The number of pachinko parlors that registered in the association and running was 8321 as of the end of November 2020, declined 575 from the same month of the previous year, according to the statistics of the All Japan Pachinko and Pachislot Parlors' Cooperative Association. The number of pachinko machines declined by 5.2 percent to 2,244,213, pachislot machines declined by 3.8 percent to 1,463,636, and the total number of quasi-gambling machines -include pachinko, pachislot, and others- declined by 4.7 percent to 3,707,886 during the last 12 months. It is said that the big reason for shrinking is that pachinko/pachislot players have been avoiding crowded places with the anxiety from COVID-19 infections. However, I don't think it's the main reason. There was a decreasing trend before the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the number of parlors declined by 14 percent, the total number of quasi-gambling machines declined by 8.7 percent during the last 35 months. Actually, ...