I’ve always enjoyed spotting vintage pinballs in movies and TV shows, but catching a glimpse of a bingo pinball or other gambling pinball has been a rare event in my not inconsiderable years. The only sighting I can recall is in ‘The Harder They Come,’ an early 70s movie starring reggae singer Jimmy Cliff. There’s a scene where he’s in a bar and a bingo is sitting unplayed in the background. It’s been decades since I’ve seen the movie and I have no idea what game it is, but it made me sit up straight at the time.

Anyone else know of any movies or TV shows that include gambling pinballs?

Thanks, that is a cool web site, and new to me. There are a handfull of bingos listed, and one horserace game that I noticed. The bingo in "The Harder They Come" is listed as Palm Beach. I don't believe JKnPA's "Bad Day At Blackrock" is included in pingeek's list.

Great information and a wonderful link. Did you spot all those bingo appearances yourself?

This one's not a bingo, but maybe a second cousin. There's a scene near the end of "A Bronx Tale" (1993) where one gang attacks the HQ of a rival gang. Someone throws a brick through the storefront window and straight into the backglass of one of those "Queens" one-ball games that Bally produced around 1960 (Beach Queens, Island Queens, etc.) The glass immediately shatters, and the whole scene is a fraction of a second, but I'm pretty sure it one of those games.