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	Pachinko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pachinko is said to have been invented sometime after World War II in Nagoya, though the date is sometimes questioned.
		As a quasi-gambling activity, pachinko is widely held to have links to organized crime (specifically the Yakuza).
		Pachinko parlors share the reputation of slot machine dens and casinos the world over—garish decoration, over-the-top architecture, the smell of tobacco, a low hanging haze of cigarette smoke, the constant din of the machines, and blinding levels of illumination to keep players entranced for hours in their games.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pachinko (629 words)

	Pachinko game machine having card game playing function - Patent 5904352 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pachinko balls which have dropped into the missing ball discharging section 106 of a plurality of pachinko game machines are collected into the pachinko ball storage section via a discharging route (not shown) connecting each of the missing ball discharging sections 106 with the pachinko ball storage section.
		The pachinko game machine of the fourth embodiment is designed to change the number of pachinko balls which triggers the variable winning section 135 to release a big-winning state in accordance with the winning combination of the poker game to which the displayed symbols on the five display positions correspond.
		Similarly, the number of pachinko balls is set as "4" in the case of "straight", it is set as "5" in the case of "flush", it is set as "6" in the case of "full house" and it is set as "10" in the case of "four of a kind".
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5904352.html (12760 words)

	Wasabi Brothers Mangajin Magazine No. 34, Pachinko, Japan's National Sport
		Pachinko is the most popular leisure activity in Japan, and for some it is much more than mere recreation.
		Pachinko pros scour Akihabara and other electronics meccas in search of electronic play enhancers--altered walkie-talkies, short wave gadgets and the like, which are supposed to trick pachinko machines.
		The stereotypical pachinko player is a man staring vacantly at the machine, cigarette dangling from his mouth, mindlessly shooting balls for hours on end.
	www.mangajin.com /mangajin/samplemj/pachinko/pachinko.htm (2348 words)

	4.06: Pachinko über Alles
		Pachinko's bright boards give it flash, but little steel balls are its core: they fall vertically through the upright machine, in mesmerizing patterns, bouncing off nails and eventually dropping into one of many winning holes - or being swallowed back by the machine.
		Pachinko was once the province of idle businessmen and wizened retirees - with a few pros thrown in - looking vaguely like small-time criminals and collecting balls by the bin.
		After all, the ecash proposal merely extends the existing system of "pinball savings." The viability of pachinko halls as a new kind of community space is borne out by a recent trend in which supermarket chains add on pachinko halls and transform themselves into the kind of "multipurpose commercial-recreational facilities" To¯nai waxes enthusiastic about.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/4.06/pachinko_pr.html (3921 words)

	Pachinko and Pachinko Parlors by Pachinko.com
		Takeichi Masamura is known as the founder of today's pachinko for he developed the "Masamura Gauge", an arrangement of nails that became the basis for most of today's pachinko machines.
		Pachinko is similar to pinball in that small 11mm steel balls are shot onto the playing surface where they haphazardly bounce around and through a network of nails.
		The pachinko player is only responsible for controlling the speed by which the pachinko balls are shot onto the playing surface, from then on it basically becomes a game of chance.
	www.pachinko.com /english (298 words)

	Pachinko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Below is a Kyoto pachinko parlor, with exterior advertising for this unit.
		Previously, I assumed there was a lot of variety in pachinko machines, but any given pachinko parlor does have only one model, at any given time -- mighty boring, when you consider it -- imagine a video or pinball arcade where all the machines are the same.
		Not everybody plays pachinko -- in the 'proletarian' Shinsekai area of Osaka, I noticed this archaic pinball arcade -- still, all the machines are the same.
	www.wunderland.com /WTS/Rash/words/04japan/closeup/pachinko.htm (169 words)

	Pachinko History \| ema_04_package.xml
		Pachinko machines first found their way to Japan in the cosmopolitan years of the 1920s.
		Today, pachinko parlors can be found even in remote rural villages, and it is estimated that as many as one-quarter of the population ventures into the ear-shattering din of pachinko parlors at least occasionally.
		It is clear from its ubiquitous presence, however, that pachinko remains a popular leisure activity in Japan, enjoyed by young and old, men and women, and persons from all walks of life.
	www.bookrags.com /history/pachinko-ema-04 (422 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Authentic Pachinko Game at Epinions.com
		While the origins of Pachinkos are unknown, most feel their beginning came from the game "Corinth" which began in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.
		Pachinkos started appearing in Japan between 1915 and 1920 and the first Pachinko Parlor was opened in the Osaka Prefecture.
		Pachinko is similar to the Pinball Machine in that a steel ball is shot onto the playing surface where it bounces through a network of nails called the "Masamura Gauge".
	www.epinions.com /content_115418435204 (1084 words)

