Hawaii

Bally's "Hawaii" (model 970) is a complex electro-mechanical bingo machine designed by Don Hooker, considered one of the most intricate bingo designs Bally ever produced. Its tropical, beach-themed presentation places it among Bally's American Places/Tropics-themed bingo lineup from the electromechanical era of coin-op manufacturing.

Hawaii's gameplay centers on twenty trap holes and a suite of purchasable features that extend play before the third ball is shot. Players can press buttons to rearrange colored sections of the card displayed in the backglass — before the fourth ball, before the fifth ball, and even after the fifth ball, depending on which features have been purchased. Its Mystic Lines feature lets players interchange the two right-hand columns with each other, and separately the two left-hand columns, while the center column can shift up or down three positions. Bally considered this one of the most complex bingos it ever built, incorporating an unusually large number of its signature features into a single machine.

The exact release year isn't documented here, but Hawaii's tropical beach theme is reflected in its backglass and cabinet artwork. Its reputation as one of the most sophisticated Bally bingo designs makes it a significant machine for collectors and historians studying the bingo-machine side of Bally's electromechanical output.