Shuffle-King (Shuffle Board)

The Shuffle-King (listed by some manufacturer documentation as "Shuffle Board") is a 4-player Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company device from October 1948, Model 120. Notably, facts indicate this is classified as "Not A Pinball" rather than a true pinball machine.

Production of this Model 120 began on October 6, 1948, the same day Chicago Coin began producing its 'Shuffle-King Score Board,' a companion scoreboard device sold separately for its Shuffle-King shuffleboard game. Because this model's $650 list price (versus roughly $275 for the company's contemporary pinball games) closely matches records for 'Shuffle-King,' researchers believe this Model 120 is in fact the Shuffle-King game itself, correcting an earlier, shorter listing name of "Shuffle Board."

As a non-pinball coin-operated amusement tied to Chicago Coin's shuffleboard line, the Shuffle-King offers an interesting look at the broader family of games manufacturers produced alongside pinball in the late 1940s, though detailed gameplay mechanics are not well documented.