What is a pachinko machine?
Pachinko
Pachinko machines vary in several aspects, including decoration, music, modes and gates. The majority of modern machines have an LCD screen centered over the main start pocket. The game is played with keeping the stream of balls to the left of the screen, but many models will have their optimized ball stream to be in the center of the play field or to switch from left side to right side depending on the game mode. Vintage machines vary in pocket location and strategy with the majority having a specific center piece that usually contains win pockets.
Pachinko
Starting in 2007, the majority of Japanese pachinko machines started to include "" (小当たり, small jackpot) into their payout systems. "Koatari" is shorter than the normal jackpot and during payout mode the payout gate opens for a short time only, even if no balls go into it. The timing of the opening of the gates is unpredictable, effectively making it a jackpot where the player receives no payout. "Koatari" jackpots can result in a "kakuhen" as per normal operation, depending on the payout scheme of the machine in question. The main purpose of "koatari" is so that pachinko manufacturers can offer payout schemes that "appear" to be largely favorable to customers, without losing any long-term profit.
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures, known in Japan as , is a side-scrolling adventure game "sequel" to "Pac-Man". Instead of being a maze game like the majority of its predecessors, "Pac-Man 2" incorporates light point-and-click adventure game elements. It was produced and published by Namco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis systems, and was released in 1994 by Namco. The game borrows its structure and certain elements from "Pac-Land", and also appears to contain certain elements from the animated series, such as Pac-Man's family and a main villain commanding the ghosts. The SNES version of "Pac-Man 2" was re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console on 3 March 2016. 
"Pac-Man 2" carries a style of gameplay similar to that of traditional Point-and-click adventures, but with a few key differences that set it apart from other games in the genre. Unlike most Point-and-click games where the player can interact with the environment via various commands, "the player has no direct control over Pac-Man". Instead, he independently moves and interacts with the world, characters, and sometimes the player. The player's main ability is to influence, rather than control, the character's actions. The only command that can be given is via the "Look" button, which makes Pac-Man look or turn in whichever direction is held on the control pad. The player takes the role of an observer, armed with a slingshot that can be used to indirectly affect or strike objects in the world, including Pac-Man himself.
Pachinko
Besides the special prizes, prizes may be as simple as chocolate bars, pens or cigarette lighters, or as complicated as electronics, bicycles and other items. Under Japanese law, cash cannot be paid out directly for pachinko balls, but there is usually a small establishment located nearby, separate from the game parlor but sometimes in a separate unit as part of the same building, where players may sell special prizes for cash. This is tolerated by the police because the pachinko parlors that pay out goods and special prizes are nominally independent from the shops that buy back the special prizes. Some pachinko parlors may even give out vouchers for groceries at a nearby supermarket. The "yakuza" (organized crime) were formerly often involved in prize exchange, but a great deal of police effort beginning in the 1960s and ramping up in the 1990s has largely done away with their influence. In Tokyo, the special prize exchange is handled exclusively by the company (known as TUC), which sells pachinko and slot parlors gold slivers in standardized plastic cases, which it buys back from winning customers at its "TUC Shop" windows.
Masamura Pachinko Museum
The museum documents the history in detail. It shows a different theory of the history of Pachinko though. Although the usual theory of the origins of pachinko states that the game is an adaptation of the American "Corinthian Game", which was a kind of very old pinball game. The museum however argues that the early machines might come from the vertical "wall machines" that were found in the late 19th century European penny arcades.
Bingo Shooting Device
The Bingo Shooting Device is a small mousetrap-like device used in novelty pranks and magic tricks. The device, invented by Sam S. Adams in 1907, consists of a hinge that is closed over a spring-loaded hammer. When the hinge is allowed to open, the hammer is released and strikes a percussion cap, causing a loud bang. The mechanism has been adapted to many prank items, including pens that explode when the cap is removed and toilet seats that explode when raised.
Pinball
Another close but distinct relative of pinball is pachinko, a gambling game played in Japan. Although they share a common ancestry, the games are very different, in that pachinko involves shooting many small balls repeatedly into a nearly vertical playfield, while pinball is about the manipulation of the small number of balls currently in play on a near-horizontal playfield.
Namco Pac-Man
The Namco Pac-Man was an 8-bit arcade game system board that was first used by Namco in 1980; the second and third games to run on it, "Rally-X" and "New Rally-X", were modified to support a larger color palette and scrolling. Three unauthorized "Pac-Man" sequels were later developed by Bally Midway, Namco's old US distributor, on this board between 1981 and 1983 - and after Namco ended its partnership with Bally Midway after the release of "Pac-Land" in 1984, it developed "Jump Shot" (a basketball simulation) and "Shoot the Bull" (a darts game) on it, in the following year.
Pichenotte
Pichenotte is a French Canadian tabletop game, played on a board with round game pieces. Used more broadly, the term is a general name for tabletop games played with small (usually wooden) pieces that are flicked using the thumb and index (or middle) finger, including such games as carrom, sharing a similarity in that their mechanics lie somewhere between pocket billiards and table shuffleboard. The term is also used in parts of Canada and the United States synonymously with crokinole. Commercially produced boards are available from numerous manufacturers.
Advantage gambling
In the Japanese game of pachinko, there are numerous purported strategies for winning, the most reliable of which is to use inside information to learn which machines have the highest payout settings. Because of the "Stock", "Renchan", and "tenjō" systems, it is possible to make money by simply playing machines on which someone has just lost a huge amount of money. This is called being a "hyena". They are easy to recognize, roaming the aisles for a "Kamo" ("sucker" in English) to leave their machine in a favorable mode.
Pachicom
In "Mode A", the clock goes forward from 000000 seconds until it reaches 999999 seconds (the equivalent of either 16666.65 non-real time minutes, 2777.775 non-real time hours, or 115.740625 non-real time days). Once that occurs, the game is over and any remaining points are stored in the top three score list. "Mode B" is the same except that the clock goes backwards from 999999 seconds all the way back to 000000 seconds. It is very easy to mash the "A" button repeatedly around with the direction pad to the right in order to accumulate mass winnings from the pachinko games and "cheat" the system.
