Yeah, but gambling is illegal in Japan. To compare, in most casinos, the casino itself sells you the chips and buys them back. No need to fuss about location s

Yeah, but gambling is illegal in Japan. To compare, in most casinos, the casino itself sells you the chips and buys them back. No need to fuss about location since it's all done in one place. In the Pachinko system, you go into the "casino", spend money on a machine, win the "chips" yourself, then go to another "casino" nearby to sell the "chips" for actual cash.