JAPANESE HOUSEWIVES BECOMING ‘PACHINKO PROSTITUTES’

JAPANESE HOUSEWIVES BECOMING ‘PACHINKO PROSTITUTES’



TOKYO (Wireless Flash) – The Japanese arcade game, Pachinko, is a real ball for some Tokyo housewives – literally. The Mainichi Daily News reports that some married ladies are so addicted to the game that they’ve become “Pachinko prostitutes.” Pachinko is a game where players buy baskets of tiny metal balls and shoot them through a vertical pinball machine into slots. It seems some housewives are so addicted, that they’re turning to prostitution to pay for playing the game. One housewife admits she’s in so much debt from Pachinko that she’s willing to have quickies with guys in exchange for a basket of balls. For three baskets, she confesses she’ll go to a hotel. The newspaper says even though the woman has repeatedly tried to quit Pachinko prostitution, she returns to the game parlor every day to feed the machines.

Tue 11-13-01