How to play PACHINKO

Pachinko is a type of mechanical game originating in Japan. This game is played on Japanese gambling machines that sometimes called ‘Pachinkos’ The look of Pachinko machine is just like a pin ball machine without the flipper and has a similarities to slot machine and pool.

This game is a cultural phenomenon in Japan, where it is played in pachinko parlors and enjoy hitting metal balls that called Pachinko Dama. There are many types of Pachinko machine, but basically it is a game of how many Pachinko Dama you can increase by using it and has a turning point whether you win the game or not.

The pachinko game’s popularity is spreading to other nations, where gamblers play pachinko in casinos. This is an exciting amusement spot, so that many pachinko shops offering different services with different ways of operating in various designs of machines. The player can choose the hall they wish to visit from various game shop, but the pachinko rules remain very similar.

In pachinko hall, the facility that has many various types of pachinko and pachislot machines set up for customer’s enjoyment.

The players will pay and borrow coins and metal balls. If you win the bonus, the balls or coins will increase.

Pachinko Machine

Pachinko machine is often described as vertical pinball machine which shoots small metal balls continuously toward the board surface of pachinko machine with uses small (11 mm diameter) steel balls, which are rented to the player by the owner. Players are aiming to gain balls by shooting down into a winning pocket located at bottom center of the board surface. Playing costs are generally within the range of 0.5 yen to 4 yen per ball. You need to be familiarized about the uses parts of Pachinko machine to play smoothly and hit the jackpot.

Process Flow of Playing Pachinko

1. Choose a platform to play!

First you need to choose platform to play because the probability of the big hit etc. is varies depending on the model of machine, so let’s sit on the anxious platform.

2. Borrow pachinko balls to play

Once you decided in choosing machine that you want to play, put a bill into the money slot on the ball dispenser located on the left-hand side of the machine and put it on the plate of the table.

You can borrow a ball by pressing the certain button “Ball rental”! But if there is no part to put money on the ball lending machine, you can buy a card with a ticket vending machine and insert the card into a ball lending machine.

Upon pressing the small button of ball “release button”, the predetermined amount of pachinko balls will be dispensed into the machine’s upper tray. Sometimes, the number of balls dispensed may not correctly correspond to the preset amount, or balls may not be dispensed at all.

If should something strange like this happened you can call over a member of the hall staff by pressing the “call button”.

3. Playing Pachinko

Start playing by turning the handle located on the lower-right of machine and the stronger ball will pop out from the left side of the board. Adjust the strength of the ball that jumping out well with the handle.

Finding a proper balance in shooting strength is the key of playing and adjust the strength so that the ball gathers around the yellow frame in the right figure.

As not turning the handle enough it will cause the balls to stay put, while if turning the handle too strongly will send the balls directly into the exit chute.

The ball tends to gather near the start chucker below the liquid crystal, so set a ball in the start chucker and rotate the design by turning the handle to the left and right until you find the right shooting strength.

Aim the balls so that they fall between the peg gaps located on the Pachinko board.

4. What to do when the machine pays out balls

Finally awaited a big hit! Landing a jackpot will cause the machine to pay out a large volume of balls. During the big hit, it’s aiming at the “attacker” and the location of the “attacker” is different depending on the platform. So if you check first, you won’t be upset when you hit the jackpot because If a ball enters the “attacker”, a ball will come out.

After landing multiple jackpots, the winnings box located directly below the lower tray will eventually become full with balls paid out by the machine. Sliding the lever on the lower tray while it becomes full it will cause the balls inside to fall into the winnings box placed below.

In this case when the upper plate is full, press “Ball Drop” and transfer the balls to the box and use the call button to have a member of the hall staff bring you a new winnings box and replace the full one.

• But for halls with no winnings boxes

Once the balls have entered to the winnings box, sliding the lever at the bottom of the box will allow those balls to be counted.

5. When you are finished playing Pachinko

Upon wrapping up a play session it should have a balance remaining, so be careful and not to forget the card when there is a balance on the ball lending machine and always press the card or coin return button.

The IC card or IC coin containing data on how much you have remaining will be ejected. Make sure to eject this card whenever leaving the vicinity of your machine, even when you are going to the bathroom. It needs the remaining balance be zero and no card or coin will come out upon pressing the card or coin return button.

When the game is over and you have winnings or remaining balls as the result of a jackpot, just press the call button to call over a member of the hall staff to make sure that there are no balls in the upper plate.

When a member of the hall staff comes over to your seat, inform them that you wish to discontinue in playing or making your pointer fingers an “X” sign so that they know that you are discontinued the game.

Be sure to have a staff member to carry any boxes filled with pachinko balls in for you, as it is very easy for someone not used to their weight to spill balls out of them. Follow the staff member, who will carry your payout balls to counting machine.

The staff will count all pachinko balls using their machine.

When the balls counting was finished the final count will show and you will see the difference from the amount of balls that you started and the count balls when you are finished.

After counting get a reciept to claim your prize from exchange counter hall.

• For halls with no winnings boxes
Press the payout button located on the left side of the machine, by doing this will cause Pachinko balls to exit from the nozzle within the machine. Make sure that you hold on to this receipt because it is represents the sole proof of your winnings.

6. Exchanging your winnings

All winnings obtained in a pachinko hall have to be exchanged for prizes in prize corner. After counting your payout balls using an exchanger, the hall staff will issue you an exchange receipt containing the physical amount of your winnings.

After receiving your exchange receipt, bring it to the exchange counter located within the hall. There, you can receive a series of prizes that exactly to the amount of winnings indicated on your receipt.

Please remember that it’s advisable to exchange your receipt for prizes prior to exiting the premises, because exchange the receipts are only valid on their day of issue.

You should have winnings from landing a jackpot or any leftover balls by pressing the card return button on the machine.

This will cause the IC card or IC coin that you used in play to eject. This card or coin may be used for play at a different machine.

The IC card or IC coin that you retrieved from the Pachinko machine can be exchanged into exciting prizes at the exchange counter located within the hall. It is advisable to exchange your card or coin for prizes prior to exiting the premises, as they are only valid for that day.

The card that you take out from machine has money insideand you can get it by going to bending machine and insert the card to get the money if your card has balance.

Pachinko Prizes

Pachinko prizes have various things from daily items to electronic devices. You can also win even real gold or money by getting this stuff when you are done playing. Push the cash out button the if the balls came out from machine, brought it to the cashier counter then get a stuff with receipt. You just bring the stuff to the pachinko parlor and the person in counter will change it into a real money.

The attractive feature of Pachinko is can play as a game and can get exciting prizes, and that’s a reason why many Japanese people are so passionate about winning various prizes.

Pachinko is not illegal gambling, it is allowed under the Japanese law because it is only a mass Entertainment facility amusement where you can win exciting prizes.