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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1605638, member: 4703&quot;]Pachinko is a vertical pinball game which has been popular in Japan for more than half a century.&nbsp; Gaily flag-decorated pachinko parlors, each with literally hundreds of machines, are found in virtually every neighborhood.&nbsp; A number of large chains&nbsp; use identical tokens regionally or nationwide, but there are thousands of independent parlors, many of which have their own tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would conservatively guess that there are several thousand different tokens in use, or formerly in use, and although I know of a few small collections, I&#039;ve never heard of any organized group, forum, or English language catalog.&nbsp; A Japanese numismatist I know isn&#039;t aware of any Japanese language catalog either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The object of the game is to cause a small steel ball to enter a hole surrounded by steel pins, and thereby get more balls to flip with the lever.&nbsp; Although gambling is illegal, generally there is a small window on the outside of the building where one can trade the balls for &quot;prizes&quot;, and of course there is no way to tell whether you are returning purchased but unused balls, or winnings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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