Japanese ATMs double as video slot machines
By Ryan Block 
posted Jul 21st 2005 12:00PM
posted Jul 21st 2005 12:00PM
Let's face it, in the future there shall be no such thing as dead time—if we're not doing something, we'll
surely be staring at ads, or perhaps contemplating new ways to whittle the time away. And you'd think we're lying if we
told you, but Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank of Japan is helping us right along by installing a slot-machine like video game in
their ATMs. While you're waiting for your transaction to complete (because we know it takes that long), if you
can line up three 7s you win about 90 cents (enough to cancel out the transaction fee); or you can win about ¥900
(about $9) if you get "gold" or "super gold" 7s. Uh, yeah guys.
[Via The Inq]
'if you can line up three 7s you win about 90 cents (enough to cancel out the transaction fee); or you can win about ¥9,000 (about $9) if you get “gold” or “super gold” 7s'...Or if loads of people get hooked on the addictive little games then the bank could win some easy extra revenue...
Um... I thought that American ATMs have had them for years! I always get lucky... whenever I use one, it spits money at me! :-D
the way i understood it.
this game is free or they charge you like 1 cent to play it.
its a nice little fun way of getting your money back for free (the charge part anyway)
9000 yen is like 80 bucks. still not much money, but more than 9 bucks. :-/
damn the que for the ATM is gonna be even bigger thanks to the sweaty old guy at the front with a gambling habit :/
Talk about spending money that you don't yet have... you'd gamble it away before you even got the cash in your wallet!
The slot game is free if you have an account at that bank.
hey wow i can get my money and lose it at the same time
That is the best place to have gambling. And not only can banks charge you service fees for making withdrawals but they should also charge all of you degenerate gamblers service fees on top of each bet.
And I do not care if it is free to gamble on an ATM.
its wrong I read over at Japantoday.com
it said that this is just a game after withdrawing or transfering money.
You can't actually gamble only on the machine.... although it MAY be a feature in the future.
At the moment, it's just a gimmick.
You know. It only gets the transaction free if you get a "777" according to the image. nothing more nothing less. :)
Acoording to a Japanese newspaper, you get the transactioin free if you get "777" (the probablity is 1/10). Plus, if you get special "777" you get 1,000 yen (1/500).