Parodius
In addition, several pachinko machines based on Parodius universe were released in Japan, such as "CR Parodius Da" in 2000, "CR Saikoro Tin Douty" in 2004 and "CR Gokujō Parodius" in 2006.
Slot machine
There are many different kinds of gambling slot machines in places such as Las Vegas (as well as casinos modeled after those in Las Vegas, including those operated on Native American reservations). Some of the most popular are the video poker machines, in which players hope to obtain a set of symbols corresponding to a winning poker hand. Depending on the machine, players can play one, 100, or more hands at one time. Another popular type of machine internationally are video bingo machines, where a player can play Latin style bingo or American style bingo. Depending on the machine players can play one bingo card or more at a time.
Fever Live in Hall
Fever Live in Hall (known in Japan as "CR Fever Koda Kumi" with the image name "FEVER LIVE IN HALL") is a digital pachinko machine developed and released by SANKYO in 2007, with singer-songwriter Koda Kumi as the artist tie-in.
Slot machine
Despite the fact that they are confidential, occasionally a PAR sheet is posted on a website. They have limited value to the player, because usually a machine will have 8 to 12 different possible programs with varying payouts. In addition, slight variations of each machine (e.g., with "double jackpots" or "five times play") are always being developed. The casino operator can choose which EPROM chip to install in any particular machine to select the payout desired. The result is that there is not really such a thing as a high payback type of machine, since every machine potentially has multiple settings. From October 2001 to February 2002, columnist Michael Shackleford obtained PAR sheets for five different nickel machines; four IGT games "Austin Powers", "Fortune Cookie", "Leopard Spots" and "Wheel of Fortune" and one game manufactured by WMS; "Reel 'em In". Without revealing the proprietary information, he developed a program that would allow him to determine with usually less than a dozen plays on each machine which EPROM chip was installed. Then he did a survey of over 400 machines in 70 different casinos in Las Vegas. He averaged the data, and assigned an average payback percentage to the machines in each casino. The resultant list was widely publicized for marketing purposes (especially by the Palms casino which had the top ranking).
Kachingo
Kachingo was a short-lived "card free" customer rewards programme in New Zealand. Every time a customer spent over a certain amount at any one the participating retail outlets the customer would receive a ticket with a Game Line on it, and could receive additional game lines by spending a higher amount or purchasing certain items in store. Each Game Line gave the customer a chance to win money.
Pachinko
Many video arcades in Japan feature pachinko models from different times. They offer more playing time for a certain amount of money spent and have balls exchanged for game tokens, which can only be used to play other games in the establishment. As many of these arcades are smoke-free and the gambling is removed, this is popular for casual players, children, and those wanting to play in a more relaxed atmosphere. Thrifty gamblers may spend a small amount on a newly released model in such establishments to get the feel for the machine before going to a real parlor. The same machines can be found in many stores, with the difference being that they pay out capsules containing a prize coupon or store credit.
PlayStation Move Heroes
PlayStation Move Heroes (known in Japan as Gachinko Heroes (ガチンコヒーローズ "Gachinko Hīrōzu", "Hardcore Heroes") is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Nihilistic Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 video game console utilizing the PlayStation Move. It is a crossover of the "Jak and Daxter", "Ratchet & Clank", and "Sly Cooper" franchises to form a total of six main characters.
Fever Live in Hall
The content of the DVD housed a general tutorial for game play and information about the pachinko machine and its differences compared to other pachinko games. It also featured possible videos players could access while playing, along with a digest video and the "Crystella" model utilized for the frame of the machines. The DVD was only available to those who purchased a set during the conventions, which were never made for a public release. The set not only included the instructional DVD, but also came with two champagne flutes with "KODA KUMI FEVER LIVE IN HALL" engraved on the glasses, a large promotional booklet carrying high quality promotional photos, a photograph-quality image of the main promotional image, and an instructional pamphlet about the game.
Pachinko
A number of media franchises, mainly Japanese media franchises (including Japanese film, anime, manga, television and video game franchises), have generated significant revenue from sales of licensed pachinko and pachislot machines to pachinko parlors and arcades.
Namco Museum
Simply titled "Namco Museum", it was developed for the Nintendo Switch and released July 28, 2017 on the Nintendo eShop. Much like "Namco Museum DS", the game includes a remake of "Pac-Man Vs.". It contains the following games:
Due to the violent nature of "Splatterhouse", this is the first "Namco Museum" game to be rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. A retail release bundled with "Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus", titled Namco Museum Arcade Pac, was released on September 28, 2018.
Taito Type X
Based on commodity PC hardware architecture, Type X is not a specification for a single set of hardware, but rather a modular platform supporting multiple hardware configurations with different levels of graphical capability. This flexibility allows game developers limited choice in selecting a configuration to fit the game's specific requirements, and allows the platform as a whole to more efficiently support gaming titles with vastly different computing needs. For example, the Type X+ and Type X2 models have upgrade graphics processing power, which could be put toward better game visuals, or outputing to higher-resolution (HDTV) displays. The Type X7 board is used primarily for pachinko machines in Japan. Rawiya co-owned the company that produced this system board.
Aeroplane Chess
Aeroplane Chess (, literally "Aviation Game" or "Flying Chess") is a Chinese cross-and-circle board game similar to the western game of Ludo and the Indian game of Pachisi. Developed in the 20th century, Aeroplane Chess features airplanes as pieces instead of the more abstract pawns and beehive-shaped pieces found in the games from which it is derived. Aeroplane Chess had been spread around the world, especially in Africa.
Masamura Pachinko Museum
The Masamura Pachinko Museum (パチンコミュージアム正村資料館) is a small Japanese pachinko museum currently located at 210 Nakasunachō in Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture (愛知県名古屋市天白区中砂町210番地).