	Pachinko
		It is true that Brian, Pachinko's strapping lead singer, put a notoriously evil club promoter in the hospital (elevating him to hometown hero status!).
		But in the six years Pachinko have been plugging away, no one has been able to agree on their sound.
		Pachinko have been playing out with the likes of Zeni Geva and Tribe 8, and are awaiting the opportunity to damage more eardrums on tour again...
	www2.arnes.si /~pomknz2/pachinko1.html (266 words)

	FT.com / Capital markets - Pachinko parlours gamble on securitisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pachinko – a form of bagatelle played in gaudy, noisy and crowded parlours – draws in Y30,000bn ($255bn) of revenue every year.
		Pachinko parlours have successfully increased individual spending by the remaining players, keeping the overall size of the pachinko market flat.
		Gaia, the third-biggest pachinko business, has responded to these funding problems by securitising the revenue from 31 parlours, in a Y70bn deal arranged by Deutsche and given a single-A rating in December by SandP.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/d0e513be-ae0b-11da-8ffb-0000779e2340.html (775 words)

	NUPACHINKO WORKING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By the 1950s pachinko parlors and halls could be found in nearly every large city throughout the country.
		Pachinko machines changed little in their basic wood, plastic and metal design until 1980s when electronic technology came into play.
		Although the body and painted surface of the pachinko machine are in fair condition, there is a good deal of rust on the chrome-plated face detail and a slightly warped wooden frame.
	home.earthlink.net /~rsklindt/pachinko/pachinko.html (1102 words)

	Pachinko
		Pachinko is a play room for children to explore reactions and cooperation.
		Main input devices in the control area are IR sensors with laser beam indications, as shown in Figure 2.
		Through hand movements, children can tilt or rotate the slabs in the 3D Pachinko and move balls towards their desired locations and thus control the environment status.
	www.andrew.cmu.edu /user/tsunghsw/Pachinko.htm (217 words)

	Risky biz: Pachinko is pervasive and profitable. And with Japan's politicians now pushing for casinos, it just might be ...
		Pachinko, Japan's homegrown pinball gambling industry, has as many as 20 million players, despite still being technically illegal as a form of gambling and dogged by accusations of underworld connections--including allegations that the industry is being used as a route for sending money to Kim Jong-Il's North Korea.
		This afternoon it looks like all the 445 pachinko machines are in use; the one vacant machine is being guarded by a jittery looking man who shoots suspicious glances at anyone approaching.
		The pachinko industry has taken something of a hit during the recent economic downturn and seems to be trying hard to attract a new type of customer.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_46/ai_108722589 (976 words)

	Modern Japan - Entertainment - Pachinko (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Well, it employs a third of a million people, three times more than the steel industry; it commands 40 percent of Japan's leisure industry, including restaurants and bars; and with 30 million regular enthusiasts coughing up more 30 trillion yen a year (a higher turnover than the car industry), it's very big business indeed.
		While much of the pachinko industry has long been controlled by residents of Korean descent, in early 2001 British company BS Group bought a stake in Tokyo Plaza, who run about 20 parlors in Japan, and have also opened parlors in the UK.
		The entrance to a small urban pachinko parlor in Saitama Prefecture.
	www.japan-zone.com.cob-web.org:8888 /modern/pachinko.shtml (902 words)

	Japan: Pachinko
		If Pinball is a fight against death, as you try to prevent the balls from disappearing at the bottom of the board; Pachinko is a search for balance in the midst of largely uncontrollable life.
		The Pachinko machine is a board with nails on it.
		While at the Pachinko parlours themselves you are only gambling for little metal balls, there are invariably small storefronts nearby that will take your balls and exchange them for cash.
	www.links.net /vita/trip/japan/media/games/pachinko (778 words)

	Pachinko Sexy Reaction
		Pachinko, for the uninitiated, is a cross between a slot machine and pinball and it requires no skill whatsoever to play.
		Anyway, I had to drop the pachinko balls into the center of the screen, and at that time I was a master ball dropper so it was only moderately hard.
		The craziest part of the action was when I did whatever I had to do and enlisted the help of God Almighty in several occasions to activate what had been “Fever Go!” An angel would come down and make one of the scoring whole things gigantic, so I could drop hundreds of balls into it.
	www.digitalmonkeybox.com /pachinko_sexy_reaction.htm (1311 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - The Pachinko Player
		This week he is chatting with a pachinko player who once earned a sizable income entirely by playing with those bouncing silver balls.
		To call him a pachi puro (pachinko professional) at that time would have been a stretch, however, given that he was living with his parents and spending his gains on comic books and computer games.
		Nishi's theories on pachinko are not from just from his experience.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/pachinko_player.html (1250 words)

