Jan 2023
Some folks say it takes years to truly know the Bingos`…and in many ways that is true` That owning one, playing it, and opening it up and jumping inside is the best way to learn`…all true, but even then, most people (even the experts) need help` So, for people new to the games, I have started a few pages to help introduce the Bingos`
~ Pages on the Odds, the Features, and notes on How-to-Play ~
	…The Bally Bingo Check List (R. Jensen)
Spell-Name ...Nevada	Wimi Mystery Scores	Spell Name ...Hawaii
In-Skirt Scoring	United One-Card Bingos	4-Corners on a Digital Bingo
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6-Card Playfield Scoring	Touchdown's Star Feature	Bally's Golden Game
Backbox Instruction Cards` ...Bally	...features Euro Bingo 7	6-Card Bingos - Progressive Odds
The handrail buttons R, D, C`	The first bingo with Super Lines`	Magic Lines` ....one more look`
Super 7 Seven's - Crazy Seven	6-Card Bingos - 4-Corners	Gay Times` - Magic Pockets
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Progressive Bonus - Double Green Score	...the Splin Montana Magic Tower	Playing the Montana De Luxe
...the game play - Palm Beach	Green Diamond Bonus	“How-to-Play – II” _ Phil Bogema
The Orange	“How-to-Play” _ Phil Bogema	...the Ballyhole - Beach Time
...the Basics - 3-Card Bingos	...the Ballyhole - Show-Time	...Advancing Odds & Features
...the game play - Miss America Deluxe	...the Turning Corners games	...the features - Diamond Diagonals
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...the features - Strike Numbers	...the Super Lines	...a new TOP-ROW feature
Double and Triple Score Features	...the HOLD feature	...the features - Super Cards
...the Famous “SPOT” Feature	...a bingo with a Magic Card	...the features - Super Score
...the "OK" Games	...the features - Stop and Shop *	...the Magic Lines
...the Magic Lines - Restart	...the features - Jungle Gmes	...the features - Playfield Scoring
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...the Magic Lines - Twin-Card	...the One Balls	...the Magic Squares
...the Golden Games	...the One Balls	...the Select-a-Spot
...the Basics - 2-Card Bingos - Corners	Galaxy's Try Again Feature	...the Magic Lines
...the Basics - What are Bingo Pinballs?	...the features - Miss America 75	...the One Balls
...the One Balls	...the Basics - 3-Card Bingos	...the Basics - Probability-Matrix
...the Magic Screens	...the Pick ’n ’Play	...the game play - As detailed by Vic
...the Magic Screens - Japanese	...the game play – Bright Lights	...the game play - Full Screen Bingos
...the Basics – 1-Card Bingos	...the 6-Card Bingos - Graphics Games	...game play - Embedded TFT Graphics
...the Magic Lines	...the 6-Card Bingos – Card Features	...the game play - 6-Card Basics
...the Rollovers	...feature info from the “Bingo King”	...the Red Letter games
...the Magic-Screens	...the Basics - Learning to Play	...the Lite-a-Name games
...the Magic Squares	...the Basics – Cabinet Terminology	Score Cards / Super Lines / Skill Scores
...the Basics – 2-Card Bingos	...the Basics - United Manuals	...the Magic Lines
...the features - United Playfields	...the Magic Pockets	...the Ballyhole
...the game play – Bonus 7	...the Mystic Lines	...the Mystic Lines
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	~ Manuals Worth Mentioning ~
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	Bally Bonanza Manual
Wilms Export Company N.V. Manuals	1955 Bally Gayety Theory	Very Nice - United's Monaco
Bally Manuals from ARM Publishing	United vs. Bally – The Detail	Maintenance Tips - Malibu Manual
Ballys Colored Manuals	Sirmo Bingo Manuals	Ballys “Confidential” Manuals
1977` Bally High Flyer	Cirsa – K7 Kursaal Manuals	Bright Lights - One of Several?
United Manuals – Learning the Bingos	Bali Manual and a couple Surprises	Bally Manuals - Adjustment Plugs
Maintenance Tips - Malibu Manual	Bally Bingo Pinball Manuals	United's Triple Play Manual
Helpful Manual - United Pixies	Universal Star – A “Users” Manual	Spot Lite Manual - Wiring Correction
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~ Restorations ~ What I like about these links, is they show “regular folks” like you-and-me fixing-up and repairing the games`
	Aussie Arcade - Bingo Restoration
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Big Show Restoration Work	Miss America 75 Restoration	1957 Miss America Work
Circus Queen Restoration Work	Brazil Restoration Work	Show-Time Restoration Work
Carnival Queen Restoration	1962 Bally Shoot-A-Line	Phil B's Bright Lights
Bally Super 7 Restoration	Playfield Plating Rework	Crosswords Backglass Restoration
Denmark - Bally Hawaii	La Riparazione del Flipper Bingo	Restauración Playfield… Se puede!!
Netherlands – Showtime	okorange's "Phil" Carnival Queen	Bluesection shaes his Bally Bikini
Argentina Restoration	okorange's "Phil" Carnival Queen - I	Steve shares his Bikini
Argentina Restoration – II	...some video Surf Club Playfield	...very nice a Bally Reborn
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~ Basic Technical - Learning the Bingos ~ Now Phil’s pages tell you everything you need to know on how to repair the games, but I am adding these for those new to technology`
	Russ Jensen – Trouble-Shooting Guide	…
	Electro-Mechanical Repair Guide
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	The "Jones" Plugs
Zeroing the Magic Screen	Adjusting the Reflex	Roller Derby Stops Working
Shutter Operation 101	Backglass Care 101	Dixieland Scoring Problems
Operation Early 6-Card Games	Bali Scoring Problem	Cabinet Terminology
The Best Maintenance Tips	Begin the Repairs	The Best Maintenance Tips
Knock-Off Circuit	Bally Adjustment Plugs	Big Wheel Detector Assembly
Rubber Rings Plus	Replay Counter Operation & Repair	Rubber Rings Plus
Bally Mixer & Spotting Assembly	Bally Backbox Relay	Bally Control Unit
Schematics #1 - The Power Rails	Bally 6-Card - “Start-up Sequence”	Inside your Bally Show Time
Opening up your Backbox`	Bally Model Numbers & Schematics	The Most Common Bingo Problems
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Fuses 101 - Bingo Always Tilted	Intro: Mixers & Magic Screen	Ball Lift 101 ...Third Ball Problem
Extra Ball Problem - Resources	Magic Screens 101 - Reset/Index	Tilt Problem - 20-hole Coin Play
Miami Beach - #13 Doesn’t Light	Magic Screens 102 - Maintenance	Bally Night Club – Scoring Problem
Visual Inspection - Problem Solving	Trouble-Shoot Kumback Key	Adjusting the Scoring on your Bali
Steve Smith and a couple of Bikini tales	Shorts 101 - 16/19 Lighting Same Time	Bingo Playfield Care / Maintenance
	Russ Jensen Inside Your Bingo
~ Through the Years ~
1951 was the first year of the Bingos and the Honors clearly must go to United Manufacturing` Lyn Durant and his team release five Bingos in the last seven months of the year`…phenomenal` The 1st Bingo Pinballs May 1951 ...the 1st Month of the Bingos` The 1952 "Spottem" Games 1953 ushered in Super Cards for both Bally and United Super Cards Highlight Lite-a-Name Highlight Magic Pockets Highlight 22-years to go` ~