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Pachinko

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Pachinko Summary
441 words, approx. 2 pages
Along remote paddies and in the heart of Tokyo, neon lights pulse. Inside, day and night, thousands test their luck and skill at what could be called Japan's national pastime: pachinko. Pachinko is an electric pinball game modeled after American...
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Pachinko Information
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Pachinko (パチンコ, Pachinko?) is a Japanese gaming device used for amusement and prizes and is related to pinball machines. Although originally strictly mechanical, modern pachinko machines are a cross between a pinball machine and a video slot...


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The Economist (US)
Rules of the game; Pachinko.
07/29/2006: 566 words, approx. 2 pages
The Japanese authorities attempt to clean up the pachinko business WHEN a new gaming machine came out this month, Japan's pachinko parlours were jammed. Fanatics queued up before the parlours opened to be sure of being able to play the latest Hokuto-no-ken ("North-star...
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Publishers Weekly
THE PACHINKO WOMAN.(Review)
09/06/1999: 319 words, approx. 1 pages
Henry Mynton. Morrow, $25 (352p) ISBN 0-688-16170-7 Intent on bringing democracy to North Korea, Korean-American beauty Helim Kim plots to disable one of North Korea's major sources of revenue-the pachinko gambling industry in Japan-in this muddled thriller of international intrigue. Largely owned by...
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AP News
Couple in Japan arrested in baby dumping
5/17/2007: 295 words, approx. 1 pages
A young couple suspected of leaving their baby in the baggage hold of a motorbike while they gambled was arrested Thursday after the boy's dead body was found in a gutter, police and media reports said.The arrest of Motoki Tamiya and his wife, Mika, both...
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AP News
Dead baby found in abandoned apartment
5/31/2007: 270 words, approx. 1 pages
Workers clearing a vacated apartment in northern Japan found a dead newborn baby in a portable ice chest among the former residents' belongings, police said Thursday.The workers notified police in northern Sapporo late Wednesday afternoon after they discovered the body of the infant _ apparently...
 


 

Pachinko

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