# Japanese Slots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000 "2015-01-27T14:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/1 "2015-01-27T14:28:29Z")
Does anyone know the name for a type of Japanese slot machine (for lack of a better description) where, as I recall, the goal is to win as many steel ball (like, ball bearings) as possible? I tried Googling, but I’m not finding it. I want to say it was Pokeno. but that is a different game altogether. And, IIRC, I want to say it was like a cross between a slot machine and/or a vertical pinball machine? A little help here, please! ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/2 "2015-01-27T14:30:30Z")
Pachinko ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/3 "2015-01-27T14:32:09Z")
Pachinko machine. Had one when I was a kid, that we brought back from Japan. Edit: Beaten! See what I get for caffeine deprivation? ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/4 "2015-01-27T14:37:51Z")
Hey, that was my first quick answer. You’ll get me next time. A couple weeks ago I posted in wonder about how quickly questions get answered around here, now I was able to pull one off. Yea me!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/5 "2015-01-27T17:06:38Z")
> [@tonyfop](#): > > Hey, that was my first quick answer. You’ll get me next time. A couple weeks ago I posted in wonder about how quickly questions get answered around here, now I was able to pull one off. Yea me!🙂 A quickie every 13 years! Way to go! [sub]or maybe not . . [/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/6 "2015-01-27T17:57:33Z")
I’ve got one. Its not working and has just been sitting around for years. I tried to get it working once long ago, and was completely befuddled by the strange combination of voltages, mechanical oddity and dis-intuitivness. I set it aside, and it remains there to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-slots/711000/7 "2015-01-27T21:41:53Z")
That’s it! Thanks!