In a spin

摘要

MOST forms of gambling are banned in Japan, but many Japanese still like to have a flutter. Over ¥23trn ($203bn) is waged annually on pachinko, a noisy variant of pinball. Add in lottery tickets, plus horse, boat and bicycle racing-the only other types of betting allowed-and you have a vast industry. Pachinko players alone spend more than the combined betting revenue of all the casinos in the world's top gambling resort, Macau.