or is badly rigged by the house (sticky bars, weak claws until you're entered enough coins to equal the amount the prize costs). I will say that for a short time, i was addicted to a certain online crane game app from Japan. I still have the app but only play rarely. Ive been signing in everyday for over a year just to rack up points to play for free later if a prize looks interesting.

@spiritronin Месяц назад

Not just pachinko, JP playerbase in many mobile gacha games tend to be massively profitable aswell, way more then the other regions,and you can do it anywhere you want with your phone and privately aswell.

@aubsta1 14 дней назад

I think I’m going to be addicted to this channel

@ahillmann Месяц назад

It pays to figure out whether one has an addictive personality or not. Those personality types who can easily get addicted to things should avoid all addictive things. Apparently people are divided in three roughly equally-sized groups on this issue. People in the first basically do not get addicted. They can even do drugs regularly and quit in an instant if they decide to. The second group can get addicted so they should avoid overdoing addictive substances. They might slide from controlled consumption into addiction if they don't watch out. The third group of people get easily addicted. For them just one go at an addictive activity can get them hooked, and it'll be very hard for them to quit. They are the kind of people who often move from one substance or activity to another. If they manage to quit smoking, they move to gambling. When they quit gambling, they start overeating, etc. Even chimpanzees have been observed to similarly fall into three groups based on how easily they get addicted.

@grimnir6169 Месяц назад

Working in a casino put me off gambling for life, I saw so many lives ruined! It’s an insidious business.

@dannylo5875 Месяц назад

I don't even know how to gamble. But my experience with a really creepy situation... thaught me a lot about what it actually does and how the rest of the elite actually operate. Its criminal...

@trespass71 Месяц назад

Pachinko's system reminds me of the system here in Nebraska--we have these machines similar to video games where people play for "credits", and then a ticket is given that is traded for money. It slipped through the loophole of the gambling laws here and now they're springing up everywhere in bars and convenience stores.

@Vincent-S 14 дней назад

Seeing some vintage pachinko machines in estate sales, I can see the draw to them. They look quite nice and I can imagine how much nicer they look when the lights are flashing and the balls are rolling and how sweet the sound must be when you win big or manage to break even. But then I remember family members going to the casinos almost every weekend and, on the days I tagged along as a kid, the haggard looking faces of people who seem to have either stayed at that one slot machine or in that particular isle from sunrise to sunrise and that interested feeling goes away. Not to mention the stories I heard about people demanding a cut from a person playing a machine that won big because “I spent a lot of time working that machine before you went there”

@davidhilton1054 Месяц назад

I grew up in the US and as a kid we had a working 1960's-70's pachinko machine. When I visited Japan last year I wanted to play at a pachinko parlor for the experience. I changed my mind as soon as I stepped into the place. A quick look around was plenty for me.

@user-vz7mq7mi5q Месяц назад

本当それ！ありがとうございます♪

@armorbearer9702 Месяц назад

(10:00) Ohh, this is why Pokémon Game Corners never had pachinko machines.

@lynaras.673 Месяц назад

I went to anime convention in the USA where they had a large booth where you can play pachinko machines. It was fun for a short while.

@youngimperialistmkii Месяц назад

When I first heard about the loophole used to make Pachinko "legal". I thought, why would the government allow that? Then I heard about the tax revenues from the business. And was like, ah! that's why.

@SonnyO Месяц назад

It’s crazy that I’ll be in a small Japanese town, and everything is run-down and closed, except this huge white building with a ton of lights. A pachinko parlor. I’ve always wanted to try it out, but ever time I’m near one with the doors open, it’s deafeningly loud and reeks of smoke.

@reverendfawkes6138 Месяц назад

Got a question, Shogo. Are pachinko parlors comparable to arcades like Round One for you? Like another commentor, I live in Nevada and see gambling everywhere. Recently, a Round One arcade was brought to a nearby city. The wife and I go there at least once a month, but every time we do, we see people who show signs of gambling addiction there as well.

@TheProtonSpinner Месяц назад

Back in 1988 coming into Yokosuka for a port visit, we were instructed to not go into pachinko parlors, allong with the usual don't be drunk in public, no littering, no smoking, no touching, no admissions of even the possibility of having special weapons on board the ship.... This list of things not to do in Japan was the longest of any of the countries we visited! 🤣 As for gambling in the US, they pay lip service to treating gambling addiction, just like everywhere else, tax revenue comes before the well-being of the citizenry.

@highwalker339 Месяц назад

I live in Chicagoland and casinos have been blowing up lately. I don't know where the sudden popularity came from.

