Bingo Pinballs

Created 06-02-2019 - Last Update 03-27-2023

 

 

_ Bally Dude Ranch _

 

This is my Era`1953 and this Bingo is basically the king of all the Super Cards`…Big, Bold, and Brassy`

 

Not only positioned prominently, but almost as big as the Main Cards themselves, Cool`

 

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Not tied to the Roll Overs as on Big Time, but the “10” is offered-up on the Select Number field like Hi-Fi`

 

I love these Super Cards games and they can be beat, but this one is very Telling`

 

…the 7, 13, and 18 are all very-tough right-side shots`

 

….hmmm` yes, by-Design`

 

Tough play, but Fun`

 

Even as of this date (2019) there really aren’t too many pictures of Dude Ranch`

 

This one above is an Oregon machine and most of these below are from the U.K.

 

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…a simple clean Woodrail but that front door area was starting to get busy`

 

Nice to see one of those early-heavy-steel door keys`and with that steel coin slot, you didn’t need SI Cards to tell you this is a Nickel Machine`

 

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They stripped the SI Cards out of most of the games sent to the U.K. – Placed a set in the machines for deployment later`

 

Customs was slowly learning about gambling machines, you couldn’t draw undue reference to the Advancing Odds`

 

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…anyway, this machine was getting a make-over – just look how pretty those cabinets were turning out`

 

 

 

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Ballygames` see your Distributer or write Bally`

 

 

 

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Adding in my 2016 Addendum detail`

Well, after all these years we are starting to see a

 

This picture is a refurbished Bingo from Argentina!

 

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I love to see them without that bottom skirt, there is always some hidden artwork`

 

Notice anything`

 

 

 

 

 

These two are ole-school too – I am pretty sire Raymond gave these to me years ago!

 

 

 

 

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PINGAMES AT THE 1982 LOOSE CHANGE FUN FAIR

By Russ Jensen

The 1982 edition of the annual Loose Change Fun Fair was held on September 25th and 26th in Pasadena, California. From the standpoint of early pinball this was probably the best Fun Fair yet, boasting some twelve early (pre-1960) pingames. This may be indicative of an increased interest in pinball machines among coin-op collectors, but only time will tell.

Asking prices for these games ranged from $350 to $900, plus one a great deal higher. I, personally, know of only one of these machines actually being sold, although at least one collector I know of is considering making an offer on one game to one of the sellers at a later time.

In addition to these early machines, four or five late mode1 (1970s) solid-state machines were also offered for sale. This article, however, will deal only with the early games, each being described briefly in chronological order of their dates of manufacture.

DUDE RANCH

The final game in the chronology of early pingames was Bally's DUDE RANCH. This was, by the way, the only pingame of the 'fifties' ever to be offered at any of the Fun Fairs. This machine was one of the special type of pinball games commonly referred to as "in-line" or "bingo" machines, the primary object of the game being to light three to five numbers in a line on a simulated bingo card(s) on the backglass.

The bingo pinball was the successor to the one-ball horserace pingames previously described. They were developed due to restrictive legislation that made legal one-ball distribution and sales almost impossible. During the mid 'fifties' these machines were quite popular in many areas of the country, but additional legal action since that time has virtually eliminated bingo pinball from the land.

DUDE RANCH was typical of the bingo machines of the mid-fifties' and was in very good condition. Unfortunately, this machine had suffered damage to its electrical cord during shipment and could not be operated, thus depriving potential customers of the opportunity to play one of these fascinating games.

This concludes the description of the variety of early pingames offered at the 1982 Fun Fair. It is hoped that the trend of increased pingame availability at future coin-op collectibles shows will continue, thus acquainting more collectors with "the wonderful world of collectible pinballs"

 

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 sept 26th 1953 - united tahiti bally dude ranch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019 Misc`

 

 

 

Cash Box Magazine October 24th, 1953`

 

 

 

Cash Box Magazine September 26th, 1953`

 

 

 

Cash Box Magazine November 7th, 1953`

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Bally’s 1953 Dude Ranch ~

 

 

 

 

White Lace and Promises`

 

 

 

 

 

(2020)

 

I think this is the first bingo with Super Lines

 

…and here the are very very Cool

 

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2-in-Line in a Super Line when Lit – Awards 4-in-Line

 

Sweet

 

 

 

For as old as this machine was and as hard as it was played, it was still very dry inside`

 

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Solid White Towers

 

Player Instruction & Score Cards faded away and some surface rust`…more than a little age on this Bingo`

 

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Still plays Great

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bally Dude Ranch

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Old Archive)

 

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Did you catch that Not-for-Sale sticker up there – Smile`

 

 

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