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Hialeah

Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Year: 1936
Date: April, 1936
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1

About This Machine

Hialeah is an early electro-mechanical game produced by the Bally Manufacturing Corporation in April 1936, carrying model number 91. It is a single-player payout machine, part of the 1930s wave of games that dispensed winnings to players, a format that blurred the line between amusement device and gambling equipment in pinball's pre-flipper era.

According to IPDB, Hialeah is similar to All Stars (Bally's model #90), except that it omits that game's Double Award and Mystery Award features. Bally also issued the design as Model 94, a variant equipped with a ticket payout feature instead of coins.

Detailed information about the playfield layout and artwork has not survived in the record, but as a mid-1930s Bally payout game, Hialeah offers a glimpse into the company's formative years, long before the flipper transformed pinball into the game of skill we know today.

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Technical Details

Model Number:
91

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