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Kōei kyōgi (Japanese: 公営競技, public sports) or Kōei Gyanburu (Japanese: 公営ギャンブル, public gambling) are public races that can be gambled on legally. There are four types: horse racing, bicycle racing, powerboat racing, and asphalt speedway motorcycle racing. They are allowed by special laws and are regulated by local ...
A 2014 study showed that pathological gambling tendencies among Japanese adults was 9.04% in men and 1.6% in women, higher than the North American prevalence of 1.6%, particularly for men. [27] In 1999, 29% of players thought of themselves as addicted and needing treatment. Another 30% said they exceeded their budgets and borrowed money to play ...
The game uses two standard six-sided dice, which are shaken in a bamboo cup or bowl by a dealer. The cup is then overturned onto the floor. Players then place their wagers on whether the sum total of numbers showing on the two dice will be "Chō" (even) or "Han" (odd).
Fictional examples can be seen in the Zatoichi and iron fist film series, about a blind masseur who would often participate in bakuto-run gambling. [6]From 1964 to 1971, Toei Studios produced the ten-part Gambler (Bakuto) series of films starring Kōji Tsuruta (except for the film Gambler Clan, which starred Ken Takakura in his place).
While the actual origin of the term mizu-shōbai [2] is debatable, it is likely the term came into use during the Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1868). [3] The Tokugawa period saw the development of large bathhouses and an expansive network of roadside inns offering "hot baths and sexual release", [3] as well as the expansion of geisha districts and courtesan quarters in cities and towns ...
A unique aspect of the sport is the fact that women can compete as equals with men. As the weights of racers make an important difference in hydroplane racing, female racers, often lighter than their male counterparts, have certain advantages. Roughly 10% of Kyōtei racers are women. [citation needed]
Iroha karuta (Japanese: いろはかるた) is an easier-to-understand matching game for children, similar to Uta-garuta but with 96 cards. Instead of poems, the cards represent the 47 syllables of the hiragana syllabary and adds kyō ( 京 , "capital") for the 48th (since the syllable -n ん can never start any word or phrase).
Kabufuda (株札 （ かぶふだ ）) are Japanese playing cards used for gambling games such as Oicho-Kabu mainly used in the Kansai region. Kabufuda cards, like the related hanafuda (lit. ' flower cards '), are smaller and stiffer than Western playing cards.