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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 138444, member: 669&quot;]Pachinko parlors are found all over Japan, filled with dozens of vertical machines with multiple spinners and openings.&nbsp; Steel balls are flipped by a lever with the object of causing multiple balls to drop into the tray at the bottom.&nbsp; Gambling on the machines is technically illegal, so when a player turns in his supply of balls when he&#039;s done playing, he receives chocolates and small trinkets.&nbsp; These can then be taken to a small window, usually in an alley outside of the building, where they are &quot;sold&quot; for cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were already Pachinko parlors all over Tokyo when I was first there in 1954, and on my last trip a few years ago they were still all over the place, usually with lots of balloons and colored streamers advertising their location.&nbsp; Like most pinball-type games it is partly skill and partly luck how a player does at any particular session.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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