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Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Jul 7, 2026

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Pachinko Wants Your Credit Card. Tokyo Says No.

Japan's last all-cash gambling industry is finally trying to modernize — and running straight into the government's own war on gambling addiction. The fix may quietly reopen a door regulators spent years closing.

Adrià Mas
Adrià Mas

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