Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine

Re:Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine by 29athrowaway on Thursday July 15, 2021 @02:22AM (#27841930)

Gambling is illegal in Japan so there are many forms of gambling disguised as other stuff.

Notably pachinko parlors, gashapon, trading card games, loot boxes in video games.

And other than gambling, there are auctions... for the weirdest stuff... koi fish, mango, etc.

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Re:Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine by raverbashing on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:28AM (#27842862)

So, what's the business model of koi auctions? I mean, ok, for the seller side it's obvious, for the buyer one, not so much.

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Re:Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine by 29athrowaway on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:42AM (#27843306)

Some koi patterns are culturally more desirable and rarer. The koi auction is a way for people to acquire a rare koi.

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Re:Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine by skhr0680 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:40AM (#27843287)

Who wouldn’t want a sweet Koi?

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