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Jeffery Lawton has a lot of work in this book, so I thought I'd help him here and promote it a bit :)

If you can afford $40 buy one, if not try and find a used copy and save your self a little cash. Either way it is well worth the investment.

This book is heavily illustrated and you can see pics of every Bally Bingo made. Quite a few of the photos are low quality and there are a few redundant shots, but who cares right.........most were taken prior to the digital age.

Mr. Lawton shares his knowledge on the features of these machines and their operation, and this book is also very informative in detailing the sequential history of these Bingos.

The "Technical Tips" area is small but informative. It gives you a good overview and can help trouble-shoot the true dog machines, ones that don’t work at all.

The book is makes a nice gift for someone, and if nothing else rent it from the library and copy the sections you want - everyone will find something here.....


 

      But Hey! Don’t take my word for it; here is what our German bingo buddies have to say:

Hallo Peter, sorry, dass ich erst so spät antworte, bin selten in dem Forum...Hab mich ausserdem noch vertippt: die Dinger BingO Machines. Das 'O' ist verschütt gegangen :(

Das Buxh, das ich habe heisst Bally's Bingo Pinball Machines by Jeffrey Lawton, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0764308742 Bei amazon.com kostet es 40 Dollar, oder gleich bei www.schifferbooks.com Von denen krieg ich seit dem immer die neuesten Kataloge aus Übersee zugeschickt :)

Die haben noch mehr Bücher über Flipper, dann lohnt sich das Porto für die Bestellung auch ;)
Grüsse, Gerald

Antwort am Gerald!

Danke für den Hinweis - da mich das Thema interessiert hätte ich gerne den Buchtitel/Autor/ISBN/Verlag was Du eben weißt.
Peter

 

On my “A Bingo Snippet” page Mr. Lawton shares a neat little article he sent to Phil and myself on how to set your bingo up for “freeplay”

 


Russ Jensen

MULTIPLE COIN PINBALL MACHINES - PART 2 (BINGOS) REISSUE OF PREVIOUS ARTICLE FOR AMUSEMENT REVIEW COIN SLOT81/05V-- #75 12

INSIDE YOUR BINGO - DESCRIBES BASIC COMPONENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN BINGO" PINGAMES." COIN SLOT 83/06 V08 #10 38

?BALLY'S BIKINI - IT'S OK" DESCRIPTION OF OK" TYPE BINGOS, WITH DETAILS OF BIKINI" COIN SLOT 87/09-11 V04 #01 55

INSIDE YOUR BINGO (PART 2) SECOND (LAST) PART OF REPRINT OF PREVIOUS ARTICLE GAMEROOM 93/10 V05 #10 91

BINGOS: COMPLEX GAMES OF SKILL AND LUCK HISTORY OF MULTIPLE COIN BINGO" PINBALLS." AMUSEMENT REVIEW 80/01-02 V01 #07

INSIDE YOUR BINGO (PART 1) FIRST OF 2 PARTS OF REPRINT OF PREVIOUS ARTICLE GAMEROOM 93/09 V05 #09 89

Amusement Review; V01 #07; 80/01-02; Bingos: Complex Games Of Skill And Luck; Jensen, Russ History Of Multiple Coin "Bingo" Pinballs.;

Yes, not many people understand bingos. If you would like to read an article on their history and characteristics read my article MULTIPLE COIN PINBALLS on my website. Also, If enough people are interested I could also add another article I wrote describing in detail how the later bingos with the "OK feature" work Or I would email a copy to anyone who asks for it..
Russ Jensen
Camarillo, CA

Russ Jensen History
Multiple Coin Pinball Machines
ENTER "BINGOS"

Pingames and Gambling
Russ Jensen's Article titled "Pingames and Gambling" which has some great history and touches on the Bingos and the law............

An article on the Queen Machines that Russ Jensen sent to me one summer day (Thxs Russ) can be accessed out on my Main Bingo Page.

Russ and Harry
A link to an interview between Russ Jensen and Harry Williams of Williams Pinball

Russ also has a EM Trouble-shooting Guidebook for sell. I believe these are still going for $20:


From a Russ posting on the Usernet Group rec.games.pinball: If want further information about the book you can Click here to email me. Or you can phone me (except Saturdays and Sundays after 8:30 AM Pacific time, or Weekday mornings before 10AM PST) at 805-482-3875.

