How come プレイガイド means "Ticket agency" and not "playguide"?


I've come across プレイガイド and I thought it meant "playguide" (which can be found
is _some_ dictionaries), but it didn't make sense in its context. I looked it
up and found it meant "ticket agency".

How did it come to this? I can't find a link. Phonetically it obviously comes
from "playguide", but I can't find a way for it to slide that much to mean
what it means.




~~That's a product name. Basically a ticket vending machine placed at some
convenience stores in Japan.~~

Edit: It's actually a 和製英語 (Japanese-made English word), which probably
intended to refer "a place where you can buy ticket for you to 'play'". It
generally refers to a ticket store (vending machine, now) that sells tickets
for concerts, amusement parks, etc.

Another example of wasei-eigo: Salaryman, Skinship..

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo>
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89>




~~That's a product name. Basically a ticket vending machine placed at some
convenience stores in Japan.~~

Edit: It's actually a 和製英語 (Japanese-made English word), which probably
intended to refer "a place where you can buy ticket for you to 'play'". It
generally refers to a ticket store (vending machine, now) that sells tickets
for concerts, amusement parks, etc.

Another example of wasei-eigo: Salaryman, Skinship..

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasei-eigo>
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89>

