Seven people, including mahjong store managers and employees, were referred to prosecutors for allegedly forcing customers to play illegal mahjong in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.
A total of seven people were referred to prosecutors: the 53-year-old manager of a mahjong shop in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, four employees, and two customers.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the business owners are suspected of having customers play mahjong between 2012 and January of this year, and are suspected of gambling fraud.
At the store, mahjong was played between so-called "free" customers who visited the store individually, and when there were not enough people, employees were sometimes invited to participate.
They also took measures to avoid detection, such as using pouches to hide money transactions.
The store went out of business on the 2nd of this month, but it is believed to have generated sales of approximately 900 million yen over the past 11 years, and the owner stated in response to the investigation, ``He believed that unless he invested cash, he would not be able to attract customers.'' It means that it is.
In Tokyo, six gambling mahjong stores were arrested between 2021 and 2020, and the Metropolitan Police Department will continue to provide administrative guidance and conduct on-site visits to understand the actual situation at malicious stores.