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Sea Story: How a Fish Arcade Game Shook a Government
In 2006 South Korea discovered that its arcade halls had become a nationwide gambling economy built on gift certificates. The Sea Story affair reached…
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Medal Games: Japan’s Slot Machines Where Winning Buys You Nothing
In Japanese arcades, whole floors are given over to slot and pusher machines played with metal medals that cannot be exchanged for anything. Millions…
Fun Games: The German Machines That Were Legally Not Gambling
For years German arcades ran machines that paid nothing but points, played at extraordinary speed, and were classified as amusement rather than gambling. In…