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Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia holds up a rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association during a news conference in Nagoya on July 5, 2010. Hakuho, the sole wrestler to hold the top rank of yokozuna, has admitted to betting on ''hanafuda,'' or Japanese playing card games, but has not been implicated in the baseball gambling scandal rocking the Japanese national sport.

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Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on July 5, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association released the rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the sole wrestler to hold the top rank of yokozuna, has admitted to betting on ''hanafuda,'' or Japanese playing card games, but has not been implicated in the baseball gambling scandal rocking the Japanese national sport.

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) and other sumo wrestlers implicated in various forms of illegal gambling in a third-party investigation bow in apology during a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010. Hakuho has admitted to betting some tens of thousands of yen on ''hanafuda'' Japanese playing card games.

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A girl and an old woman playing hanafuda

A set of hanafuda or flower playing cards consists of 48 cards, or four cards depicting different flowers for each month (12 for each of the four seasons). Different points are allocated to each card. Games include hachihachi, kabu and koikoi, and the cards can also be used for gambling. A long tobacco pipe is visible beside the woman on the left.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐87‐0]

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A girl and an old woman playing hanafuda

A set of hanafuda or flower playing cards consists of 48 cards, or four cards depicting different flowers for each month (12 for each of the four seasons). Different points are allocated to each card. Games include hachihachi, kabu and koikoi, and the cards can also be used for gambling. A long tobacco pipe is visible beside the woman on the left.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐36‐0]

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Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia holds up a rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association during a news conference in Nagoya on July 5, 2010. Hakuho, the sole wrestler to hold the top rank of yokozuna, has admitted to betting on ''hanafuda,'' or Japanese playing card games, but has not been implicated in the baseball gambling scandal rocking the Japanese national sport. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho puts focus on ring amid gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia speaks at a news conference in Nagoya on July 5, 2010, after the Japan Sumo Association released the rankings list for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the sole wrestler to hold the top rank of yokozuna, has admitted to betting on ''hanafuda,'' or Japanese playing card games, but has not been implicated in the baseball gambling scandal rocking the Japanese national sport. (Kyodo)

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JSA fires Kotomitsuki over gambling scandal

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) and other sumo wrestlers implicated in various forms of illegal gambling in a third-party investigation bow in apology during a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya on July 4, 2010. Hakuho has admitted to betting some tens of thousands of yen on ''hanafuda'' Japanese playing card games. (Kyodo)