Amusement arcade
An amusement arcade (often referred to as "video arcade" or simply "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables. In some countries, some types of arcades are also legally permitted to provide gambling machines such as slot machines or "pachinko" machines. Games are usually housed in cabinets. The term used for ancestors of these venues in the beginning of the 20th century was penny arcades.
Planet Pachinko
The player takes control of the members of a robot family who explore the abandoned temples of the ancient Pachinkeet civilization, their architecture inspired by pachinko machines, destroying pachinko balls along the way to pass each stage. In their way is the space pirate Vile Vill and his crew, who are also exploring the temples and hoping to loot them of their riches.
Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)
The arcade game is housed in a modified upright cabinet. Like the previous game, it requires two vertically stacked monitors. The top monitor is used to display statistics while the bottom one is the main game display. It is otherwise a standard upright arcade cabinet. It has a joystick and three buttons. Two buttons control left and right punches, one for each arm. One button delivers a strong uppercut or right hook, but it only works when the super meter (also known as the KO meter or power meter) is full. The super meter is filled by landing successful punches. It is drained when the player fails to block or dodge an attack, or if the player is knocked down. Unlike the original, "Super Punch Out!!" also features a joystick which can be pulled straight up from the panel, allowing the player to duck opponents' punches.
No Pokies
No Pokies was an independent South Australian Legislative Council ticket that ran upper house candidates at the 1997, 2002 and 2006 state elections. Poker machines or "pokies" are the Australian version of slot machines. It was replaced by the Nick Xenophon Team in 2013.
Lupin the Third
A range of eleven Pachinko machines have been produced by Heiwa since 1998.
Kazuo Okada
In 1969 Okada founded Universal Lease, which manufactured coin-operated arcade games for children. In late 1969, Okada's first visit to Las Vegas led to his decision to enter the business of slot machine manufacturing. He invented the "near-miss" feature in his slot machines, an innovation that helped expand the Japanese market of "pachislot" (a hybrid of Japan’s pachinko and Las Vegas slot machines) and also made Okada's slot machines popular in Las Vegas. Throughout the 1990s, Universal served as a major supplier of machines to the bustling Japanese pachinko industry. In 2000 Okada was introduced to Las Vegas-based casino magnate Steve Wynn, eventually investing $380 million in Wynn’s then-new company, Wynn Resorts. Wynn Resorts opened its first casino in 2005 in Las Vegas and a second one in 2006 in Macau. In 2008, Steve Wynn declined to join Okada in a major investment to build a casino in Entertainment City in Manila. Okada proceeded alone with the investment, forming a local company, Tiger Resort, Leisure and Entertainment, Inc., to handle the development of the Manila property. In July 2016, the property was unveiled as the Okada Manila, a $2.4 billion integrated hotel, resort and casino that represents Okada’s biggest investment to date.
Masami Kurumada
"Saint Seiya" videogames have been released for old consoles such as Famicom/NES, Game Boy and more recently various video games for PlayStation 2(2006-2008) and for PlayStation 3(2011), and a "Saint Seiya Omega" game for PSP was released in December 2012, and "" released in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and released in 2015 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 and PC. Recently, "Ring ni Kakero" has also been the theme for Pachinko game machines, as well as "Saint Seiya", on which a recently released pachinko machine is based.
Payazzo
The game is called "pajatso" in Finnish. It is a Fennicized form of "bajazzo", the name of the early German models. "Bajazzo" refers to an Italian-style clown ("pagliaccio" in Italian). Finland's Slot Machine Association (Finnish: "Raha-automaattiyhdistys" or "RAY"), the manufacturer of today's payazzo machines, uses "payazzo" in English for "pajatso".
Pikachu virus
The Pikachu virus, sometimes referred to as Poké Virus, was a computer virus believed to be the first computer virus geared at children due to its incorporation of Pikachu from the "Pokémon" series. It arrived in the form of an e-mail titled "Pikachu Pokemon" with the body of the e-mail containing the text "Pikachu is your friend."
Opening the attached executable met users with an image of Pikachu, along with a message stating, "Between millions of people around the world I found you. Don’t forget to remember this day every time MY FRIEND." 
The virus itself appeared in the attachment to the email as a file named "codice_1".
Kaiji (manga)
Although Kaiji manages to get out of the labour camp with 800,000 Yen using the 1-day pass, he only has 20 days to earn the 60 million Yen he needs to buy his freedom and release the other 45ers. Fortunately Kaiji comes across Sakazaki who tells him of a pachinko game known as the Bog in a high-stakes casino where Kaiji can win over 550 million Yen. Kaiji agrees to help Sakazaki beat the Bog. However, the casino is owned by Teiai Corporation, and the Bog has been rigged in several ways to ensure that it won't pay out.
Pachinko
Older pachinko machines had a spring-loaded lever for shooting the balls individually, but newer ones use a round knob that controls the strength of an electrically fired plunger that shoots the balls onto the playing field. When shot, the balls drop through an array of pins; some of them will fall into the centre gate and start up the slot machine in the centre screen. Every ball that goes into the centre gate results in one spin of the slot machine, but there is a limit on the number of spins at one time because of the possibility of balls passing through the centre gate while a spin is still in progress. Each spin pays out a small number of balls, but the objective is to hit the jackpot. The program of the digital slot machine decides the outcome of the spin when the ball falls through the center gate, not when the spinning animation plays.
Pancake machine
Various types of pancake machines exist, such as those that run pancake batter through a heated conveyor inside of a box unit, and those that automatically drop pancake batter onto a flattop grill. Some pancake machines, such as one developed by Crepe-Coer, cook both sides of a pancake simultaneously. Semi-automatic pancake machines also exist, which require some human interaction to function, such as the pouring of batter. Commercial pancake machines may be used in the foodservice industry, in cafeterias and by restaurants, and can serve to reduce the waste of stale pancake batter. Some hotels have pancake machines that guests are allowed to operate. They are also used in other environments in a self-service manner, such as in upscale airport lounges and hotels.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
A pachinko game titled "Slot Puella Magi Madoka Magica" was released in 2013, and a second pachinko game titled "Slot Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2" was released in 2016. "Slot Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2" features the song "Naturally" by Aoi Yūki and Eri Kitamura. Also in 2016, the smartphone game "Girl Friend Beta" announced a collaboration with "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" in which players got a Madoka card as a log-in bonus.
