![]() In the United Kingdom, pusher games - often called "penny falls" - are very popular in arcades, and can often be found at tourist attractions such as theme parks and bowling alleys. Timing in dropping the coin is a skill factor in the game. When a coin is dropped in, it falls onto one of the platforms and has the chance of pushing other coins (and possibly prizes placed on top of the coins) off the edge and being awarded to the player, unless they fall in the left and right 'lose' side of the edge. Behind these platforms are mechanical "brooms" that push the coins forward. ![]() These games are characterized by multiple levels filled with medals or coins. The train tilts its tender full of coins, dumping them into the player's platform. If a player manages to get all red lights on, lights flash and a train stops at his/her side. Western Dream, one example of a push medal game. These games are often raided by police as some proprietors try to evade taxes. In the Philippines, video horse racing is also known as "video karera". All of these personal seats are in front of a very large screen displaying the virtual horse race. These are often set up in a quite lavish lounge set up, each player has a personal screen, often with a padded chair, an ashtray and cup holders. The gambling type of medal games has two types of games, those that simulate a Las Vegas style casino (electronic/mechanical roulette tables, video poker, video blackjack, slot machines, are all very common). There are many types of medal games, but the two most popular are the gambling type and the pusher game type. While many of the medal games simulate gambling, the medals cannot be traded back into cash, but only used to play more games, or exchanged (via paper tickets) for prizes. The rate of medals versus cash varies from arcade to arcade, but usually the cheapest range is from ¥300 all the way up to ¥10,000. In order to play a medal game, a customer must first exchange their cash into medals (metal coins, much like an arcade token). Medal games ( メダルゲーム, medaru gēmu) are a type of arcade game commonly found in amusement arcades and casinos, especially in Japan.
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