	What is Pachinko
		He or she is only controlling the speed with which the many small steel balls are thrown into the pachinko machine.
		Pachinko machines can be found in pachinko parlors which are spread over the whole country.
		Inside the pachinko parlor, the balls that you have won are brought to the "ball exchange area" and exchanged for some trivial prize (perfumes, coins etc.).
	www.slotsdirect.com /whatispachinko.html (428 words)

	Pachinko - Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first action to take upon entering a pachinko parlor is to purchase pachinko balls, which you may do from a machine.
		Pachinko balls are small steel balls similar to ball bearings.
		Then after selecting the pachinko machine of your choice, you insert the prepaid card and push a button to select the number of balls you wish to begin with.
	ajackiefeast.netfirms.com /pachinko.htm (651 words)

	Pachinko
		While the true origins of pachinko are unknown, odds-on it descended from the "Coringth Game" which originated in Chicago, although I do find it hard to believe that Chicago players would cotton to something so hard to pronounce.
		Takeichi Masamura is credited with founding today's pachinko, for he developed the "Masamura Gauge" -- the arrangement of nails that became the basis for most of today's pachinko machines.
		I actually have an old Pachinko machine buried in my basement that is full of promise, but so far this writer has lacked the ambition to restore it.
	www.win4real.com /tips/internet-casino/guide/pilarski/2003/nov.html (329 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Culture in Japan: The Phenomenon of Pachinko
		Pachinko caught up with modern technology in the 1980's when machines became computerised with digital sounds and graphics for added excitement.
		Gambling is actually prohibited in Japan, but most Pachinko parlour flaunt the law by allowing winners to exchange their "gifts" in the shop for cash in back alleyway "hole in the walls" outside the parlour.
		The hard times in recent Japan have been Pachinko's greatest friend, as many people believe a night out at a club or cinema is a waste of money, but Pachinko can offer a pot of gold which is very tempting in lean times.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/asia/japan/pachinko.php (595 words)

	Modern Japan - Entertainment - Pachinko
		A variation on pachinko that has become very popular recently is pachislo, which is a combination of pachinko and slot machine and uses coin-like coupons.
		Pachinko is played on what looks like a vertical pinball machine.
		These days the more popular deji-pachi (digital pachinko) machines have an LCD display in the center showing colorful animations that indicate your jackpot, or "fever".
	www.japan-zone.com /modern/pachinko.shtml (893 words)

	Anime News Network - Rose of Versailles pachinko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Japanese Pachinko manufacturer Ace Denken has announced that they are creating a Rose of Versailles pachinko game.
		Pachinko is a popular Japanese game that is described as a mixture between a casino slot machine and pinball.
		Players control the speed that small steel balls are thrown into the pachinko machine, and if they are lucky they win more pachinko balls that can be played or exchanged for prizes.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /article.php?id=4957 (222 words)

	Slot Machines-Pachinko Machines Sales, Parts and Service
		There are at least twice the number of lights, the sound is 10 times better and the Slot machine graphics are 500% better than the machines we sold last year.
		Pachinko Pinball machine sales have continued to more than double each year and for good reason.
		We maintain an extensive inventory of Las Vegas Slot machines, Pachislo slot machines, pachinko pinball machines, authentic engraved pachinko balls, slot machine tokens, slot machine or pachinko machine bulbs, 100's of slot machine parts (new and used) and pachinko machine parts.
	www.slot-pachinko.com /P2004COMBYY.HTM (947 words)

	Japanese Pachinko Society
		For the society of Japan, Pachinko is recognized as a game of leisure where people can gather together and mingle with all types of groups.
		Pachinko is played by people of all ages, sexes, and income groups but primarily by middle aged men with somewhat lower incomes.
		Pachinko is widely tied with organized crime and prostitution.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /as/students/pachinko/society.html (122 words)

	Pachinko a Go Go!
		I had started playing pachinko when I was in the service around 1975.
		This story goes back to January1981 when a new type of pachinko machine was first introduced called the “Fever” and “Bravo” type...
		Grumbling as he crushed a pickled plum in his rice wine with his chopsticks, he explained that under new laws, parlors cannot use machines that are over three years old.
	www.pachinkoagogo.com /?downloadpipe.com_id_112079_question (796 words)

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