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_ Bally Fun Play _

The game name here is a “street-spin” someone gave a Fun Spot 61`

It’s kind of a great name too for one of these, holding well with the arcade style intended`

I haven’t posted one of these in a long long time, but I kind of like this one`

People having fun at the circus, at the fair, playing around`…Fun Play

Toss in that this is a pinball`….Fun to play and well, it’s a good name`

At the end of 1960 design at Bally took a bit of an odd turn`…a little bit of a twist in style`

All of a sudden after advanced games like Magic Lines, Magic Numbers, and a few Magic Screens

Bally seems to step back-in-time a bit and started releasing the Fun Machines

Not everywhere, but these started popping up in the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York areas`

And for a reason too, to help work around the new laws and restrictions hitting the Bingos

Bare-bones with no known and obvious advanced features. No replays counter storing games that can be paid off,

instead you score points. You had to start the next game with a coin, so these weren’t considered free play - etc

Sure, these were still Bingos, but were definitely trying to fly under-the-radar as simple pinballs`

_ Arcade games, not Bingos _

It kind of worked too, during the crazy crackdowns plenty of these were out on Route

But eventually the “faint” disguise would fail and these two would be targeted/outlawed`

Hence, why this machine finally got a name change`…one more delay tactic to keep

it out in the taverns/bars earning money for the owner/operator - profit`

_ Another part of the Story _