also: ごとし
noun
pachinko swindler; pachinko scammer
A person who cheats or scams at pachinko parlors. ゴト is originally an abbreviation of 仕事 (shigoto), used in underworld slang to refer to cheating operations.
あのパチンコ店でゴト師が捕まったらしい。
I heard a pachinko swindler was caught at that pachinko parlor.
ゴト師は巧妙な手口で大金を騙し取った。
The pachinko scammer swindled a large sum of money with a clever trick.
The game itself; ゴト師 is a person who cheats at it.
Standard word for 'work'; ゴト is a slang abbreviation derived from it, used in the context of illegal pachinko operations.
ゴト is a slang abbreviation of 仕事 (shigoto, 'work'), used in the underworld to refer to cheating operations. 師 (shi) is a suffix meaning 'master' or 'specialist'. The term likely emerged in pachinko-related criminal circles.