Peggle
"Peggle" was originally envisioned by PopCap's studio director, Sukhbir Sidhu, who was inspired by pachinko machines. However, he recognized that pachinko was mostly luck-based, and would not translate well into a video game. After seeing a 2D game engine created by PopCap programmer Brian Rothstein, Sidhu was able to realize his game, and worked with Rothstein for the first five months of its development before bringing in additional programmers. Initial designs focused on bringing together elements of pachinko with "Breakout". The team initially incorporated a "rapid-fire" mechanic used in pachinko, along with numerous moving targets, but they found this made the levels either too fast-paced or too demanding of the player. They found over time that a static field of pegs provided a more enjoyable experience for the player; the path of the ball would be more predictable, leading to the gameplay mechanic of requiring only a random subset of orange pegs to be cleared. Once the team had established the core mechanics of the game, they brought on character artist Walter Wilson, background artist Marcia Broderick and an additional coder, Eric Tams, to help complete "Peggle" within its two-year development period. Even with their game established, Sidhu and Rothstein faced internal challenges at PopCap to increase the level of interactivity with the game, but the two defended their vision of the game.
Stepan Pachikov
Pachikov is a co-founder and board-member of a company which provides optical character recognition (OCR) and handwriting recognition to Lockheed Martin which packages processing machines for the US Postal Service. In 2008, he founded and became chief architect of the application, services, and vision behind the Evernote line of services. Since 1986, he has been President of the Moscow "Computer" Children Club, supported at the time by world chess champion Garry Kasparov, where children are taught computer programming, web design, etc.
Min Jin Lee
"Pachinko" is a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for fiction.
Pachinko
To enhance gameplay, modern machines have integrated several aspects not possible in vintage machines. One commonly used addition is the ability to change between different play modes, including rare and hidden modes that can differ significantly from normal play. Two examples can be seen in the Evangelion series of pachinko machines, which include mission mode and berserker mode, which range from having little effect on winning to being an almost guaranteed win.
Yasuei Yakushiji
Yakushiji currently works as an actor and boxing commentator. He has starred in several movies and plays, along with various appearances on television and radio. He is known to be an avid fan of pachinko, and frequently appears on pachinko related television shows. In April, 2007, he opened the Yakushiji Boxing Gym in his hometown, Nagoya.
Pittsburgh LAN Coalition
The name of Pittco's primary event is Iron Storm. The name comes from Pittsburgh's notability as a former steel mill center.
At its events, Pittco holds tournaments for various new and old games, most often featuring , the Unreal Tournament series, Quake 3, the Call of Duty series, and the StarCraft series. Attendees often organize unofficial tournaments for games. Popular console tournaments also include the Halo series, the Call of Duty series, the Street Fighter series, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Iron Storm 8 was the first event that to feature a console game (Halo 3) as featured event, with prizes being given out.
SNK
The year 2000 saw the beginning of the end for SNK. In January, its poor financial status led to an acquisition by Aruze, a company well known for its pachinko machines. Instead of using SNK's franchises for video games, Aruze manufactured pachinko machines featuring popular series such as "King of Fighters". SNK saw little success on the video game market due to (reportedly deliberate) under-financing on Aruze's part.
Pac-Man Party
Pac-Man Party is a party game by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS. It is similar to the Mario Party series and Monopoly games for the Wii. In the game's story mode, players must retrieve a stolen cookie recipe from Pac-Man's enemies Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde by going to a location called Mirage Oasis and return the recipe to its rightful owner, Mr. Cookie.
Pai gow poker
Pai gow poker (also called double-hand poker) is a version of pai gow that is played with playing cards, instead of traditional pai gow's Chinese dominoes. The game of pai gow poker was created in 1985 in the United States by Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club.
The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker. It is played on a table set for six players, plus the dealer. Each player attempts to defeat the banker (who may be the casino dealer, one of the other players at the table, or a player acting in tandem with the dealer as co-bankers).
Maverick (pinball)
Maverick is a pinball machine produced initially by Data East Pinball, and then by Sega Pinball. It is based on the motion picture of the same name. It was the first pinball machine to use a bigger DMD (192x64) and the last pinball machine produced by Data East.
List of Pac-Man clones
In video gaming, "Pac-Man" clones are unauthorized versions of Namco's popular maze chase arcade game "Pac-Man" or games that wholesale borrow the design of "Pac-Man". The combined sales of counterfeit arcade machines sold nearly as many units as the original "Pac-Man", which had sold more than 300,000 machines.
Pachinko
The police tolerate the level of gambling in pachinko parlors. For example, in May 2005, a parlor in Kanagawa prefecture reported to the local police that someone had counterfeited their tokens and made off with the equivalent of US$60,000 in cash by trading them in at their nearby exchange center. Even with such information proving that this parlor was illegally operating an exchange center, which by law must be independent from the parlor, the police did not shut them both down, but instead only worked to track down the thief in question.
Punching machine
A punching machine is a machine tool for punching and embossing flat sheet-materials to produce form-features needed as mechanical element and/or to extend static stability of a sheet section.
Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen
Rakushou! Pachi-Slot Sengen is a series of pachi-slot (Japanese slot machine) simulation games from Tecmo primarily for the PlayStation 2. While early games in the series featured several of Tecmo's real-life gambling machines, the fifth and sixth games focused on the Rio line of machines, as well as their star, Rio Rollins Tachibana, a character who appeared in the 2010 "Dead or Alive Paradise" game and starred in the 2011 anime television series "".
Pachinko
When a jackpot does not result in a "kakuhen" combination, the pachinko machine will enter into "" (時短, short for 時間短縮 meaning time-reduction) mode, with a much larger number of spins than "kakuhen". Under the original payout odds, the center gate widens to make it considerably easier for balls to fall into it; this system is also present in "kakuhen". To compensate for the increase in the number of spins, the digital slot machine produces the final outcomes of each spin faster. ST pachinko machines do not offer this mode; after it ends, the machine spins as in "kakuhen". Once no more jackpots have been made, the pachinko machine reverts to its original setting.
