Chinese bathroom graffiti: gambling

Though less prominent than ads for black market goods and sex, messages for gambling-related services are not uncommon.

While on the surface this message appears to advertising physical gadgets that will give one an edge over China’s illegal gambling machines, some caution that it may be selling more abstract skills or strategies that will be tantamount to having such gadgets.  A more appropriate translation might be a vaguer: “See right through poker machines”.

Gamblers and others who are down on their luck can turn to the bathroom wall loan shark for a brief reprieve.