This machine is in very good condition. It accepts tokens and has a full LCD screen reel overlay with a reset switch/key to adjust odds. Very cool; takes some getting used to since everything is written in Japanese; but once figured out you will soon be playing and having fun! This 110V machine comes complete with approximately 175 tokens – sure to add excitement and entertainment in any man cave or home bar!

Pachinko machines are an integral part of Japanese culture, and on any street in downtown Tokyo you are sure to come across several parlours filled with hundreds of machines in glitter-sprinkled arcades – each one differing slightly but all adhering to similar basic rules. Simply drop a small coin into the slot, and it is propelled by a mechanical arm into a metal bowl filled with steel balls that mostly fall back down again, but occasionally some find their way into special holes which activate some sort of slot machine-type feature. As soon as this occurs, players can win keihin (prizes), which can then be exchanged for cash at the parlor’s counter. Pachinko was previously run by yakuza gangsters until anti-gambling legislation was enacted in the 1990s and police forced them out of operation.

Pachinko remains an incredibly popular pastime in Japan despite often being illegal. Although gambling for cash is illegal there, the pachinko industry works around this by offering players prizes instead of cash when exchanging steel balls they win – thus circumventing Japan’s gambling laws while continuing to flourish in urban environments.