Sammy Corporation
Sammy Corporation aided in the establishment of Joyco Systems Corporation, a company dedicated in the development of equipment for pachinko and pachislot machines. During this time, Sammy Corporation also established subsidiaries outside Japan, Sammy Europe Limited was established in London, UK and Sammy Entertainment Inc., was established in Los Angeles, USA. Within this year, Sammy Design Co., Ltd., was established as a subsidiary for Shuko Electronics Co., Ltd. During this time, it also began their operations in the official i-mode site, "Sammy 777 Town,". In this year, Sammy launched a pachislot machine called Juoh: the first with AT functions.
Payazzo
Nowadays, Raha-automaattiyhdistys operates three models of payazzo machines. The first model is Pajatso, which provides a playing experience similar to the traditional mechanical games. The second model is Komeetta Jasso, which combines the payazzo-style coin flicking with an electronic game of luck. In Komeetta Jasso, the player can also change the winning sums the machine pays by flicking a coin into a designated slot. Both of these models are played with the 20 cent coin. The third model is Pajatso RAY, which is played with coin-like metal disks. In addition to the traditional single-flick game, Pajatso Ray has other games consisting of several flicks.
Pachicom
The game is based on standard pachinko rules, replicating the experience of playing pachinko in a parlor. The game board has a layout with nails sticking out. Metal balls would either of or fall in between the holes created by the pegs in order to traverse the board. Certain compartments are added to the board. Should a metal ball find its way to one of these compartments, the player will receive points that are similar to credits on a slot machine. Players can expect to lose that ball (and a point) if it falls below the bottom of the board (similar to falling down a bottomless pit in an action game). Initially, the player starts off with one hundred balls (points).
The Wall (Australian game show)
The Wall is a four-story-tall pegboard, similar to a pachinko game or bean machine; it also is similar to the Plinko board used for that pricing game of the same name on "The Price is Right". The bottom of the board is divided into 15 slots marked with various dollar amounts, some of which increase as the game progresses. Seven numbered "drop zones" are centered at the top of the board (above the center seven slots), from which balls can be dropped into play.
Charlie Emery
Emery started with a retheme project of Godzilla based on a Williams firepower II. He went on to design his own pinball machine called "pinball zombies from beyond the grave", which has been turned into a Rob Zombie themed pinball with updated layout. He currently runs a pinball company called "Spooky Pinball", named after his podcast. Spooky Pinball finished manufacturing 150 units of "America's Most Haunted" designed by Benjamin Heckendorn as of January 2016.
Electronic game
Since the introduction of electromechanics to the pinball machine in 1933's "Contact", pinball has become increasingly dependent on electronics as a means to keep score on the backglass and to provide quick impulses on the playfield (as with bumpers and flippers) for exciting gameplay. Unlike games with electronic visual displays, pinball has retained a physical display that is viewed on a table through glass. Similar forms of game such as pachinko have also become increasingly dependent on electronics in modern times.
Pancake (slot car)
The pancake motor, as used in slot cars, is a type of electric motor, which has a flat commutator and vertical shaft. It was a feature of the highly successful Aurora HO slot cars of the 1960s and 1970s. The motor was not a separate unit; instead, its individual elements - magnets, armature, commutator and brushes - fit into recesses in the blocky chassis. The power was carried by a chain of spur gears along the top of the chassis, to a pinion which drove a crown gear at the axle. Like most slot car motors, the Aurora pancakes ran on low voltage direct current.
The term 'pancake' is also loosely used to refer to a car or chassis which has such a motor.
SANKYO
SANKYO is a Japanese company, and one of the three major pachinko machine makers in Japan.
Disco Fever (pinball)
Disco Fever is a pinball machine produced by Williams. It is notable for being one of two pinball machines (Williams' 1979 "Time Warp" being the other) to use curved "banana flippers." The table features a contemporary disco theme.
Pikachu
Pikachu is one of the main Pokémon used in many of the Pokémon manga series. In "Pokémon Adventures", main characters Red and Yellow both train Pikachu, which create an egg that Gold hatches into a Pichu. Other series, including "Magical Pokémon Journey" and "Getto Da Ze" also feature Pikachu while other manga series, such as "Electric Tale of Pikachu", and "Ash & Pikachu", feature the most well known Pikachu belonging to Ketchum in the anime series.
Kachingo
Kachingo was invented by Chris Berryman and sold to Strathmore Group in December 1999, run by Global Online systems. At the time it was a notable Linux-based system.
Pachio-kun
Pachio-kun is included in both the spin-off video game "American Dream" (as a player character) and in "I Love Softball" (as a cameo). Both of these games are compatible with the Famicom. In "American Dream", slot machines and random card games were prominent in that game instead of pachinko machines. A vaguely American setting (resembling New York City) was used in the game as opposed to the traditional Japanese setting. The story line of most of his video games dictate that the player must rescue his friends that have been trapped inside pachinko machines. This anime character was semi-popular in Japan despite the fact that pachinko parlors are traditionally for adults only.
Pachinko (novel)
Pachinko is the second novel by Korean-American author Min Jin Lee. Published in 2017, "Pachinko" is an epic historical novel following a Korean family who eventually migrate to Japan, it is the first novel written for an adult, English-speaking audience about Japanese–Korean culture. The character-driven tale features a large ensemble of characters who become subjected to issues of racism and stereotypes, among other events with historical origins in the 20th-century Korean experiences with Japan.
