The parlor in Yachiyo, Chiba prefecture, held its mega opening on 7 August 2024, according to the operator listing on minpachi.com1. The same date is listed as the venue's grand opening and anniversary event date1. The site states the name changed from Maruhan Yachiyo Midorigaoka1.
"2024年8月7日メガオープン"
The venue lists 672 pachinko machines and 522 slot machines1. It is open from 10:00 to 22:45 at 2-13-3 Midorigaokanishi, Yachiyo, Chiba1. Pachinko play is offered at 4 yen and 1 yen, and slots at 21.73 yen and 5.43 yen, with equal-value exchange listed for all four1. Free replay limits are listed as unlimited for each of the four rates1. The prize exchange counter is outside the first-floor parking-side exit, at the end of the passage on the right1.
Entry on the opening day was by lottery. Numbered tickets were distributed at 9:30, with a re-lineup at 9:50 and admission from 10:00 at the first-floor elevator hall; no membership card was required1.
The listing carries user ratings. Across all periods the venue scores 49.5 points from 15 ratings, with 2.9 for operations, 2.6 for customer service and 3.6 for facilities1. Over the past year it scores 27.5 points from 2 ratings, with 2 for operations, 1.5 for customer service and 3 for facilities1. On former event days, the site records an average difference of minus 124 medals per slot machine from a sample of 99, and minus 887 balls per pachinko machine from a sample of 991. Days ending in 7 and days where the month and date are doubles are each listed at minus 35 medals1. Former event days are listed as the 1st, 7th and double-number dates1.
What it means for players
The parlor is a pachinko and slot hall, so the relevant rules are Japan's, where pachinko and slot play is legal under the amusement business framework and cash payouts are not made directly at the counter. Players exchange balls or medals for prizes, and the exchange rate listed for this venue is equal value across all four rates1. The venue is in Chiba prefecture, outside Tokyo, and its opening-day admission was by lottery ticket rather than open queueing1.
The ratings and average difference figures on the listing are user-submitted and cover former event days, not the new operation, so they describe the venue before the rename1. The site itself notes that its information may not be accurate and that the hall and the prize exchange counter have no relationship of any kind1.
What happens next
No further dated steps are listed beyond the 7 August 2024 opening and anniversary date1. For background on how pachinko works and where it sits legally, see Asian Gambling Games: Mahjong, Pachinko, Fan-Tan, Teen Patti, Rummy, Sabong, Keno and Where Each Is Legal and Can I Gamble in Japan?.
Sources1 sources
- マルハンメガシティ八千代緑が丘, みんパチ, minpachi.com
