Did Pachinko Parlors “Mark” Machines With Engraved Balls

[Pbenja3028]

When restoring my Sanyo Comet-II, I noticed that balls which had been stuck for decades in the mechanism had the same engraved markings as those inside the See-saw mechanism. Did Pachinko Parlors “mark” their machines by placing their own branded balls in the See-saw mechanism or did manufacturers do this for them? Anyone know the true story on this?


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[takethecastle57]

Yes, Sanyo or Sankyo had their own parlors in the day and it figures that they would trademark everything in that parlor .

[ebb]

I’ve seen and have min of 100 different marked balls and pachislo coins
I actually keep a separate bucket of each for the unusual

[lotsoballs]

Yeah, lots of balls are engraved with the parlor name, or specific symbols, to cut down on people bringing in balls from other parlors. There’s hundreds of different kinds!