Re:On the Trail of the 'Johatsu,' Japan's 'Evaporated People'
by majikaja on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:08AM
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Probably this is gross amount and not net? People pay in 14.6 trillion and get back 13 trillion or something.
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Re:On the Trail of the 'Johatsu,' Japan's 'Evaporated People'
by freetime2 on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:34PM
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The source I linked says “net sales”.
Re:On the Trail of the 'Johatsu,' Japan's 'Evaporated People'
by majikaja on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:34AM
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14.6t jpy is about 3% of GDP.
There are about 7m pachinko players in Japan - 10% of Japan's working population.
Doesn't that mean they are losing 30%~ of their pre-tax income on this? Keep in mind that pachinko players often aren't that particularly wealthy, so more than 30% really.