PACHINKO


Buy steel balls and put them in a machine.
Today, mechanical pachinko machines have
been completely replaced
by computer-controled machines in which
a knob is turned and the balls are
propelled automatically.
When a ball enter one of winning holes
on the panel,
new balls are released in to the tray.
The player can get prizes according to
the number of the ball you have.
Pachinko is the handiest recreation
for Japanese businessmen.
Pachinko parlors are always noisy, brightly,
and fulll of smoke of cigarette


Pachinko was first played commercially in Nagoya in 1948.
Then, soon it became very popular troughout the country.