Spot Pool

Spot Pool, released by Gottlieb in December 1955, is not actually a pinball machine - it is a bumper pool table that mistakenly appeared on early lists of Gottlieb's pinball output. According to Gottlieb historian Wayne Neyens, the company produced a bumper pool table around the mid-1950s because competitors were doing the same, though he did not recall this specific title.

The game has no scoring backglass and therefore no backbox artwork, distinguishing it clearly from Gottlieb's pinball line of the era. It cost 2 dimes per game, a typical price point for coin-operated equipment at the time.

Because Spot Pool is a bumper pool table rather than a pinball machine, little further detail is documented about its design or gameplay beyond these basic facts. It remains a curiosity for Gottlieb collectors interested in the company's occasional forays outside pure pinball production.