There are a number of differences most resulting from the strict requirements of Japans anti-gambling laws and their strict regulating of these 'gambling loophole' or 'gambling that is not gambling' Pachislotsīut even from the outside the machine has the countenance of a normal slot as seen by this pic of my own machine In fact you may be confused just what is the difference between Pachislo and traditional slots. Here is a picture of the interior guts of a Pachislo machine I recently purchasedĪs you can see it is a physical 3 reel slot
Pachinko/Pachislo parlors are legion all over Japan but mostly unknown outside their country Obviously a portmanteau of Pachinko and Slots the last letter is often left silent to afford the rhyming scheme with its Japanese progenitor Pachinko has been around for nearly a century but more recently there has been an attempt to lure in a more westernized market with something named Pachislot.
Pachinko is a pinball style game I plan to cover in the future. One way to get around gambling laws was the rise of what has become a hugely popular market there - namely Pachinko machines
