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One of the articles from Russ Jensen was a piece on the Queen Machines from Bally

These were a set of woodrail pinballs released circa 1960, with at least one having ties back to the Bingos

In fact, his third paragraph makes special note that the purpose of these games might have been

to act as “spare parts” machines for the Bingos – Perhaps the very reason they were designed`

Weather 100% true or not, it fits since these machines do contain Bingo parts like the Reflex Unit - etc`

And the timing of their release corresponded with the Korpran Act which severely clamped down on the Bingos

with several rules limiting manufacturing and sale of the Bingos, including “interstate transportation” of the machines`

I guess the thing I never really understood is “why make five games” to that - I still wonder why “one”

spare parts machine wouldn’t have been enough, smile – But, I learned long ago to trust Russ, he was definitely in the know`

The reason I mentioned that, is the “other” pinballs that could also be considered parts machines, the

games I list here like Bally’s Twin Joker - etc – Were these just “Card Games” kind of like the Bingos, or were

these purposely released to funnel parts to Owner/Operators of the true gambling machines`

It’s an interesting question to ask, especially when you look at the like-parts being targeted - Not a lot of variety

and not the “highest wear” parts in the Bingos – The list is actually kind of odd`

Well, I don’t pretend to know, laugh`

But if you look at the number of pages I made for these games`…I certainly wondered`

I am not too sure where to start`…but I apologize about this mess and promise to try to clean it up for you`

Now that I think about it again`…Maybe that is why the “Card Games” were released later`

Did they need to expand the part selection - Hmmm