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Byline: B. J. LEE

It's no accident that South Korea's videogame culture is unmatched--the government has promoted the industry vigorously. An unfortunate byproduct is now mushrooming: gambling casinos that masquerade as game arcades. About a million slot machines in 15,000 illegal casinos now do $30 billion in business each year. Using licenses for gaming arcades, the casinos offer a PC-equivalent of slot ...

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