Japanese Slots
Slots are very popular in Japan as well as in other countries. There are special Japanese slots called pachisuro, pachinko or pachislo. As well as slot machines in Canada, pokies in Australia, pachinsuro are loved by players.
PACHINKO
First paycheck slots were produced in Japan in the 1920s and were completely for children’s amusement. But in a few years, around the 1930s, pitching slots became an amusement for adults. During World War II all pachinko parlors were closed, but reestablished in the end of 1940s. After then, patching establishments have never been closed and have always been very popular.
There are many types
There are many types of patching slots but all of them work according to the same principle. The player must buy traditional metal balls in order to play the game. Money, pre-paid
cards or member’s cards can be used as well, but as you may know Japan is the land where traditions are very important. The player then must put the balls into the machine in order to win more balls. The game itself resembles a vertical pinball, with a spring-loaded lever. With this lever player shoots the ball into the machine and waits for the ball to bring a prize – more balls!
Modern pitching slots
Modern pitching slots are, of course, electrical rather than mechanical. They are now computerized, and played with an LCD screen with beautiful graphics and sounds. Instead of the lever there is a round "throttle" which controls how the ball that will be fired, just like in pinball. The ultimate goal in modern pacing slots is not just to get more balls, but to win a jackpot! Most of the balls will fall to the bottom and disappear but when some of the balls get into special holes in the center of the screen. If the player forms 3 same symbols it will be a winning combination with a big prize!
MODERN PACHISURO
Modern Japanese slots are almost completely electric and computerized. They have the best video design. Japanese slots have six regulated levels of changing games odds. These levels provide an outcome from 90% to 160%! Also, by using skills some players can increase their outcome percentage to 200%!
By Japanese laws all Japanese slots must have three reels and all reels must have a stop button. These reels must not spin faster than 80 revolutions per minute, and must stop within 0.19 seconds after the stop button was pushed. There are many other rules and regulations concerning Japanese slots.
Slots are very popular in Japan nowadays. For example, there are more than 16000 pachisuro and pachinko establishments through all of Japan nowadays, and of course there are even more about pachisuro and pacing in online casinos.
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