3-in-line

3-In-Line, a four player game represents the transitional period in pinball design between the Bingo Gambling machines and the amusement games that would emerge when the former were outlawed. Bally was the king of Bingo machines and it must have been difficult for the company to go from the lucrative designs to pure play but they managed to do it albeit in slow steady steps. This is one where the game did not pay out in credits that you would exchange for money but instead, it seemed to encourage betting amongst the up to 4 players, to see who would buy the next round of drinks or god forbid, actual money. Designed by Ted Zale with art by George Molentin.