Pachinko is becoming Much More Difficult

I don't recommend playing Pachinko these days, as not only the payout has dropped to 3 yen per ball for winning, the machine settings are a lot harder.

One can see this from the stats at the top of the machine.  Even if you win once, a lot of the newer machines are only paying out 1 big jackpot.  Even new machines and event days are a losing proposition for most players.

Why is this?  Because the economy is dead in Japan.  They know that people out of work will gamble their money off if they see an "Event Day".  When I first came to Japan there were only a few event days a month, now there are event weeks and events every weekend!  I think it's a big bait and the only people making money are parlor owners themselves.