@Ryuker16 Месяц назад

Tax money and pension funding

@10004005 Месяц назад

during my visit in Tokyo and Kyoto I did see some pachinko but refrained, I wasn't sure how the exchange worked and would have rather tried different foods, plus I was more into trying for some gatchas for some figurines

@jaklumen Месяц назад

Shogo, as you've lived in the States, I'm sure you get the basic idea of how gambling is in the U.S. But I'll sum up. 1. State lotteries. It basically is a tax on the poor. Washington and Oregon state lotteries regularly run advertisements highlighting what projects the money is used for. 2. Casinos. Outside of Las Vegas, Reno, and Atlantic City, most are on the tribal reservations, run by the tribes. For states that have legalized gambling, there are businesses here and there, restricted by local city laws. Most all casinos focus primarily focus on slot machines, but there are still card and bingo type games (Keno). 3. I'm very surprised no one mentioned fantasy sports- the newest form of sports betting. 4. It seems that some states have enacted laws to require that gambling is for entertainment, not investment, and to list at least one resource to seek help with addiction and similar problems with gambling.

@EricMuyser Месяц назад

10 years ago I remember walking into pachinko in more rural province Tottori, and it was full. And they were almost every few minutes walk. It blew my mind thinking about how many of those balls must be spinning around in the country at that very moment.

@Frogger Месяц назад

"The bank always wins" always keep that in mind! Otherwise gambling halls/casinos would not exist. So no matter how much you win, as long as you keep going, you are more than likely to lose money.

@VallisMansonOfficial Месяц назад

I've noticed a lot of gambling based mechanics in some of my favorite Japanese games; some of those games were changed in later editions.

@SavageEntertainmentYEAH Месяц назад

I mean no disrespect but the way you carry yourself reminds me of Yukichi Fukuzawa as he is portrayed in the video game “Rise of the Ronin”. Love your videos, thank you 🙏🏽

@ChiTownGuerrilla 18 дней назад

Here in Chicago even the smallest gas stations have at least two slot machines.

@lizarddriven4365 Месяц назад

Could you, or have you done a video on the traditional and folk music of Japan??

@collegeman1988 14 дней назад

Long before gambling became legal in most states, many churches in the United States had, and continue to have bingo night where people buy bingo cards to play, and just like gambling, the more bingo cards you buy, the better the chance that you will win. However, just like gambling, there is no guarantee that you will win the bingo jackpot, which comes from money from those playing bingo.

@ericlol99 Месяц назад

Fun fact in the original pokemon game yellow ( us version). They had that exact system of pachinko didn't realize until much later. You exchange your cash for tokens, play some games, exchange the token to the next building for a pokemon.

@just_radical Месяц назад

I never did Pachinko when I was in Japan, but I did do a lot of the Arcade versions of Gacha games at the Sega Arcade and man those were such an addictive cash sink. The games themselves were better versions of the Mobile Gacha games, but rolling for the cards cost like 1000 yen on top of putting the money in to play and unlike the actual phone versions where you can usually bank resources for both play time and rolling to be Free to Play if you have discipline, they really have you over the barrel b/c it's either feed the machine more money or walk away.

@TheRobWay1 21 день назад

That is quite the thumbnail !

@HeavensProtocol Месяц назад

Dude your hair looks amazing. Half Thai Jon in Redding CA. Gambling in Thailand is illegal because it deeply afflicts Thai people.

@TheRealMrCods Месяц назад

I would love my own Pachinko machine. I find it so fascinating 👍

@efinel Месяц назад

I love these videos, thank you! I have a question about the shogun series (sorry!)... Mariko's suicide is called seppuku by you tubers commenting on the episode. But she doesn't go to slit her stomach, instead she makes to stab her heart. Is this a different type of suicide or is it how it's done for ladies so they don't have to disrobe or something???

@GNobelA Месяц назад

your Attire looks clean though

@UtubeAW Месяц назад

In my country most know the lottery is just a tax on poor people. Large corporate sports gambling is moving in to our city. 😣

@kakashiroks Месяц назад

Wow. I didn’t realize how bad it was. And I don’t say that because of the statistics in the video, I say that because the things Shogo said sounds 100% like someone who has known and seen people suffering with addictions. I have known at least a dozen people growing up in high school or otherwise who already were (or became) addicted to something or another. The fact that Shogo is asking people just “don’t even try it“ is very indicative of the real effects he has seen.

@dariaorme1282 28 дней назад

In my state in the US, gambling is completely illegal. But there are towns in nearby states right on the border so people often will go there.

@michaelconnors7668 29 дней назад

When I was in Kyoto in 2004 I walked around to find where the Ikedaya incident between the Shishi and the Shinsengumi happened on July 8, 1864. To my surprise the cite where the incident happened was at that time was a Pachinko parlor. Today I believe it is a museum.