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I was wondering when Bally went to a solid state version(s) of their bingo's?

In 1980 Bally manufacture a solid state six card game called CONTINENTAL. At this point in time Bally was going out of business with the bingos and sold all the Continentals over seas to a company. Not sure how many stayed in the USA.

Also, in the 1960s, there were hybrid games where a second game could be coined that was played exclusively with a solid state board. These were the later 20 hole games.

Games like
London
Bonus 7
Super 7
Safari
And likely a few more I forget at the moment.

Vic is right about Continental - that was the only fully solid state game that Bally produced.

Thanks for the info folks. The last time I played on a bingo game was 1966!!!!
I am looking to buy a machine some time soon. I had a chance to get a Hawaii.
But I had never seen a 20 hole game. I understood that the Hawaii, Mystic Gate &
Double Up were among the last machines before the solid state units.
Back in the day the only machines I saw were 25 holer's.
Terry K

Here's my 1990's New Continental Golden six card electronic bingo manufactured by G.A.A in Belgium. This bingo can give a player a chance to win 25,000 replays, but can also take a players saving account.

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Quoted from Terry1:
I understood that the Hawaii, Mystic Gate &
Double Up were among the last machines before the solid state units.

Yep, that's correct. Then in the 70s, Bally moved back to 100% EM until 1980.

Hawaii is also the heaviest bingo ever made.

There's a thread here https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/some-nice-looking-bingo-pinballs-came-up-on-cl

that you may wish to check out - we try to post games from around the States - 20 or 25 hole.

20 hole games are quite different - I enjoy them, but many folks I know that are 25 hole players tend to shy away from them. They can be quite a bit harder than a 25 holer to maintain a good stable of replays.

Quoted from Vic_Camp:
but can also take a players saving account.

I got a chance to play this excellent solid state game with Vic - and boy, he's right! You can employ all kinds of solid state tricks like coin multipliers. You can get in trouble FAST on this machine.

I'm hoping to pick up a 25 hole Bingo soon.
But, here in eastern Canada; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, I am finding it
almost impossible to find any Bally bingo's at all!!!!
There has to be some around, I just can't find them.YET!
Terry K

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Quoted from Terry1:
I'm hoping to pick up a 25 hole Bingo soon.
But, here in eastern Canada; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, I am finding it
almost impossible to find any Bally bingo's at all!!!!
There has to be some around, I just can't find them.YET!
Terry K

Terry contact a Bernie Lablanc he is from New Brunswick sold, bought and traded Bernie several times

Thank you BingoButch for the info!
I will look this guy up for sure.
BTW I have a line on a guy in Toronto who has 50 to 60 Bingo's.
Any one want me to forward list, you can PM me.
Toronto is over 1000 miles from me; just a bit far!!!
Terry K

I was off on the number of bingo's the guy in Toronto has.
It is 37. He also has quite a few Back Glasses.
Some new, according to him.
There is supposed to be a guy in Halifax with quite a few Bally bingo's.
If there is any one out there that has a line on this could you please PM me.
Thanks,
Terry K