What is this called? BB Pinball type thing from the 50’s, 60’s ? 1 1

[Buzzetta]

I know that this is not completely comics related but honestly this forum collectively knows more than any other group.  My mom and aunt grew up with this in the house and it was discarded after my grandfather passed away and they sold the house in Brooklyn.  I remember playing with it when I was but a wee little thing.  I believe it was produced in the 50’s and 60’s... what was this called?  I saw one in an antique store in Long Island this past weekend. The one they had might have been of a sci-fi theme.

 

 

 

 

[kav]

[Buzzetta]

Many thanks !  I might need one of these down the line. 

[Karl Liebl]

Japanese gambling machine...

Pachinko (パチンコ) is a type of mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a Japanese gambling niche comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gaming.

Pachinko parlors are widespread in Japan, and they usually also feature a number of slot machines (called pachislo or pachislots); hence, these venues operate and look similar to casinos. Modern pachinko machines are highly customizable.

Gambling for cash is illegal in Japan. Pachinko balls won from games cannot be exchanged directly for money in the parlor. The balls also may not be removed from the premises, and are engraved in identifiable patterns showing to which parlor they belong. Balls won at the parlor are exchanged for prizes or tokens, which can be exchanged for cash at a place nominally separate from the parlor. One prize exchange may serve a number of nearby parlors, getting a percentage of the prize's value when it is collected by the parlor.

By 1994, the pachinko market in Japan was valued at ¥30 trillion (nearly $300 billion).^[1] As of 2015, Japan's pachinko market generates more gambling revenue than that of Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore combined.^[2]

[dupont2005]

My mom found a pachinko machine in a thrift shop when I was a kid. Back when thrift shops actually had cool stuff for cheap

[kav]

Just now, dupont2005 said:

My mom found a pachinko machine in a thrift shop when I was a kid. Back when thrift shops actually had cool stuff for cheap

Yep we had one too.  They get boring really fast.

[Karl Liebl]

2 minutes ago, kav said:

Yep we had one too.  They get boring really fast.

It's not really about the game, it's about the gambling.  They make a real racket when being played too...  did I just make a funny? lol...