Have parlors ever been accused of intentionally putting the nails too close together?

[DaStooge]

, all will play with the reward hopper empty.

? mine will not play with the hopper empty, a very annoying alarm starts to go off.

[arbycoffee]

look in the hopper for a mic switch, tape it down an the machine has full hopper

[DaStooge]

gotcha, knew about the switch but I thought you meant they played with empty hopper by default.

[rupan777]

I just wonder if any pachinko parlors have ever been caught making the spaces between the pins on bonus holes too close together, in order to cut down the chance the ball will enter, like some carnival/midway games have been shown to be "rigged".

Parlors are basically, within reason, allowed to do whatever they want with their machines. Knowing how to read the pins is just part of playing the game.