What Is Pachinko

 

Pachinko?

Pachinko 파친코 is a pinball-like game played on a machine that looks like a slot machine.

Basically, Pachinko is played by firing the ball bearing to the side of the vertical play area and attempting to land the ball in a particular pocket (by luck or technique). If you do it right, you can get more balls. A ball is a piece of a game and a product. If you let the ball fall to the center, it disappears like a pinball.

After the game, you can exchange these balls for goods and cash.

Pachinko is often associated with organized crime and Yakuza, but police crackdowns since the 1960s have gradually diminished this influence. As of 2019, about 9,000 pachinko shops have opened across Japan, and it is still a very popular entertainment in Japan, with about 9 million players in 2017.

How:

You'll need a place if you want to do a pachinko properly. Pachinko shops tend to be noisy in every sense, with bright lights, loud music (indoor), pachinko or pachinko outside, and banners with slot machines.

Once you enter, go to the counter or machine near the entrance and buy a ball.

Pick your machine, sit down, and push some of your balls into the machine. Some machines have 'inside' and 'outside' trays to relax the empty tub, while others have a single tray.

I'm ready now! There are various kinds of pachinko machines, and many have their own tricks, so we can only deal with the basics here.

With the ball loaded, press the button or turn the wheel in the lower left corner to fire one or more balls into the play area. As we said, the goal is to put the ball in the pocket rather than the gutter at the bottom.

In a simple game, a pocket pays a fixed number of balls. In more complicated cases, hitting the right pocket can cause a spin on the slot machine, leading to a payout and/or 'heat' mode with a big bonus or small win wherever the ball falls.

Are you ready to stop? Take the winnings (I hope it's more than the first one!) to the counter, or, if available, use the buttons on the machine to call the guide. They will count your balls and give you a voucher.

Take this voucher to the prize counter and choose what you want. If what you are looking for is cash, exchange your voucher for a special prize (景 T, Tokushu keihin). 릴게임 They are usually small pieces of gold or silver in plastic cases.

You are not allowed to ask where the cash exchange desk is. Remember, it should be a completely separate task. But it is almost always very close to the pachinko shop. In Tokyo, the desk is operated by the Tokyo Union Circulation (TUC). Look for your name and yellow sign.