4) Bringing a 'real' slot machine is against the law Guests at casino parties will inevitably tell us that they wish we brought 'regular' slot machines to their event - and we're absolutely with them! - but in most states.

Many times it's the job of one person on staff to act as an attendant for the machines, making sure that they stay functional and play nice long enough to survive a typical 4 hour event - and the trip back to our office. There's no way of knowing until shortly after we plug the machines in at your event if they made it to your event in one piece. A speed bump, pothole or short stop can be all it takes for something important to a pachislo machine's normal operation to become misaligned, loose, or flat-out broken. What they were not designed for were to be jiggled back and forth in the back of a truck as they make their way from event to event. That's not so much a problem in Japan, where a machine gets unboxed, installed and stays put for months or years - as they were designed for.

Pachislo machines have very, very delicate electronics inside of them.