Different payout specs, same machine

[Steve Cebu]

Well that's the thing. There is no regular version of the games. Unless you mean the first version they release?
A Lite version could have things cut from it. But often they list Preminum and Special and a slew of other names
and often at the same time.
Generally speaking they release a high odds machine first then later they sell a lower/better odds machine.
Although with some games they release a lower better odds machine first, not often.
Reading the last column of the specs usually explains a lot about how the game will play and how many balls it takes to get a bonus.
It seems to be set intentionally to win at some point.

For home use it is just interesting. High/Low odds don't change the content. But a LITE version most certainly could.
Thankfully there aren't many Lite versions out there that I have seen.

[candyflip]

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It contains over 70 japanese terms in pachinko, and their full english translations, meanings and how they relate to exactly the things you've been discussing here.

Back in 2009, my translator and I worked on this for some months (labor of love) and this is what came out. The one that will be most useful to you is 確変（確率変動）or Kakuhen (Kakuritsu Hendou) [English - Percentage change]. This is the one that Google translates as 'probability fluctuations'. Read that one first.

cheers

[Threepwood]

OH COME ON!!! It was helpful!

[Steve Cebu]

You should have joined the bad joke thread where getting Groans was an achievement! I got quite a few.

[Threepwood]

I'll keep an eye open for round 2. That sounds like a good time.

[Drunkenclam]

Everybody get one sooner or later