Pachinko
Another reason for incorporating "koataris" is that they make it possible for a machine to go into "kakuhen" mode without the player's knowledge. This is referred to as "" (潜伏 'hidden') "kakuhen" because it does not occur in any of the jackpot modes. A player sitting at a used pachinko machine offering a 1 in "x" chance of hitting a jackpot in normal mode can hit it within "x" spins easily because the previous player did not realize that the machine was in "senpuku". This induces players to keep playing their machines, even though they may still be in normal mode. Japanese pachinko players have not shown significant signs of protest in response to the incorporation of "koatari"; on the contrary, battle-type pachinko machines have become a major part of most parlors.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise)
As of March 2018, "Evangelion" pachinko manufacturer Fields Corporation revealed that the "Evangelion" franchise has sold a total of 2.317million pachinko and pachislot machines, including 1.752million pachinko machines and 540,000 pachislot machines. At an average unit price of $5,000, the "Evangelion" franchise has grossed approximately from sales of pachinko and pachislot machines.
Min Jin Lee
In 2017 Lee released a novel entitled "Pachinko", which is an epic historical novel following characters from Korea who eventually migrate to Japan. It is the first novel written for an adult, English-speaking audience about Japanese Korean culture. The book received strong reviews including those from "The Guardian", NPR, "The New York Times", "The Sydney Morning Herald", "The Irish Times", and "Kirkus Reviews" and is on the "Best Fiction of 2017" lists from "Esquire", "Chicago Review of Books", Amazon.com, "Entertainment Weekly", the BBC, "The Guardian", and "Book Riot". In a "Washington Post" interview, writer Roxane Gay called "Pachinko" her favorite book of 2017. The book was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017.
Pachinko
In addition to being able to offer higher "kakuhen" percentages, "koatari" made it possible for manufacturers to design battle-type machines. Unlike old-fashioned pachinko machines that offer a full payout or a "kakuhen" for any type of jackpot earned, these machines require players to hit a "kakuhen" jackpot with a certain probability in order to get a full payout. This is orchestrated by the player entering into "battle", where the player, in accordance with the item that machine is based on, must "defeat" a certain enemy or foe in order to earn another "kakuhen". If the player loses, it means that a normal "koatari" has been hit and the machine enters into jitan mode.
Sammy Corporation
During 1997, The corporate name of the company changed from Sammy Industry Co., Ltd. to Sammy Corporation. Within this year, Sammy Corporation launched Ultra Seven, the first pachinko machine to utilize characters. In 1988, Sammy Corporation created a Corporate-owned building which was used a logistics centre in Sapporo city, Hokkaido in order to increase their market and distribution share. Sammy Corporation created a subsidiary called Sammy Amusement Service Co., Ltd., which was established in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan & Hanwha Dongil Building, Myeongdong, Seoul, South Korea to increase sales for arcade game machines. Sammy Corporation also opened another amusement arcade called "Sammy's Street 118," in Oji Kita-ku, Tokyo. During this time, it also launched the Ultra Man Club 3, a pachislot machine with CT functions.
Casino game
There are three general categories of casino games: table games, electronic gaming machines, and random number ticket games such as keno. Gaming machines, such as slot machines and pachinko, are usually played by one player at a time and do not require the involvement of casino employees to play. Random number games are based upon the selection of random numbers, either from a computerized random number generator or from other gaming equipment. Random number games may be played at a table, such as roulette, or through the purchase of paper tickets or cards, such as keno or bingo.
Casino games generally provide a predictable long-term advantage to the casino, or "house", while offering the player the possibility of a large short-term payout. Some casino games have a skill element, where the player makes decisions; such games are called "random with a tactical element". While it is possible through skillful play to minimize the house advantage, it is extremely rare that a player has sufficient skill to completely eliminate his inherent long-term disadvantage (the "house edge" or vigorish) in a casino game. Such a skill set would involve years of training, an extraordinary memory and numeracy, and/or acute visual or even aural observation, as in the case of wheel clocking in roulette or other examples of advantage play.
Sega Sammy Holdings
These are the companies and subsidiaries affiliated with Sega Sammy Group's pachislot and pachinko machine business.
Video bingo
Video bingo, or electronic bingo machine, is a type of slot machine or amusement-with-prize machine (AWP) which instead of the typical reel-style game play, one or more bingo cards can be played on the machine.
Video bingo machines come in both Class II and Class III formats, and it is not a reference to the Class II bingo machine which refers to the software legality. Because it is not exclusive to Class II gaming it is sometimes referred to as a theme game among slot manufacturers.
Pachinko
Pachinko parlors are widespread in Japan, and they usually also feature a number of slot machines (called "pachislo" or pachislots); hence, these venues operate and look similar to casinos. Modern pachinko machines are highly customizable.
Pokémon Pikachu
The first release of the device is simply called "Pokémon Pikachu." A yellow unit resembling a Game Boy, it features a black and white LCD screen used to display animations of Pikachu's activities. The second release, Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS, is available in clear and silver casing with a color display featuring more animations.
Both of the Pokémon Pikachu incarnations differ slightly from more traditional portable virtual pets in that Pikachu does not need to be fed, watered, or cleaned up after. Instead, the Pokémon Pikachu unit can be strapped to a belt and used as a pedometer. With every step it counts, the Pokémon Pikachu credits its user with "watts," which are a sort of currency used to buy Pikachu presents. Twenty steps on the pedometer will reward the player with one watt. As the player grows closer to Pikachu, more activities become available. However, if neglected, Pikachu will become angry and eventually refuse to recognize the player.
Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS features an infrared port for interacting with "Pokémon Gold", "Silver", and "Crystal" via the Mystery Gift option, which uses the Game Boy Color's built-in infrared communication port. This mode allows players of the Game Boy titles to trade their Pokémon Pikachu's watts for items to use in the Game Boy game. Although there is a limitation on how much the Mystery Gift mode can be used between Game Boy cartridges, Pokémon Pikachu's only limit is that of available watts. Watts can also be sent to other "Pokémon Pikachu 2" units.
Pachinko
The videos played and light patterns can also give players a general idea of what their odds of winning are. For example, a super reach might make a small change in its animation or show an introductory animation or picture. This adds excitement to playing as any given machine will have several common patterns or animations that can occur, with some having much more significance than others in terms of ultimate odds of winning on a given spin. Some machines even allow for instant wins or second-chance wins in which a spin that appears to have lost or have very low chance of winning based on the hints shown will award the player with three matching numbers and enter into fever mode without necessarily matching numbers up during the reach or spin.