If you just want to purchase one, send $20 (or $21 if you want FIRST CLASS postage) to:

Russ Jensen
1652 Euclid Ave.
Camarillo, CA
93010

     
Hodgepodge

Gameroom Mag Back Issues List
Hosts a list of back issues and it looks like you can still order them:

Aug 96 "The Magic Screen Bingo, The 1956 V-200"
Apr 97 "Bally's Ballerina Bingo"
Aug 97 "Bally's Circus Queen Bingo"
Apr 98 "Bally's Sun Valley Bingo"
Jun 98 "Remembering Dick Bueschel"
Sep 98 "Bally's Variety Bingo"
Jul 99 "Bally's Gayety Bingo"
Nov 00 "Bally Bingo Pinball Techs In Training"

http://www.hippie.net/shivasite/irpinball/oldies.html
Designer Notes on Keeney's Lite-a-Line as being the 11th board of W. Degelmann and some game trivia

http://valens.nfic.com:910/Ford/tmp/HTML/Cigar/HTML/Archives/199609/fr996.html
Terrence Fagan's "Bumper To Bumper" pinball history article. A neat twist on Pin and American history, with one paragraph touching on Bingos.

The Straight Dope: Did they used to make flipperless pinball machines?

Cecil at Straightdope.com answer the question if they ever really made flipperless pinballs.

Bally "BEAUTY CONTEST"
An on-line Queen Machine article referencing the Bingo pin connection - titled "Bingo or Pinball"


Some weird list I stumbled upon somewhere:

 

BINGO CHECKLIST (BALLY)

PJ   10/38-39

BINGO CHECKLIST (UNITED)

PJ   14/21

BINGO MACHINES: ADVENT OF

PS   55

BINGOS

PT   14/29

BINGOS

TT   94-95

BINGOS AND BEYOND: A HIGH HAND RESCUE BY JEFFREY LAWTON

PJ   34/1,9-11

BINGOS AND BEYOND: A CARNIVAL QUEEN RESTORATION BY J. LAWTON

PJ   39/35-37

BINGOS: COMPLEX GAME OF SKILL AND LUCK BY RUSS JENSEN

AR   V1#7/3,20

BINGOS: The Lure of

PT   19/14

 

 

 * I’ll send anyone whom can tell me what PJ, PS, PT, TT, and AR stand for a dollar – I assume they are magazines?

     
Book / Plus

Bally Variety Bingo Type Pinball, 1954 Binding: Hardcover, 52 pages Publisher: A. M. C. Corporation Published Date: 01/01/1993 List: USD $35.00 ISBN: 1566421594

The Complete Pinball Book by Marco Rossignoli (A Schiffer Book) has a mini reference to these babies in chapter eleven titled “Odds and Ends.” As you can see below they show a Hi-Fi bg and pf as well as Dixieland and it’s guts:

 

 

 

Wico Corporation  - Who the frick are these truds?

Well apparently these are guys that know how to stay in business for sixty-some-odd years and know how to celebrate. This little pic is off their website (yes! you heard correctly) and is noteworthy. Their front page say they just celebrated their 60th annv in 2001 and this image below is the only thing on their “company profile” page.

This is why I love the Internet:

WICO / Coin-operated Parts & Supplies Catalog. Great for identifying parts. Also interesting to see what things cost 50 years ago. Parts included in this manual include: jukebox replacement plastics and parts, pinball, suffle alley, and miscellaneous.

 

Also has a Bingo pinball parts list, It lists 17 different bingo pins

with part numbers and part description. Nice quick reference if you collect older Bally bingo pinball machines. Games such as Surf Club, Gayette, Big time, Hi Fi, Palm Springs etc. A dozen or so pages of this book is for bingo machines. Has some illustrations as well.

 

CONDITION: Very good for being about 50 years old. Inside pages are very clean. There is a small tear on the cover. There is no date on this catalog but there is a coupon attached to one of the pages which states it expires Nov 30 1955 so it must be earlier than that date. More than likely it is a 1955 catalog. Thanks for looking and Good Luck!!

 
  

Manuals / Plus

Broadway .pdfs below are courtesy of Raymond Watts and I got the whole set, so if ya want it just let me know:

Broadway 460.pdf  Broadway 461.pdf  Broadway 462.pdf  Broadway 463.pdf  Broadway 464.pdf

Broadway 465.pdf  Broadway 466.pdf  Broadway 467.pdf  Broadway 468.pdf  Broadway 469.pdf

Broadway 470.pdf  Broadway 471.pdf

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