Y20 million stolen from pachinko parlor in Saitama

Monday 09th March, 09:51 AM JST

SAITAMA —

About 20 million yen was stolen by a man at a pachinko parlor in Kounosu City, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday afternoon.

According to police, a man with a gun-like object threatened a 28-year-old employee, demanding money at around 5:15 p.m., while the parlor was full of customers. The employee was collecting money from pachinko machines, police said. None of the other employees nor customers noticed the incident, police said.

The employee told police that the suspect is about 160 cm tall, in his 40-50s, and was wearing a green jacket and blue jeans.

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8iamhappy8 at 11:42 AM JST - 9th March

Lol... Good for the parlor! They needed to have this lesson! This is how you properly collect money from any kind of machines: Hire two armed police officers to stand on guard while you collect the money!
airrunwesker at 12:47 PM JST - 9th March

I don't understand... what is a pachinko parlor?
bobbafett at 12:50 PM JST - 9th March

Well I am sure the Gangsters that own the place have insurance. Hey, they may have just hit a double Jackpot.
whitepocky at 01:17 PM JST - 9th March

Inside Job!!
sensei258 at 02:22 PM JST - 9th March

whitepocky - I agree. Those places are always crowded. Somebody would have seen it. And what is a "gun-like object" anyway?
BBLeo at 02:35 PM JST - 9th March

Please explain what ‘pachinko parlor is' I never heard of it. Yes sure this is a great jackpot. What that an inside job? Someone has been doing a good 'MATHS' lessons. I wonder who the teacher was. In such instance of robbery better give them what they ask to avoid going into six feet hole.
depasio at 03:01 PM JST - 9th March

Pachincko parlor is like a casino, but no black jacks, or horse racing, only Pachinko( a japanese type gambling game) they also have slot machines... damn it do a google search you lazy mofo.
outofmydepth at 03:24 PM JST - 9th March

saitama, huh? lots and lots of bad things happen in saitama. is it the water?
kawabunga at 04:46 PM JST - 9th March

More than likely it was a Yak who robbed the joint!! They are easy hits w/ loads of cash. The police won't lift a finger either as they just turn the other cheek when it comes to P.Parlors. Too many Yaks involved.
sharky1 at 05:01 PM JST - 9th March

meanwhile, his 25 year old partner is counting their take...
noypikantoku at 06:41 PM JST - 9th March

Somebody's gonna be in the Yak's hot list......
TokyoXtreme at 07:24 PM JST - 9th March

This is like $200,000 USD right? Honestly, is this even logistically possible? Sounds like a fake story to me. Maybe the parlor owner's excuse for coming up short to the Yakuza bosses.
gogogo at 09:04 PM JST - 9th March

20 million! That must be 1 days worth of money! damn pachinko parlors are raking it in! Put a tax on these guys straight away, it's not gambling remember you only can win prizes... gotta love the double standard :)
70x4060d at 04:57 AM JST - 10th March

I can't believe they pulled it off! This is great! We've consulted on logistics for months (speak Chinese, use black vans), but we never thought they could pull it off. Good for them!
TokyoXtreme at 11:16 PM JST - 10th March

And only took one guy with a plastic toy gun to pull this off... and how did he carry the money anyway? Do journalists in Japan ask even basic questions? Do cops? Sheesh.