Pachinko
Pachinko is the Japanese gamble machine, which resembles pinball. The player purchases small steel balls which is inserted to the machine. Unlike pinball, the player however does not engage into actively affecting the balls' courses. If the balls end up in certain targets, you get chance to participate in kind of sub game. If you win this game you will win new balls.
Pachinko parlors are everywhere in Japan. They are almost as common as convenience stores. They are very noisy and smoky places, occupied by regulars. There are very few professional players, but it is no doubt true that they exist. Their strategy is based on knowing certain machines "weaknesses" and by exploiting them, and knowing the certain algorithms that are used to code them.
There are many people in Japan who have obsession in gambling and are in big debt.
