Interesting article discussing how the anti-pinball wars played out in Milwaukee. Winning games was illegal, so, how about we 'add a ball'?
Don C.
Interesting article discussing how the anti-pinball wars played out in Milwaukee. Winning games was illegal, so, how about we 'add a ball'?
Don C.
Ah yes, for a state who’s motto is “forward” we sure have been guilty of much backward thinking. At the root of the problem is not whether or not pinball is some “game of Satan”, it’s rather how does a state tax a “free” game? That is why it was illegal.
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