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+name: pachinko
+aliases: [pachinko, pachinko machine]
+category: Interaction
+related: [casino, plinko]
+description: |
+ PACHINKO — a rectangle of pins. Pick your drop.
+
+ play pachinko Take the single seat.
+ bet 10 Commit 10 credits and reveal the board.
+ 5 / drop 5 Choose top slot 5 and drop the ball.
+ bet / rebet Repeat your last wager and deal a new board.
+ table Show a blank board and the pay table.
+ stop Leave once no ball is in flight.
+
+ Every bet deals a fresh board of eight pockets and shows it before you
+ choose. Seven pockets are filler prizes drawn from 0.1x to 1.5x, mostly
+ 0.5x and below, so the board is always busy. The eighth is a guaranteed
+ premium above 1.5x: usually 1.7x or 2x, occasionally 5x or 10x, and
+ about one board in 900 carries the 100x jackpot. Multipliers at or above
+ 2x are whole numbers; below 2x they move in 0.1x steps. A DOUBLE appears
+ on about one board in twenty.
+
+ Filler prizes always return something, so a board is never a wall of
+ zeroes. Small fractions (0.1x, 0.5x) are the common texture; the
+ guaranteed premium is the reason to aim carefully.
+
+ Eight numbered top slots crown the board. A drop is 20 fair 50:50
+ bounces; the side walls reflect the ball, so the distribution is widest
+ in the middle and piles up against the walls. Because you see the board
+ first, the best slot moves from board to board. The pins stagger from
+ row to row, so even a ball that holds its lane visibly weaves between
+ them.
+
+ DOUBLE doubles EVERY prize on the board and drops the ball again for
+ free from any slot. The DOUBLE space stays where it is, so the doubling
+ can chain without limit: 2x becomes 4x, 8x, 16x... for as long as you
+ keep landing on it. The board grows hotter and brighter with each hit.
+
+ Multipliers INCLUDE your stake: 0.1x returns a tenth, 0.5x returns half,
+ 2x returns double, and the 100x jackpot returns one hundred times
+ (before any DOUBLE).
+
+ Return is measured for a player who always chooses the best top slot:
+ exactly 100% — the house makes its money on slot choice, not on the
+ board. Dropping from a uniformly random slot returns about 80%. The table
+ command shows a blank board and the pay table; a House Edge instrument
+ reveals the exact odds. Fractional credits round without bias so the
+ average holds even for one-credit bets.
+
+ You cannot leave or re-bet mid-board. Shutdown refunds a committed
+ board; disconnecting forfeits an unfinished drop. A payout that cannot
+ be persisted keeps its stake pending for recovery rather than claiming
+ a paid win. Returns that would overflow the economy are capped.