Klondike

The Klondike, manufactured by Bally in 1938, is a one-ball payout machine - a category of pinball-adjacent gambling equipment common in the late 1930s, in which players would typically wager on the outcome of a single ball's path rather than accumulate points across multiple balls as in typical replay-style pinball.

As a payout machine, Klondike's mechanics and cash-payout function reflect the coin-operated amusement industry's close ties to gambling during this period, before many U.S. jurisdictions began cracking down on payout pinball equipment in subsequent years.

Limited documentation survives about Klondike's specific playfield design, artwork, or theme details. Its historical interest lies chiefly in its status as an example of Depression-era, one-ball payout pinball manufactured by Bally, a company that would go on to become one of the industry's dominant manufacturers.