Here ’s your pinball game history lesson for the Clarence Day : In 1942 , pinball machines were hold gambling devices and made illegal in New York City , prompting police to clutch and destroy some 3000 machines . That law was reversed , according to the NYT , “ in 1976 , when a 26 - twelvemonth previous pinball wizard nominate Roger Sharpe presage – and made – a predetermined shot in a court , thus rise that pinball was not , in fact , a game of chance . ” [ NYTviaThe Awl ]
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