On 18th July, the Japan Productivity Center (JPC), a non-profit organization and non-governmental organization established in 1994, released result of the survey on leisure and pastime activities among Japan residents in 2018.
I attended JPC's press briefing. According to JPC's estimate, the overall revenue of Japan's leisure and pastime industry in 2018 was 71.9 trillion yen, increased by only 0.1 percent from previous year.
The number of participants in government-operated gambling, such as Horse Race betting, Bicycle Race betting, Speed Boat Race betting, Motor Cycle Race betting, Lottery, increased from previous year. And each industry's revenue also slight increased. How was the Pachinko industry?
note) Pachinko industry means stores which operate PACHINKO machines and PACHISLOT machines under the Entertainment Business Law. Those stores belong to a different category from the game centers.
note) According to the Japanese legal definition, PACHINKO and PACHISLOT are quasi-gambling amusement for adults, not gambling.
JPC estimates that the number of participants in PACHINKO was 9.5 million in 2018, increased by 6 percent from previous year.
Those estimates are very similar to our survey.
Amusement Press Japan, EBI and SEES jointly conducted survey on leisure and gambling activities among residents of Japan. According to that, 9.11 million people participated in PACHINKO and 6.85 million people participated in PACHISLOT in 2018.
note) JPC does NOT ask questionnaire answerers about activity of PACHISLOT. So, JPC can NOT estimate the number of participation in PACHISLOT.
By the way, the term 'participant' means people who played it once or more in the past 12 months. Even If the number of participants increased a little, declining of average frequency of play cause market reduce. That's why Pachinko industry's gross revenue failed 3.3 percent to 20.7 trillion yen, US$192 billion. And Pachinko industry's gross profit is about 3.3 trillion yen, US$30.6 billion.
note) The term ‘gross profit’ in Pachinko industry is equivalent to ‘gross gaming revenue ’ in casino industry. This means that Pachinko industry's market size is smaller than casino industry's gross gaming revenue in Macau.
I attended JPC's press briefing. According to JPC's estimate, the overall revenue of Japan's leisure and pastime industry in 2018 was 71.9 trillion yen, increased by only 0.1 percent from previous year.
The number of participants in government-operated gambling, such as Horse Race betting, Bicycle Race betting, Speed Boat Race betting, Motor Cycle Race betting, Lottery, increased from previous year. And each industry's revenue also slight increased. How was the Pachinko industry?
note) Pachinko industry means stores which operate PACHINKO machines and PACHISLOT machines under the Entertainment Business Law. Those stores belong to a different category from the game centers.
note) According to the Japanese legal definition, PACHINKO and PACHISLOT are quasi-gambling amusement for adults, not gambling.
JPC estimates that the number of participants in PACHINKO was 9.5 million in 2018, increased by 6 percent from previous year.
Those estimates are very similar to our survey.
Amusement Press Japan, EBI and SEES jointly conducted survey on leisure and gambling activities among residents of Japan. According to that, 9.11 million people participated in PACHINKO and 6.85 million people participated in PACHISLOT in 2018.
note) JPC does NOT ask questionnaire answerers about activity of PACHISLOT. So, JPC can NOT estimate the number of participation in PACHISLOT.
By the way, the term 'participant' means people who played it once or more in the past 12 months. Even If the number of participants increased a little, declining of average frequency of play cause market reduce. That's why Pachinko industry's gross revenue failed 3.3 percent to 20.7 trillion yen, US$192 billion. And Pachinko industry's gross profit is about 3.3 trillion yen, US$30.6 billion.
note) The term ‘gross profit’ in Pachinko industry is equivalent to ‘gross gaming revenue ’ in casino industry. This means that Pachinko industry's market size is smaller than casino industry's gross gaming revenue in Macau.
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