If you've been staying in Japan for a long time, you've probably seen something like pachinko. It is commonly known in China as climbing the vault, that is, a pachinko machine. For example, the word "pachinko" means "marble" in the Japanese transliteration.
However, many Japanese people are addicted to these small steel balls, which leads to the bankruptcy of their families and their wives. What kind of steel balls make Japanese people so popular?
The origin of pachinko
The concept of pachinko was first originated in Europe as a pool machine. In 1930, the first pachinko machine was invented in Nagoya, and it was subsequently introduced to the market. Because the pachinko machine is easy to use, it can be played by individuals, so it is widely popular with customers.
In the past, most of the pachinko machines were wooden machines with hand-to-button buttons, and they were in the open air for a long time.
Not only is this pachinko machine bulky, but it is also weather-demanding, barely touching water. Because of this restriction, wooden pachinko machines cannot operate on rainy days.
Later, the Japanese improved it, replacing the wooden body with a mechanical and plastic body, and creating an indoor space for it to operate. In this way, the pachinko machine can be operated 24 hours a day.
In addition, compared with the hand-to-button button of the old pachinko machine, the new pachinko machine can also automatically shoot the balls and launch the steel balls one by one. When the steel ball falls from the top down and falls into the prize mouth, the lottery can be drawn.
Beginning to take on the nature of gambling
Of course, in the beginning, this pachinko machine was only for children's fun. But later, because it involved money games, it gradually took on the nature of gambling.
According to the market price, a small steel ball is about 2-3 yen, which is 1 cent. If you can hit the jackpot with a small steel ball, you can win 10,000 yen, which is more than 400 yuan.
As a result, inspired by the jackpot, pachinko gradually flourished in various places.
Of course, because it involves gambling, there is an age limit for playing pachinko, and only those over 21 years old can enter the game. As for the children, they can only play the toy version of the simple pachinko machine.
As more and more people play pachinko, in order to attract people, the store began to build the store in a cool direction. For example, lighting, music, etc., all made colorful, full of atmosphere.
When many people come to the game hall of the pachinko machine, they follow the same path as they are at home, and concentrate on experiencing the lively solitude. In short, it can bring a touch of inner peace to those who are socially afraid and lonely.
Even for those who have nothing to do, it's good to come here to release stress.
How do you bankrupt someone?
So how did such a pachinko machine, which is beneficial to physical and mental health, make people bankrupt?
In fact, this is exactly the same logic as addictive gambling. In the beginning, many people just tried the water. For example, if you play 2000-3000 yen, it will be about 100 yuan, so as to cultivate sentiment.
However, the further back you go, the bigger some people play. Often at the end of the day, you can lose more than 100,000 yen, almost 4,500 yuan. Of course, there have been many skilled professional gamers who have made 2 million yen a month.
As the saying goes, redness is the motivation for gambling. Many people saw that the great god's luck was so good, so they were also eager to try it. In this way, a national pinball carnival began.
According to relevant statistics, at its peak, 5 million people were playing pachinko every day, and the main thing was that it was better to be happy alone than to be happy.
As the old saying goes, things must be reversed. Because of being too obsessed, many people not only don't make money, but lose a mess. It is said that millions of people go bankrupt in front of the pachinko machine every year, and their spirits tend to collapse.
The most important thing is that there are still some people who are overindulged and even killed.
In the 15 years from 1987 to 2002, more than 2,000 children died of suffocation or heat stroke in their cars because their parents were addicted to pachinko. It can be seen how harmful the pachinko machine is to the Japanese.
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Of course, in the face of this situation, the Japanese government cannot afford not to act. First of all, gambling is already prohibited by Japanese law. Once gambling is discovered, a fine of 500,000 yen will be imposed at the least, and the punishment will be squatted at the worst.
Secondly, in 2008, in order to curb the public's enthusiasm for pachinko machines, Japan changed the "Consumer Finance Law", also known as the "Usury Law". Through this model of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, many people have cut off the cost of gambling on them.
At the same time, Japan has also replaced the No. 4 pachinko machines, which are super popular and very gambling, with the No. 5 pachinko machines, which are not very gambling. Under all these measures, the Japanese are really less obsessed with pachinko.
According to a survey conducted at the time, 30% of pinball enthusiasts said, "If you don't have the No. 4 machine, you won't play anymore." In the end, with the vigorous intervention of the Japanese authorities, the pachinko world lost nearly 10 million loyal fans.
However, as the old saying goes, the road is one foot high, and the magic is one foot high. The Japanese government doesn't allow gambling, that is, it doesn't gamble, let's just exchange marbles for gifts.
Soon, many pachinko shops started to exchange marbles for gifts. After winning the marbles, customers can replace various gifts of different values according to the number of marbles and their own needs.
Of course, that's not all. Because next to the pachinko shop, there is also a shop called the Widows' Welfare Association. When customers come to this store with a gift, they can exchange it for money again. In this way, will you be able to evade the punishment of the law?
As for why those shops are called widows' welfare clubs? I don't know. Maybe there's some little secret in it.
Why did the government turn a blind eye?
At this time, many people will ask, will the Japanese government not care about such an obvious "money laundering" operation?
It's really hard to say about this issue. After all, the pachinko industry is indeed a relatively large source of tax revenue for the Japanese government.
According to statistics, the pachinko industry provides the Japanese government with $300 billion in tax revenue every year, accounting for 6% of GDP. In the face of such a huge income, the Japanese government has turned a blind eye.
What's more, there are a lot of people working in the industry. As the so-called millions of workers, food and clothing are related. There is already huge employment pressure in Japanese society, and if the pachinko industry is also banned now, what should these practitioners eat and drink next?
It can be said that the owner of the pachinko shop has taken a fancy to the psychology of the official rat thrower, so he has unscrupulously achieved the ultimate in the pachinko industry. As for how many people will go bankrupt because of this, that's not their business.
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From the above analysis, it can also be seen that gambling has always been ubiquitous. Despite repeated bans in some countries, it still thrives like "wildfires can't be burned out, and spring breezes blow and regenerate".
As for the form of expression, it is nothing more than a change of more "legal" vest. When you are addicted to it, wealth will gradually drift away from you.
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