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……….No,
No! Really, I got a million of em………. Mr. FRFlemming:@ao (Alan) wrote me on May 11, 2002 a small email talking about
himself and Phil Hooper:
Thanks for writing.
My history with these games started in 1981, just about the time I got
associated with Phil. My knowledge of these games came from Phil. I’ve found
the stories about players and the location proprietors the most interesting
along with the ways operators got around the flood of regulations that aimed
at these machines. It was interesting how officials tried to define these
games. The Sea Fair game is simply a Big Show with odds no higher that 160 to
comply with the laws. The glass was done by Bally specifically for Washington
State, which is Phil’s home state. His history started with the one ball
games. These games are of the most interesting to him. I worked with him on the route. We had
some colorful players, of which the stories still amuse us. Phil has amassed
a great deal of knowledge and I would surely consider him to be the greatest
authority on these games, but it’s hard to pin him down to take the time to
talk about the games. Russ has spent a great deal of time with him, which is
great because Russ has done so much for the hobby. I would be interested in
the Hooker interview myself, as I know very little about him and have always
wondered about him. I only recently learned that he passed away. Keep me
posted I’ll look forward to hearing from you. Keep up the good work Thanks
ALAN. Recently I
was on a mission to find another Big Time so “my kids” would be able to play,
and found one at the CA Extreme show. Man, what a kick to play the machine
again. I have to admit though, I’m still on the honeymoon if you know what I
mean. Although some might argue that the gambling aspect is the attraction, in a way I have to agree. Sure, it’s
fun to have that “unknown” aspect of not knowing what you’ll get from game to
game. But show me a bingo machine owner, and I’ll show you someone who would
never turn down a trip to Vegas! Regards, Tom
Clawges. Message 9 in
Thread Date: 1998/09/25 Big Time
came out in 1954 right after Palm Beach (53)…a matter of weeks after. Nov I
think, and the BT followed in Jan, maybe a s late as Feb. Looks like
your machine may be worth a little bit more, if years count. The game is
developed skill and learning is part of the “fun”. Message 10 in Thread Date: 1998/09/27Oh yes I
Worked on the very first ones, Bright Lites by Bally…………..I remember when we
un-packed the game and put it together….all of us in the shop could not
figure out why….the motors kept on running, and running….because all of the
other Pin balls, Never had a motor running……….unless it had a run switch
closed….But that was shock! HOWARD LOWE. Message 2 in Thread Date: 1995/04/07
The machines
were “gambling” machines all the way!
I’ve played 5 cent, 10 cent, and 25 cent based machines. Whatever the base was
you could play many coins., in an effort to raise the payout odds and
features. Odds were expressed as 3 numbers (i.e. 4/16/96) which would mean 4
“credits” for 3 in a row, 16 for 4 in a row, and 96 for 5 in a row – There
were 2 of these machines at a pool hall when I was at Virginia Tech
(1974-77). They were 10 cent based and you could generally get a decent game
for a buck. Message 2 in Thread Date:
2001-06-10 “6 cards vs. Mystic Lines” You can compare the
features of the two machines here and see which you would prefer. Six-card
machines generally limited coin play to avoid the “multiple coins to increase
the odds” definition of gambling machines. The switch
on the bottom of the cabinet is likely a “knock-off” switch, you push it when
the power is on and it causes the anti-cheat relay to open. When that
happens, the replay reset relay closes and the credits on the replay register
get reset to zero. Bally removed the “knock off” switch because it was
specifically referenced in the Johnson Act as a feature of a gambling device.
Instead, you just turn off/on the game and the same thing happens. Take care,
Phil. tyutru Most Likely
From Mr. Raymond Watts: 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!! Bingo speelkast Magic Ball.
