Pachinko is a Japanese game, described as a cross between pinball and a slot machine, wherein small metal balls drop randomly amid a maze of metal pins. The game’s large and colorful booths fill ...

The mechanism is simple: players shoot small steel balls ... a casino-themed day care service provider for the elderly, introduced pachinko machines a decade ago, in addition to offering mahjong ...

SENDAI, Miyagi Prefecture—Prefectural police have sent prosecutors files on two men suspected of teaching others how to illegally bend the pins in pachinko game machines to reduce the chances of ...