Mills Pay Table
Manufacturer: Mills Novelty Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1932-1942)
Year: 1934
Date: January, 1934
Type: Pure Mechanical (PM)
Players: 1
About This Machine
The Mills Pay Table, produced by the Mills Novelty Company in January 1934, is an early example of a Pure Mechanical (PM) payout machine, predating the invention of the flipper by over a decade.
As a payout machine, gameplay would have centered on the ball settling into scoring positions that determined a cash payout to the player, rather than flipper-based skill shots — a design typical of pre-flipper era pinball and payout games of the early 1930s.
Little detailed information is available about this machine's specific features, designer, or artwork. Its age and mechanical simplicity nonetheless make it an interesting artifact for enthusiasts studying the pre-flipper era of pinball's development.