Here in PA @ Fun4all (arcade and 36 hole mini golf) + batting cages + go karts etc has a Pashilo like unit. You put in 75c and if you win you can get up to 150 tickets. If you lose you still get 10. Next time I am by with the kids I will take a picture of it and post it. It struck me that this has got to be illegal.

The definition that I heard regarding gaming machines is that if there are predictive odds (ie you can set the odds in pashilo) it is not purely a game of skill. Those stepper motors know where each reel is all the time. Ever go into a bonus round. You think you are stopping the reels but they always line up.