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Posted: 07 Feb 2013


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Vintage advertising flyer for Bally's 1936 All-Stars pinball machine, though not in the common view of the word.

Pinball prior to 1947 meant no flippers, believe it or not. You'd just launch the ball, skillfully as possible, and then nudge the machine short of "tilting" it. Many machines like the one pictured above were "one-shots," or one ball per coin, and featured pay-outs. It took pinball many years to break the gambling stigma of the 1930's, and until the advent of the flipper, it was a tougher case to argue.

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