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3-4-5

Manufacturer: United Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1942-1962)
Year: 1951
Date: June, 1951
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM)
Players: 1

About This Machine

The 3-4-5, produced by United Manufacturing Company in June 1951, is an electro-mechanical bingo (payout) machine - a floor-model, console-cabinet game notable as the first United bingo game to use a conventional playfield layout rather than the flat, playfield-less designs common on earlier bingo machines.

Gameplay revolves around two cards that appear during play; players attempt to line up their shots with the values shown to win payouts, a format standard to the bingo pinball genre of the era.

Little detailed documentation survives about the specific design team behind the 3-4-5, but as United's first conventional-playfield bingo title, it holds a notable place in the lineage of the company's bingo machine output.

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Technical Details

Notable Features:
2 Cards

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