Bumpers, flippers and steel balls: Chicago gets its first pinball museum
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Sports betting is legal, and therefore everywhere right now. But from the 1940s through the 1970s, it was a different diversion altogether that had people knitting their brows over gambling concerns: Pinball games.
In fact, pinball was banned in Chicago during this period.
“Initially I thought, well, that’s ridiculous,” said pinball aficionado William Pietri. “But when I saw some of the machines from the ’30s and ’40s, I was like, oh OK, they had a point. And as early as 1934, in the University
In fact, pinball was banned in Chicago during this period.
“Initially I thought, well, that’s ridiculous,” said pinball aficionado William Pietri. “But when I saw some of the machines from the ’30s and ’40s, I was like, oh OK, they had a point. And as early as 1934, in the University
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