Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo, designed by Ted Zale and manufactured by Bally in February 1964, is a single-player electro-mechanical machine built around a Gambling theme. Only 1,050 units were produced, making it a relatively scarce entry in Bally's EM catalog.

Gameplay features two flippers, five pop bumpers, five mushroom bumpers (a feature Bally had already used in 1963's Hootenanny, and which actually dates back to Stoner's 1939 Ali-Baba), and two slingshots. Lighting all five top rollovers lights the outlanes for a special, while lighting the letters of B-I-G W-I-N in sequence lights the next number on the backglass — lighting all ten numbers on the backglass awards a replay outright, a feature that carries over from game to game.

Monte Carlo's backglass-driven progression system and its layered bumper arrangement make it a distinctive entry in Bally's run of casino-themed pinball tables during the 1960s.