The Council's pachinko ban has created a new trend: gambling tourism. Goblins craving flashing lights and cascading steel balls are hiking over the mountains to Over There, where the dwarves have started building pachinko machines of their own.
The dwarven machines, sturdy and intricately engineered, have become the goblin gambler's choice almost overnight. Japanese models were the gold standard. Not anymore.
"These machines are a work of art," said GNN's own Grubgork, a pachinko aficionado. "The sound of the balls cascading down the pins is music. And the payouts? I've upgraded my cave significantly."
Over There, two days into its beer-garden boom, now has a pachinko boom on top. Parlors are popping up faster than mushrooms after rain.
Some elders worry the youth are falling for dwarven culture and technology.
"We must not forget our roots," warned Elder Gurglesnot, who signed the deal that put a pachinko machine in every goblin home in August and voted to ban them in November. "Pachinko may be harmless, but we must not lose sight of our own traditions."
The dwarves have opened a second parlor right at the border. It's called Over Here.