Pachinko
To play pachinko, players get a number of metal balls by inserting cash or cards directly into the machine they want to use. These balls are then shot into the machine usually via pulling a lever once for each launch from a ball tray. The balls then fall vertically through an array of pins, levers, cups, traps and various obstacles until they reach the bottom of the machine screen.
Fernando Pacheco
Fernando Pacheco (a.k.a. Fernando The Love Machine), current lead singer and trombonist for the ska/rock/reggae band No Villains Left, an actor/improv/sketch comic artist with Chocolate Squirrel, and radio personality based in Hawaii. Formerly with and a founding member of the band Pimpbot, he has toured the Western U.S. and Canada and appeared on each of their full-length albums, in addition to several singles, since their formation in 2001. An avid musician, he also plays drums with a jazz group known as "The Bender Trio", bass in a surf band "Dr. Zaius," and is the former trombonist of the world-renowned ska band Go Jimmy Go. He has played trombone as a guest artist with another Hawaiian ska band, Black Square. Additionally, he is known by his alter ego, Max Murdoch, from the band "Max Murdoch and The Northern Soul Project". In 2008 and 2009, Pacheco ventured into improvisational comedy and sketch comedy studying under Shannon Winpenny and Garrick Paikai in Honolulu.
In 2015 he successfully launched a TV variety sketch show, "Almost Local" airing on OC16 featuring local actors and musicians. A veteran of Honolulu airwaves he has been a radio personality for 101.9 KUCD-FM airing overnights and 105.9 KPOI-FM's morning show "The Walk of Shame." In total, he has appeared on 8 albums, 16 national, and 3 international tours.Fernando Pacheco was married to Sarah Fisher on October 27, 2007.
Slot machines by country
Japanese slot machines, known as pachisuro or pachislo (portmanteaus of the words "pachinko" and "slot machine"), are a descendant of the traditional Japanese pachinko game. Slot machines are a fairly new phenomenon and they can be found in mostly in pachinko parlors and the adult sections of amusement arcades, known as game centers.
Player One Amusement Group
The main building is and includes over 200 attractions. Some arcade games include "Mario Kart Arcade GP DX", "", "Pac-Man's Arcade Party" and two "Pump It Up" machines ("Pump It Up 2017 Prime 2" and "Pump It Up 2015 Prime"). The arcade was previously curated into themed "communities" such as Contact, Music, Speed and Sports, but this is no longer the case. Play credit and tickets for games are loaded on a digital game card and can be purchased in units to use at any time or in time blocks of two hours. While all games require credit, redemption games cannot use time blocks and may also award digital tickets to successful players. A few other machines also cannot use time blocks. Cards from Player One brands are not interchangeable. For example, a Playdium card cannot be used at Xscape, or vice versa.
Bingo (U.S.)
The advent of computer technology in bingo has blurred the lines between traditional slot machines and bingo slot machines. To the average person, bingo-based slot machines are physically indistinguishable from an RNG based slot machine typically seen in Atlantic City or Las Vegas. These devices are commonly called Class II machines, because the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act separated bingo, including electronic and mechanical aids, where players play against each other, from Class III slot machines, where player play against the house.
Maneki-neko
The is a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman) which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. In modern times, they are usually made of ceramic or plastic. The figurine depicts a cat (traditionally a calico Japanese Bobtail) beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed in—often at the entrance of—shops, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning.
SNK
SNK Playmore would within the same year discontinue the AES system, preferring to publish video games in cooperation with Sammy, using its Atomiswave arcade board, which would provide it a more secure and modern platform for new arcade releases. Also in 2004, SNK Playmore officially became licensed to manufacture pachislot machines (Japanese slot machines that are played in pachinko parlors). The company released its first two machines that year in "Metal Slug" and "Dragon Gal", and pachislots would feature heavily in the company's product lineup for the next decade.
Visual Pinball
Visual Pinball is a freeware and source available video game engine for pinball tables and similar games such as pachinko machines. The software is composed of an editor and the simulator part itself. It runs on Microsoft Windows. The program is also able to operate with Visual PinMAME, an emulator for ROM images from real pinball machines.
Slot machines by country
In Australia "poker machines" or "pokies" are officially termed gaming machines. Australian-style gaming machines frequently use video displays to simulate physical reels, usually five. These machines have additional bonusing and second-screen features such as free games and bonus levels. They also allow for multiple lines (up to 200) or multiple ways (up to 3,125) to be played.
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, in which points are scored by a player manipulating one or more steel balls on a play field inside a glass-covered cabinet called a pinball table (or "pinball machine"). The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible. Many modern pinball machines include a story line where the player must complete certain objectives in a certain fashion to complete the story, usually earning high scores for different methods of completing the game. Points are earned when the ball strikes different targets on the play field. A drain is situated at the bottom of the play field, partially protected by player-controlled plastic bats called flippers. A game ends after all the balls fall into the drain a certain number of times. Secondary objectives are to maximize the time spent playing (by earning "extra balls" and keeping the ball in play as long as possible) and to earn bonus games (known as "replays").
Slot machine
Japanese slot machines, known as or pachislot (portmanteaus of the words "pachinko" and "slot machine"), are a descendant of the traditional Japanese pachinko game. Slot machines are a fairly new phenomenon and they can be found mostly in pachinko parlors and the adult sections of amusement arcades, known as game centers.
