Bingo Pinballs

This page was created on 01-13-2014

United kept the meter-configuration pretty simple; prior to 1956 they ran a single meter`

Caravan ran two and can be used as a good example to help understand their purpose`

That top meter is the “Play Meter” and that bottom meter is the “Replay Meter”

78039 nickels = $3951.95

53056 nickels = $2652.80

Equals a maximum of 67% payout!

Equals a minimum profit of $1299.15

Which is truly a minimum, totally dependent on how many people took their replays in coins and truly walked away from the bingo,

which is probably unlikely in many cases _ I bet most people who won less than 50 cents just kept playing.

If the bingo cost $300 brand new, this owner/operator did OK!!

$1000 dollars in the 50s was “big” money!!

…Running the Bingos was a business, this was a money-making Industry…

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