[Jukebox-list] [OT] Gambling pinball [was Re: Seeburg's promise...]

[Steve Wahl]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 08:26:00AM -0700, David Breneman wrote:
> 
> 
> --- Wesley Dean <wesleydean at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> >     In my area back then, the money was in the gambling pinballs.
> > The juke 
> > was necessary to 'tie up' a location. When gambling was eliminated,
> > a few 
> > die hards tried to make it on jukes alone. Very few made it. They
> > did not know how change their ways. 
> 
> Wow, those machines had been illegal here in Washington since
> the 1920s.  An operator I bought a few pinball machines from
> in the 80s took me into a "secret room" in his warehouse where
> he had three or four "payout" pinball machines made in the
> 40s.  He said that if the State Gambling Commission knew he
> had them they'd be confiscated and he'd get a nasty fine.
> Apparently the fact that they were "antiques" didn't count
> for much.  

Wow.  I know this is getting far off topic, but can anybody describe
the payout pinball games for me?  I've never seen one.  Were they
anything like the 60's-80's pinball machines (i.e. table angle,
flippers, bumpers, etc.)?  What were the rules for payout?

I've only been to Vegas once, but I can't help but think I'd find
something with a little more interaction a lot more fun than the slot
machines.

Feel free to respond off-list if you feel it's too far off-topic.
Thanks!

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