Prepare for the noise surrounding pachinko

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Prepare for the noise surrounding pachinko, JapanÂ’s favorite gaming pastime

By Sid Acker, Stars and StripesScene, Sunday, October 17, 2004

While slot-machine parlors are gaining in popularity, JapanÂ’s main answer to casinos still is pachinko, a game that involves skill, chance, flashing lights and noise.

So much noise.

Pachinko — which came to Japan in the 1920s — lures millions to spend hundreds of dollars a night, or more, to stare endlessly at ball bearings weaving their way through assorted pins and lights on an upright board. If a ball falls in a hole, numbers on a video screen inside the machine spin. If the numbers match, the machine regurgitates your winnings in the form of more balls. You reload the balls into the shooting device and hope for more hits, controlling their speed with a knob.

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[azlew]

Yeah I remember my parents saying the Beatles only letting out "noise" in their MUSIC !

This guy that wrote the article hasn't got a clue but I do suppose if you get a thousand of these all going at once = noise !

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