Pachinko
Winnings take the form of additional balls, which players may either use to keep playing or exchange for prizes (景品 "keihin"). When players wish to exchange their winnings, they must call a parlor staff member by using a call button located at the top of their station. The staff member will then carry the player's balls to an automated counter to see how many balls they have. After recording the number of balls the player won and the number of the machine they used, the staff member will then give the player a voucher or card with the number of balls stored in it. The player then hands it in at the parlor's exchange center to get their prizes. Among the array of prizes available, there will invariably be an item known as the "special prize" (特殊景品 "tokushu keihin": typically a small silver or gold novelty item encased in plastic) that can be sold for cash at an outside establishment in the vicinity of the parlor. Special prizes are awarded to the player in amounts corresponding to the number of balls won. For example, one special prize worth ¥1500 outside the parlor might be offered to a customer per 400 balls won, assuming each ball originally cost 4 yen. The vast majority of players opt for the maximum number of special prizes offered for their ball total, selecting other prizes only when they have a remaining total too small to receive a special prize.
Earthshaker! (pinball)
"Earthshaker!" was the first pinball machine with a shaker motor that causes the table to rumble along with the theme of the game.
Saratoga Casino Hotel
Except for the craps and roulette, where the results are random and not based on previous outcomes, the slot machines are such where each play is dependent on the results of lottery scratch play ticket pre-determined by the centralized computer system—which in this case is the New York Lottery. All machines work on a voucher system, where the patron inserts money or a ticket, and all payouts are given in the form of a printed voucher, which may be inserted into another machine or turned into the cashier cage for payment.
Gambling in Japan
On April 4, 2011, Shintaro Ishihara, the previous Tokyo Governor, spoke against the pachinko parlours, arguing that the popular game together with vending machines eat up about 1000 kWh. He said that following the consequences the earthquake of March 11, 2011, the government asked people to reduce energy consumption, but asking wasn't enough and the government order was not enacted.In 2016, the Parliament voted to approve the said law that will eventually alter the gambling industry in Japan.
Payazzo
Payazzo (or pajatso) is a traditional Finnish gambling arcade game, dating back to the 1920s, when it was introduced into Finland from Germany. The object of payazzo is to flick a coin into one of the winning slots. When the attempt is successful, the machine rewards the player with a couple of coins. If the attempt is unsuccessful, the player loses the flicked coin.
Richard Pochinko
Richard Pochinko (1946–1989) was a notable Canadian clown trainer who developed a new style of mask/clown performance training, known as the "Pochinko technique". Originally from Selkirk, Manitoba, he was based primarily in Toronto, Ontario and founded the city's Theater Resource Centre.
Gambling in Japan
In pachinko, when a player's ball makes it into a special hole to activate the slot machine and a jackpot is made, they are rewarded with more balls. Players can then exchange the balls for prizes of different value at a booth in the parlour. Money cannot be awarded at pachinko parlors as this would be in violation of the criminal code. However, players almost always exchange pachinko balls for special tokens, usually slits of gold encased in plastic, and then "sell" them at a neighboring shop for cash. Usually such shops are also owned by the parlor operators, but as long as the winners do not receive cash in the parlour, the law is not broken.
Pacific Pinball Museum
The museum's exhibitions include approximately ninety pinball machines ranging from 1879 until today. They are arranged in chronological order. In total, Schiess' collection comprises 800 machines. Those not on display are maintained at an 8,000-square-foot secret location. Upon paying the admission fee, visitors can play any of the machines on display. The oldest machine, from 1879, is a Montague Redgrave Parlor Bagatelle. Contemporary machines include "The Addams Family" and the "Twilight Zone". The museum also has a transparent pinball machine from 1976 that was built by Schiess and Wade Krause. It is based on the Gottlieb "Surf Champ" game. One of the most valued pieces in the collection is a 1930s-era Art Deco machine called the Bally Bumper. The machine was seized by police in Oakland during Prohibition. The museum's collection has also been displayed at San Francisco International Airport.
Slot machine
Modern slot machines are controlled by EPROM computer chips and, in large casinos, coin acceptors have become obsolete in favor of bill acceptors. These machines and their bill acceptors are designed with advanced anti-cheating and anti-counterfeiting measures and are difficult to defraud. Early computerized slot machines were sometimes defrauded through the use of cheating devices, such as the "slider" or "monkey paw". Computerized slot machines are fully deterministic and thus outcomes can be sometimes successfully predicted.
Bagatelle
Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over. It probably developed from the table made with raised sides for "trou madame", which was also played with ivory balls and continued to be popular into the later nineteenth century, after which it developed into bar billiards, with influences from the French/Belgian game "" (with supposed Russian origins). A bagatelle variant using fixed metal pins, "billard japonais", eventually led to the development of pachinko and pinball. Bagatelle is also laterally related to miniature golf.
Slot machine
To address these social issues, a new regulation (Version 5.0) was adopted in 2006 which caps the maximum amount of "stock" a machine can hold to around 2,000–3,000 coins' worth of bonus games. Moreover, all pachisuro machines must be re-evaluated for regulation compliance every three years. Version 4.0 came out in 2004, so that means all those machines with the up to 10,000 coin payouts will be removed from service by 2007.
Komodo (chess)
Komodo is a UCI chess engine developed by Don Dailey and Mark Lefler, and supported by chess author and evaluation expert GM Larry Kaufman. Komodo is a commercial chess engine but older versions (9 and older) are free for non-commercial use. It is consistently ranked near the top of most major chess engine rating lists, along with Stockfish and Houdini.
The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot
The left ramp feeds into two areas: A pachinko-style raised playfield similar to the one in Pin-Bot, which can drop the ball either back onto the main playfield or into the shooter lane; and an enclosed area containing a rotating box with The Machine's various facial states on each side. The box contains raised guides and holes depending on which face is showing. Beside the left ramp is a saucer containing the Small Wheel. In single-ball mode, shooting this saucer awards a random Small Wheel award, which includes lighting a timed jackpot. During multiball and after the Metamorphosis, the player must lock both balls to spin the Big Wheel, which awards larger random prizes including lighting the center ramp (called the "Heartbeat Ramp") on a timed interval for a shot worth one billion points. (Scoring this shot at least once causes the player's score to be recorded in a special "Billionaire Club" high score list, separate from the main high score table.)
Payazzo
Physically, a payazzo machine looks like an arcade cabinet, but it is slightly wider than an ordinary video game arcade cabinet. The front panel of the machine is transparent to allow the player see the flight of the coin.