Gamble while you wait: the ATM that is a slot machine

[Apoptosis]

Customers of a Japanese bank will no longer have to drum their fingers as they wait for their money at the cash machine, instead they will be invited to have a quick gamble.

From August 8, the cash dispensers of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, a regional bank based in the city of Ogaki, will double as slot machines, giving customers the chance to win back the fee they pay for using the machines out of business hours.

Impatient customers who line up three lucky sevens will cancel the 105 yen (54p) fee they usually pay the bank for using the machines after hours.

There will even be a jackpot of 1,000 yen (£5.10) if players stop the slots to complete a set of "gold" or "super gold" icons named after new financial products being offered by the bank.

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank say customers will have a good chance of winning. The bank says the odds of cancelling the machine fee are one in ten, and one in 500 for the top prize.

Source: Times Online UK

I personally think it is pretty cool that you get a chance to win back some money! If you have to pay a fee no matter what I'd love the 1 in 10 odds to win some cash back. Time for this to come to the States.

[CTSxViper]

Geez, don't let my mother-in-law know this.. She will be moving to Japan..