Re: sumo gambling

[Riley@hachi.hi-tech.ac.jp (Totoro)]

>Can anyone describe what popular kinds of gambling - legal or otherwise -
>are practiced in Japan on Sumo events?

We used to have some good hoshitori in Aomori.  The head cop
decided a few years back that spending 2,500 yen for a chance
at winning a small car was too much like gambling, so he told
them they were illegal.  He must've lost all the time!  My
wife and I used to make our own after that, with the loser
having to cook dinner for the winner.  Even if it's something
minor like that, it made the basho a lot more interesting, as
sometimes you have to root against someone you like.  :-)

For those of you wondering, "What the hell is a hoshitori?"
stay tuned, as the info is coming soon!!

Hakke yoi!

Totoro

[David Riley]
[Hachinohe Institute of Technology]
[88-1, Myo, Ohbiraki]
[Hachinohe-shi  031]