Werkt met 0,50 €. Grote display. Prima in orde. Ray MOLONEY (né en 19??) Moins connu
qu'Harry WILLIAMS, le fondateur de BALLY est également un pionnier de cette
industrie. Après avoir
été cow-boy dans l'ouest Américain, imprimeur à Chicago à la fin des années
20, son esprit d'entreprise l'amène à
s'interesser à l'industrie des jeux. Il convainc ses 2 associés de la Lion
Manufacturing Company de créer une filiale
chargée de concevoir et fabriquer des billard à épingles à partir d'un
plateau de bagatelle recouvert d'une glace et
équipé d'un percuteur à ressort pour lancer de petites billes de verre. Ses
associés se laissent convaincre et c'est
ainsi que nait... BALLY avec le "Ballyhoo". Ray MOLONEY
demeure Président de BALLY, jusqu'a sa mort en 1957. Fue en 1931 cuando Dave Gottlieb creó la "Gottlieb Baffle
Ball", considerada la máquina que dio con el lanzamiento de la industria, a la que siguió, en 1932,
la "Bally Ballyhoo", de Ray Moloney, que marcó el nacimiento de la popular marca. The first
pinball machine manufactured by Gottlieb (1931) was named 'Bingo' -
and it sold for $16.50 ! Bally
Dixieland Bingo Pinball. Works great! Dixieland is the King of all 6 Card bingo
Pinballs, These machines are still the best money makers for
Operators and very few are available to the public. 6 Cards with special features
including, Diagonal pay, Double pay, Double Double Pay, Magic
and Super Lines. Double or Nothing, The Dixieland is the Last and
Best 6 card bingo Bally Bingo ever Made.... Backglass a 9 playfield is
smooth but has spiderweb lines around holes( See Picture) , But does
NOT affect play. Priced to sell!!! Shipping arrangements are the
Buyers Responsibility or you can pick it up. Payment must be made within
5 Days. We reserve the right to Cancel bids by persons with poor feedback ratings.... -
Lido - There
were only 1700 of these produced. The cabinet has been painted to exact
factory design. "THE
PINBALL STORE" is one of the best in the restoration business. It has
all the features of it's predecessors
(Can-Can, Bikini, and Roller Derby) plus futurity (where you can store all
the OK points that have been
accumulated to use on one BIG GAME). "LIDO" and Can-Can are the
ONLY bingos produced that you can get
the red & yellow super sections at the same time. Ik verkoop een bingo
"Cypress Gardens" model is ongeveer 30 jaar oud. Is ook te zien aan
het
serienummer (C 3622). De kast werkt
nog, maar heeft dringend behoefte aan een opknapbeurt. Enkel het mechanisme om de speelballen omhoog
te brengen is defect (werkt soms wel, soms niet.) verder dienen de rubbers
vervngen Some pinball
machines, such as Bally's "bingos", would have a grid on the
backglass scoring area. Free games could be won if the player was skillful
enough to get three balls in a row. However, doing this was pretty much
completely random, and the real use for such machines was as a gambling
device (such as many places now use video poker). Pinball - From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia. -
Repeated
somewhere else on my pages, but interesting anyway - -
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According
to the folks who like to keep track of such things, December is supposed to
be the birth month of the game of bingo.
We can't confirm that, but we do know that the ear-liest
form of the popular game of chance was played
more than 200 years ago. The word bingo is an alteration of bing,
an interjection suggestive of a ringing
sound. Back in the 1920s, when it first began appearing in print, bingo
announced any unexpected event or instantaneous
result. After folks with a winning line or card in bingo-type games began
calling out "bingo" to announce
a winning position, the game became known by that name. This is not to say
that bingo had no name before the
1920s. In fact, the game had many names. Lotto, which comes from the
Italian word for "lottery," was first used for it
in seventeen-seventy-eight. Keno, the name for the original American
form of the game, first
appeared in eighteen-fourteen. That name comes from the French quine,
meaning "set of five winning numbers in a
lottery," plus the -o from lotto. Other American names for
bingo include beano and tango. During the
Great Depression, a variant called screeno was played at neighborhood
movie theatres. On what was known as
Bank Night, patrons would receive free bingo cards with their admission
tickets and try for prizes and cash. 20
x 36 x ½ inch PINBALL playing board weighs about 9 pounds. Board has some
paint flaking and is marked Circus with images of Clowns, Elephants, and
Trapeze Flyers. UNITED MFG
CO. CHICAGO. ILL and Past. NOS. RE 20698 & 2,192,596.CIRCUS BINGO PINBALL
Manufactured Aug 1952 t-shot
tip Tony,
Ray Shroyer In
fact, Ray calls one type of game he calls "the poker machine" of
the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Can you guess what it was? It was the infamous
Bingo machine. In the '60s Chicago's future Mayor Daley had vowed to
eliminate the machines and kept his word when they were off the street within
six months of his election. “Thxs Ray” I hope this finds you well, Danny ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Klepner To: Rickic2 Sent: Sunday, November 16,
2003 2:21 AM Subject: Bingo's Hi Rick. If
someone hasn't already written, Games Inc made upright console gambling
flasher type machines including Hunter which I used to own and also a double version of this game the name of
which escapes me for the moment. The
stepper units in Hunter were the same as the type in Hi Line See http://rwatts.cdyn.com/Machines/Hunter.html to see a Hunter. Regards Bob Klepner “Thxs Bob”
Harry Williams helped start United just before the US got into WW II,
left United in 1942 to start his own company, Williams Manufacturing Company,
in 1944. United would continue to produce pins into the 50's, then they
switched to jukeboxes, shuffle bowlers, bingo pinballs, etc. United produced
jukeboxes from 1957-1961. They continued to produce shuffle bowlers through
the 1970's. …………..All For Now………… |
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