Bank to woo customers with ATM roulette game
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new -- wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck.
日本银行的服务质量一向口碑不佳，
A roulette wheel pops onto the screen of automatic teller machines when customers of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd finish transferring funds. A lucky spin and the customer wins 1,000 yen ($8.50).
近日，当顾客使用完大垣共立银行的自动取款机后，取款机的屏幕上会显示出一只赌场里赌博用的轮盘。幸运的顾客可以通过转动轮盘赢得1000日元（约合8.5美元）的奖励。
"Using ATMs is impersonal and lacks communication," said a spokesman for the bank which is based in Gifu prefecture, central Japan. "We wanted to add some fun."
大垣共立银行坐落在日本中部的岐阜市，该银行的一名发言人表示：“使用自动取款机是非个人且缺乏交流的行为，我们希望为顾客增加些乐趣。”
The new service will start from September 13 at 134 of the bank's branches.
从9月13日起，这项轮盘赌的新服务将在该银行的134家支行出现。
The roulette game is Ogaki Kyoritsu's second shot at jazzing up its ATM services. It launched an on-screen slot machine game last August, in which customers may win prizes of an ATM fee waiver or 1,000 yen after withdrawing money.
轮盘赌游戏是大垣共立银行增加自动取款机服务乐趣的第二次尝试。去年8月，该银行安装了一台“吃角子老虎”赌具，顾客可以使用该机器赢得自动取款机的免费使用权或者1000日元的奖励。
"Our customers enjoy it very much," the spokesman said.
发言人表示：“我们的顾客对游戏非常感兴趣。”
但至少有一家银行已经开始了新的尝试——为顾客提供好运降临的机会。
