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    Default Odds of hitting jackpots and bending pins

    Hi peoples

    Pretty new to working on pachinkos and now have a few machines. I noticed some machines hit at much higher rates than others. Obviously more tulips are better than pockets. But I noticed a bunch of machines have slight angles or bent pins in front of pockets and tulips. Are the angled pins like that from the parlors or done later on. They all seem to be the exact angle. I mean some machines hit like 1 out of 70 or 1 out 0f 100 balls without the angle pins. The ones with angle pins will hit much more often.
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    Default Odds of hitting jackpots and bending pins

    Sounds like somebody fooled around with the nails to increase/decrease house odds! I’d just bend them back straight like their supposed to be.


    Both parlors and secondhand owners bend nails in my experience.

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    Default Re: Odds of hitting jackpots and bending pins

    Quote Originally Posted by lotsoballs View Post


    Both parlors and secondhand owners bend nails in my experience.
    i have been know to adjust nails on machines from time to time.. it is still amazing how a small tweak can increase the odds.. years ago i just bent them to hell not understanding what i was doing.. now i know moving 2 or 3 nails (on each side of the pocket) a small amount looks and works better then bending the hell out of one...

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    Default Re: Odds of hitting jackpots and bending pins

    I almost always bend the nails around targets to make it easier to win, because winning and hearing the bells and seeing the lights is what it's all about, IMO...

    Gotta be careful though, because it's fairly easy to crack the brass nails with too much force.

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    There is an "art form" to nail bending. I've forgotten now where I got the info but if you search enough you will find an article translated from the original Japanese that explains how the nails are set. Each area has it's own way of being set. Quite interesting reading. One thing I remember is that all the nails are supposed to be bent upward at a 4 degree angle.
    I also bend the nails when I do a restore as I pull them all out to facilitate replacing the playfield. They have to be realigned when you do that. I have a tool (pachinko ball on a rod) that helps make sure the nails are wide enough for the ball to pass thru. I do tend to open them up to facilitate more wins. I'm sure my customers prefer to win a lot!!

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    Here's one of our links from the archives

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    Oh yeah...forgot I read it here!��

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    Thanks guys. I love this sight so much info.

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