They called them 'trade stimulators' in old days in the '30s. They would set the machines out on the counter and people could deposit their pennies. You'd pull the handle, the reels would spin and supposedly you'd win, for example, a pack of cigarettes. And if they became a problem, they would just put them under the counter. He even keeps Pachinko in stock.
Pachinko is a Japanese variation of a slot machine that has elements of pinball mixed in.
The player pulls a handle, which launches a ball into a completely vertical playing field with no flippers. The new ones that I've got are fully electronic and they even have monitors built into them, so you'll have the usual activity of balls bouncing around, but then you have the monitor depicting certain scenes. It's a fixer-upper The Powers Group Store also does repair and refurbishing work for machines. Then from that point, I'll turn them on and see what components need to be replaced. A lot of that stuff is relatively easy to repair - now getting the parts can be hard.