Pinball History

Playing the silver ball: Local enthusiasts keep pinball machines alive

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Playing the silver ball: Local enthusiasts keep pinball machines alive – News – Northwest Florida Daily News – Fort Walton Beach, FLhttp://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20180713/playing-silver-ball-local-enthusiasts-keep-pinball-machines-alivePinball machines have mostly faded from arcades.They have been replaced by modern gaming systems with the goal of feeding the attention deficit public.

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How 17-Year-Old Warren Buffett Created A “Pinball Empire” From $25?

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How 17-Year-Old Warren Buffett Created A “Pinball Empire” From $25?https://fossbytes.com/how-17-year-old-warren-buffett-created-a-pinball-empire-from-25/Berkshire Hathway CEO Warren Buffett, the third richest person in the world, opened about his fondness of pinball and how he started his first business out of selling Pinball machines in the early’s 1946.

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Warren Buffett bought a pinball machine for $25 in 1946 and started ‘the best business I was ever in’

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Warren Buffett bought a pinball machine for $25 in 1946 and started ‘the best business I was ever in’https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/warren-buffett-bought-a-25-pinball-machine-in-1946-and-made-money.html“I bought a machine for $25 in 1946 and built a small empire,” he told pal Bill Gates.

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Grand Rapids nixes licenses for pinball machines, pool tables, other items

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GRAND RAPIDS, MI — There once was a time when Grand Rapids city leaders needed to regulate pinball machines, pool tables, shuffle boards and electronic games.
That time has passed.
Last week the Grand Rapids city commission voted to eliminate a number of business ordinances that are now considered to be outdated.

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The First Family of pinball: Meet the local wizards behind the game’s huge resurgence

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The First Family of pinball: Meet the local wizards behind the game’s huge resurgence | Feature | Chicago Readerhttps://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/roger-sharpe-stern-pinball-chicago/Content?oid=47049643Roger Sharpe once saved the Chicago-born arcade game in the 70s. Now his two children are behind pinball’s latest renaissance.

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In the late ‘60s there was an explosion at Bally Manufacturing near California and Melrose

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In the late ‘50s or early ‘60s there was an explosion at Bally Manufacturing near California and Melrose. Do you have more details? —Adam Baran, Lansing There was in fact a mysterious explosion at the Bally Manufacturing factory in the Avondale neighborhood in 1969. The Chicago Tribune reported that people within a 2-mile radius of

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