In the past, it was common for pachinko balls to cost 4 yen and pachislots to cost 20 yen.

At some point, it started to cost 1 yen and 5 yen. Nowadays, there are pachinko parlors that charge 0.something yen for balls.

(´ω｀)y━･~~

About pachinko ball rental fees

In 1948, the ball rental fee became 1 yen per ball.

In 1949, the ball rental fee became 2 yen per ball.

In 1972, the ball rental fee became 3 yen per ball.

In 1978, the ball rental fee became 4 yen per ball.

Even now in 2023, the ball rental fee is 4 yen per pachinko ball and 20 yen per pachislot.

That means 250 balls for 1,000 yen. For pachislots, it's 50 balls.

Recently, there are many pachinko parlors that charge fewer balls, like 245 or 24? balls. Same for pachislot.

I was curious to see how far this ball rental fee setting was allowed, so I did a little research.

It seems that the maximum ball rental fee for pachinko is the amount plus 10% consumption tax.

The maximum is 4.4 yen for pachinko and 22 yen for pachislot.

It seems that the limit is 230 balls, or 46 pieces, for 1000 yen.

The only reason the fee went up is because the consumption tax went up.

Being ignorant, I had no idea about this. (^_^;)

Since the ball rental fee went up to 4 yen in 1978, prices have risen several times, but it has remained at 4 yen to this day.

This is not a good example of price stability at all.

Are 4 yen and 20 yen reasonable fees?

Is it because the pachinko industry itself has stagnated and it has remained the same since then?

Or is it because the industry is on the decline that low rental fees of 1 yen or 0.00 yen have become possible?

(´ω｀)y━･~~

Occasionally, on social media, you will see talk about increasing the rental fee for pachinko and pachislot balls by several times.

This is about high-rate pachinko and pachislot balls, with rental fees of 10 or 20 yen per pachinko ball. Pachislot medals cost 50 or 100 yen or more per medal.

They say that they will operate with 100 balls for 1,000 yen for mild pachinko and feather machines with a probability of about 1/100.

If the number of balls that come out in one jackpot on mild pachinko is 400 and the cash exchange rate is 6 yen, it will be 2,400 yen. In that case, you can exchange for a high amount of money even if the exchange rate is not equivalent.

If you want a higher gambling factor, you can play digital pachinko with a probability of 1/300.

I thought for a moment that if high-rate pachinko and pachislot machines were to become a reality, it might be interesting for the pachinko industry.

If they operated at these rates now, it would be completely illegal and they would get caught, but I've heard of them operating as underground casinos in secret.

The future of the above-ground casinos is also an issue, but there are probably many people in the world who want something with a high rate and high level of gambling.

If casinos are the future landing spot for such high-rate gambling machines, there will be no room for pachinko, but if casinos don't become a reality, I think that in the future, pachinko could have a wide range of operating forms that include that type of machine.

Well, I personally have no desire to play such high-rate, high-gambling machines. Not even a little bit.

I guess my brain and body have become content with playing all day and winning or losing a few thousand yen.

But... I hope that pachinko parlors will survive in such a future and that I will survive and be able to go to pachinko parlors on my own, but I definitely won't be alive until such a time when such a big change in pachinko parlors will occur. (lol)

For a moment, I thought that if it was a pinball machine, I would like to play it even at a high rate. However, I don't think that such a high rate can be achieved with pinball machines.

The hard nails of 10 yen or 20 yen machines are just tiring, and even with the 4 yen Tokio Special, I'm exhausted even if I fine-tune the stroke all day and achieve 10,000 shots.

There's no way that it can be even higher.

It's not fun at all.

No.

Well, I'm the one who came up with the idea of ​​what the appropriate pachinko ball rental fee is at the moment, but of course I don't know. That's something that the higher-ups have to think about, and I hope they do what's convenient for them and liven up the pachinko industry. Just make sure it doesn't get any more crushing.

ƪ(˘ω˘)y━･~~~

The end.