Stop n Go

Stop n Go, manufactured by J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated of Chicago and released in September 1936, is an early one-ball payout pinball machine. (The upper playfield stylizes the name as "Stop n Go," though contemporary ads called it "Stop and Go.")

Gameplay centers on propelling a single ball through a playfield featuring 18 trap holes for players to navigate. An odds-changing disc on the backglass continuously rotates, even when the machine is idle, altering the payout odds over time. For five cents, players get one ball and must contend with the ever-changing odds as the ball settles into a trap hole.

The cabinet measures 54 inches long by 24 inches wide, and the machine originally sold for $139 ($10 extra for the ticket model). While little is recorded about its designer or artwork, Stop n Go offers a glimpse into the payout-machine side of pinball's electro-mechanical era.