How much are tokens in Japanese Pachislo Parlours and What Prizes?

[malcymal]

Excuse my ignorance, but in Japan how much do the pachislo players pay for tokens when entering a parlour? e.g. are they charged per 100, 500, how does it work? secondly, do these charge vary from parlour to parlour?

With the odds set differently on the Pachislo machines, do some parlours have cheaper or dearer prices for token play and do they offer the value of the goods you can win on a par with the token value. So, the easier the odds, the less desirable the prizes, or prizes cost more tokens than normal.

e.g. Parlour 1, its tokens are average price. The prizes are comparible in value as to their retail value and the odds set on the machines are easier to win. e.g. A toaster say, costs 30 bucks and to win one you would need 30 bucks worth of tokens, so they arent giving much away, the priviledge is of course playing the machines and not to make a gain through the prize.

However, parlour 2, its tokens are more expensive, the odds of the machines are tighter, but the prizes are worth a lot more?

How does it all work? what prizes do people win in exchange for tokens? etc
Are there professionals who just play pachislo as to the amount of prizes they can rake off and bung on ebay maybe? Ive just got my first machine, sinbad adventure, and just wondering how it works. I was thinking when playing sinbad adventure the other day, crikey I lost a lot of tokens on a very dry spell and how much would i have spent if i had been playing for real????? Help, be greatful for more info or directed to any threads that have covered this already.
Malc : )

[Lddrizzt]

Do a search at the top of the page. There have been many threads on this subject before.

[luckydog]

I think its 40 tokens for 1,000 yen, which is about $10.00 US.

The value at exchange for gifts is less.

When you get a machine that keeps going into bonus rounds you can do very good.

[drcrippen324]

yeh compirate posted a list of prizes and there value man you can get everything from a 6 pack and a carton of ciggs to a custome muffler for your car

[arbycoffee]

Dentle work too!

[rupan777]

One box that has been stuffed to its gills is typically about USD$50-60 in winnings.

[arbycoffee]

Cool bean sprouts, The prizes vary from what I have found out.

Allot of home use items.

[drcrippen324]

Dentle work too!

Eeeeek that would be a boobie prize rather than a winner to me i hate the dentist they are bad news look at the principle of it

First they Lie to you "its not gonna hurt a bit"

Then they hurt you

Finaly they charge you for it

now should i be that way inclined im sure i could find another service simerla alot cheaper and have alot more pleasure from it

[Eddie]

Funny you should mention dentist! I just had a widom tooth extracted on Sat morn in the process my jaw dislocated! I look like the God father and am in all sorts of pain. let me tell you this is no prize LOL Its a good thing we are all not playing in parlors at the rate we play with our addiction we would all be panhandling on the streets by now.

[birdbrain]

post a pic Eddie !!!

[compirate]

Tokens 50 for 1,000Y (a little over 9.00US)

Balls rent for 4Y ea, redeem for about 2.5Y

[Tulsa]

Sorry to hear about your trip to the dentist Eddie. How in the world did he dislocate your jaw, was he standing it?

[Eddie]

post a pic Eddie !!!

The Resembalance is uncanny!!!!!!!!!!! Hope the swelling goes down soon!

[dishpan]

Did you make him an offer that he couldn't refuse. After all this is affecting your Pachi career, preaching Million God to the masses, you could have been a contender.

I still have visions of that horse's head under the blankets.

[rupan777]

Cool bean sprouts, The prizes vary from what I have found out.

Allot of home use items.

Most people typically take money as their prize. Basically, the tokens/coins are counted by a machine which dispenses a receipt with the total. You bring the receipt to the counter and pick up your prize. If you choose to "exchange" (as it's euphemistically called) the prize for cash, you are given some rectangular chips about the size of a business card. You then have to go to another area outside of the parlor and exchange those chips for cash.

Other prizes can run the gamut: appliances (I got my last rice cooker and toaster oven from pachinko), electronics, videogames, jewelry, clothes, drinks (including beer), food, perfume/cologne, cigarettes, etc.

[Tulsa]

When is taking the prize over the cash preferred? Would that rice cooker have cost more than taking the cash and shopping for it?

[rupan777]

It probably would have cost about the same; the only reason that I got them was the parlor was closer to my apartment so I thought I'd save the time going out to an electronics store. Videogames are worth it but they are starting to get phased out.

Some of the higher value items (jewelry, high-end cosmetic pouches, etc.) are also worth it but the hell if I'm going to tell my girlfriend how and where I got her latest bauble.

[Tulsa]

She wouldn't be impressed you won it as opposed to purchase it? My wife loved that 6 foot Bugs I won at Six Flags..

[rupan777]

You just don't know Japanese women, my friend....

[Sid]

Is there any nationality of women that we really know?